Messi wins fourth straight Ballon d'Or award

Messi wins fourth straight Ballon d'Or award

Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi was on Monday named winner of the FIFA World Player award for a record-breaking fourth successive year, dpa reported.

Second place went to Messi's Barcelona teammate Andres Iniesta - who helped Spain to triumph at Euro 2012 - and third place to Cristiano Ronaldo, who guided Real Madrid to the Spanish league title and Portugal to the semi-finals at Euro 2012.