An award which is presented to the world by French magazine France Football, winning the Ballon d’Or is widely regarded as the ultimate individual prize in the game of football.

This year’s winner, Lionel Messi, is one of the game’s greatest ever talents, but he isn’t alone in wowing audiences over the years. In fact, the beautiful game has been treated to some truly magnificent professionals since the award was established in 1956.

After all, to win the Ballon d’Or you have to be performing at the highest level on a consistent basis. Lionel Messi has done exactly that, especially after finally managing to guide Argentina to a momentous Copa América victory in July.

Manchester United talisman Cristiano Ronaldo has boosted his hopes of winning the FIFA Ballon D'or Award this year following his brace in the Champions League clash with Italian team Atalanta in midweek. Ronaldo scored twice in a 2-2 draw to boost his FIFA Ballon D'or Award hopes and drag the Red Devils closer to a place in the Champions League knockout stage in the process.

Ronaldo was second to Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski during last year's FIFA Ballon D'or Award, while Paris Saint Germain (PSG) superstar Lionel Messi completed the top three.

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Cristiano Ronaldo improvedhishopes of winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award following his strike in the 2-1 away win over West Ham United. The Portuguese national team star was on target for Manchester United as they secured an impressive victory over the Hammers in the Premier League last weekend.

Petite Argentine national team captain Lionel Messi is widely regarded as the best player of his generation and he's in the middle of a high profile transfer to Paris Saint Germain (PSG) in the French Ligue 1.

Messi completed his much talked about transfer to PSG on Tuesday evening and he was presented to the fans on Wednesday morning.

The free transfer signing of Messi means that PSG now has a fearsome attacking trio. Those three attackers are Brazilian international Neymar, French World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe and Messi.

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has been drummed up as a candidate for the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award this year after winning both the Champions League and the Euro 2020 tournament. In a recent interview granted, Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola said he won't be surprised if Jorginho is named the recipient of the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award at the end of the year.

Zola expects him to challenge the likes of Barcelona great Lionel Messi and others for the award. Also, Chelsea fans worldwide feel the Italian international deserves the award having clamoured for Frenchman N'GoloKante shortly after the club won the Champions League in the summer but an unimpressive Euro 2020 tournament for the France national team has seen Jorginhosurpass Kante for the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award in the eyes of the Chelsea fans.