Lionel Messi bags his fifth FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015 award

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— justbarcathings (@justbarcathings) January 11, 2016

Leo #Messi5 with the #BallondOr answering questions https://t.co/go0INQR8dV
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 11, 2016

Congratulations Lucho!. The world of football has honored your leadership of the work of a whole team
— Josep Maria Bartomeu (@jmbartomeu) January 11, 2016

An admirable record, Leo. The Barcelona family is very proud to have you here with us pic.twitter.com/HqRRSvvNEm
— Josep Maria Bartomeu (@jmbartomeu) January 11, 2016

#Messi now has more #BallondOr trophies than you can fit into one tweet... pic.twitter.com/5a6YU6yRYv
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) January 11, 2016

Congratulazioni Leo... 👏🏼⚽️ Sei il migliore !!! pic.twitter.com/Hs73SJUIEq
— Stephan El Shaarawy (@OfficialEl92) January 11, 2016

Translation: Big up to Leo to win your fifth Ballon d'Or! And congratulations to @andresiniesta8, @DaniAlvesD2, and @neymarjr for being in the FIFPro World XI 2015!

Grande Leo por ganar tu quinto Ballon d'Or! Y felicitar a @andresiniesta8, @DaniAlvesD2 y @neymarjr por estar en el FIFPro World XI 2015!
— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) January 11, 2016

The moment #Messi won. pic.twitter.com/JNxwhzVNHS
— Football Vines (@FootballVines) January 11, 2016

Congratulations to Lionel Messi on winning his 5th #BallondOr. Unbelievable achievement 👏🏼
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) January 11, 2016

Lionel #Messi's son, Thiago, reacts to his dad winning the #BallondOr: pic.twitter.com/JR3y9HnMHp
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 11, 2016

Clasificación #BallondOr 👑 #Messi (41,33%) 2⃣ #Cristiano (27'76%) 3⃣ #Neymar (7'86%) #Messi5
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 11, 2016

Congratulation to Messi to the 5 FIFA Ballon d or amazing!!!👏⚽️🏆 pic.twitter.com/u8YgrPMmw1
— Luís Figo (@LuisFigo) January 11, 2016

Qué grande sos! 🔟👏🏼 Ídolo ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/6vaDDXxdqn
— Paulo Dybala (@PauDybala_JR) January 11, 2016

Congratulations to Lionel Messi on his 5th Ballon D'Or!!! Who'd have thought back then... Best Player Ever! pic.twitter.com/RmYet2lpQP
— Luis Garcia (@LuchoGarcia14) January 11, 2016

The last eight #BallondOr winners: 2008: Ronaldo 2009: Messi 2010: Messi 2011: Messi 2012: Messi 2013: Ronaldo 2014: Ronaldo 2015: Messi
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 11, 2016

Only German players combined (7), Dutch combined (7) and France combined (6) have won more Ballon D'ors than Messi alone #Messi #BallondOr
— Infostrada Sports (@InfostradaLive) January 11, 2016

2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or Result: 1) Messi 2) Ronaldo 3) Neymar #BallondOr pic.twitter.com/RHNN0YHLo3
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) January 11, 2016

3 - Ballons d'Or by country of teams winners: SPAIN 19 Italy 18 Germany 9 Gold.
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 11, 2016

Percentages: #BallonDor #Messi 41,33% #Cristiano 27,76% #Neymar 7,86%
— SocialRMadrid (@SocialRMadrid) January 11, 2016

Lionel Messi, 5-time Ballon d'Or winner! Congratulations, Leo! #MESSI5 #ballondor pic.twitter.com/WC6Xx07e9v
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 11, 2016

🏆 2009 🏆 2010 🏆 2011 🏆 2012 🏆 2015 Take a bow, Leo #Messi #BallondOr pic.twitter.com/ofl0GKgQlF
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) January 11, 2016

#BallondOr number 5. The greatest of all time. Leo #Messi is here to create. pic.twitter.com/24LxQxgCY6
— adidasfootball (@adidasfootball) January 11, 2016

Messi: "It's an incredibly special moment. It's more than anything I ever dreamed of as a kid."

5 - Lionel Messi received his 5th Ballon d’Or, 2 more than any other player in the history of football. Divine. pic.twitter.com/GtrSn483XU
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) January 11, 2016

IT'S MESSI! Lionel Messi is the FIFA Ballon d'Or winner.

FIFA Women's Player of the Year voting: Carli Lloyd 35.28%. Celia Sasic 12.60%. Aya Miyama 9.88%.
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) January 11, 2016

Kaka will announce the FIFA Ballon d'Or winner.

Beyond the #WorldXI - These are the most-voted footballers in their respective categories. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/2a92wWscdt
— FIFPro (@FIFPro) January 11, 2016

Carli Lloyd is the Women's player of the year!

Vote distribution for the Puskas Award: Lira 46.7%, Messi 33.3% and Florenzi 7.1%.

Messi's goal pic.twitter.com/9CeOxyEBJ0 Both incredible! #BallondOr
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) January 11, 2016

Wendell Lira's goal that won him the Puskas Award of the Year https://t.co/OAoSK8qx8H #BallondOr
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) January 11, 2016

Wendell Lira is the winner of the FIFA Puskas Award!

The FIFA Puskas Award winner will be announced in a few minutes. Alessandro Florenzi (AS Roma), Wendell Lira (Vila Nova Futebol Clube) and Lionel Messi (Barcelona) are the nominees.

How the FIFPro XI looks like this year: La Liga: 8 players. Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1: One each. #BallondOr pic.twitter.com/3PCisxbJtL
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) January 11, 2016

Nesbitt: "Kids dreams they're you when they score, do you still feel like a kid?" CR: "I am still a kid, a big kid". pic.twitter.com/ZbHxumBy6s
— AS English (@English_AS) January 11, 2016

Proud to make the #WorldXI for the sixth time. My thanks to my fellow pros for voting for me. pic.twitter.com/FmPo0cmmaj
— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) January 11, 2016

Cristiano: "My goal is to always be in the top level, every season for me is a new challenge. I am still young, I want to play more years."
— SocialRMadrid (@SocialRMadrid) January 11, 2016

Cristiano: "Marcelo's future job is gonna be in journalism, cause he did a fantastic job (laughs)"
— SocialRMadrid (@SocialRMadrid) January 11, 2016

The FIFA Fair Play Award goes to clubs and associations helping refugees.

Vote distribution for World Coach of the Year: Luis Enrique 31.08% - Pep Guardiola 22.97% - Jorge Sampaoli 9.47% (via FIFA)

Enhorabuena @LUISENRIQUE21 You are the best. 👍
— Carles Puyol (@Carles5puyol) January 11, 2016

The #BallondOr is not the same without Blatter's presence. It's kind of weirdly clean and refreshing.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) January 11, 2016

3 - Luis Enrique is the 3rd Spanish manager to be FIFA World Coach of the Year after Pep Guardiola (2011) & Vicente del Bosque (2012). Trio.
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 11, 2016

Barcelona manager Luis Enrique is named as FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football.

USA coach Jill Ellis is named FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football.

FIFA World XI: La Liga: 8 Serie A: 1 Bundesliga: 1 Ligue 1: 1 Premier League: 0
— Transfer Site (@TransferSite) January 11, 2016

Interesting: An old tweet from @CarliLloyd! #BallondOr pic.twitter.com/mP7ajui7co
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) January 11, 2016

Cristiano is asked a question by the user who predicted the right FIFPro XI: "What will I do after my career? I want to carry on with my brands and I want to feel very comfortable."