striker and best player in the 2014-15
season at the LFP (Spanish Football
League) Gala Awards Ceremony on
Monday, helping Barcelona to claim
five prizes to rival club Real Madrid’s
three.
Messi, 28, scored 43 La Liga goals last
campaign as Barca won the league
title as well as the Copa del Rey and
the Champions League.
It is the sixth time the Argentina
international has won the prizes, with
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo
beating him in 2013-14.
“I’m proud to receive this award
ahead of so many important players
in La Liga,” Messi, who was named on
the FIFA Ballon d’Or shortlist
alongside Ronaldo and Barca
teammates Neymar, said.
“This award in particular I want to
dedicate to my son Thiago [aged 3]
even if he still doesn’t understand
very well. Every time I leave the house
he gets angry and asks me: ‘Papa, are
you going again to score goals?’ This
award is for him.”
Ronaldo was named the Fans’ Five-
Star Player after supporters voted for
their favourite player on mahou.es
following each matchday last season.
Messi, whose best player award was
determined by technical data, added:
“I am happy to be once more among
the three best, and to go to another
gala.
“Happy to be with Neymar. Luis
Suarez also deserved to be among the
three best, but that is to take nothing
away from Cristiano Ronaldo, who
also deserved it.”
Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, forward
Neymar and head coach Luis Enrique
also claimed prizes at the ceremony.
Bravo was named best goalkeeper
after conceding 19 times during the
2014-15 season, and he said “being
here is an enormous privilege and
receiving this award is a dream come
true.”
Neymar was named best player from
the Americas, and the Brazil star said:
“I am really happy to have won the
award. I thank my teammates for all
they do.”
Real Madrid duo Sergio Ramos and
James Rodriguez were named best
defender and midfielder respectively,
while Valencia’s Sofiane Feghouli was
named best African player.
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