Lionel Messi has been nominated for the 2018/19 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award.
Season in numbers
Achievements: Spanish Liga winner, Spanish Super Cup winner, Copa del Rey runner-up, UEFA Champions League top goalscorer, European Golden Shoe winner.
UEFA Champions League
Appearances: 10
Goals: 12
Assists: 3
UEFA Men's Player of the Year nominee: Lionel Messi
Domestic league
Appearances: 34
Goals: 36
Assists: 15
Top three moments
1. Messi was quickly into his stride on UEFA Champions League matchday one, setting a competition record by scoring his eighth hat-trick in a 4-0 victory against PSV Eindhoven.
2. Became the first player to reach 400 league goals in one of Europe's top five leagues when he struck against Eibar in January. He reached the landmark in only 435 matches.
3. Exactly 14 years to the day after scoring his first goal for Barcelona, Messi notched his 600th for the club with a sensational 30-meter free-kick in the 3-0 win against Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg.
What they say
Ernesto Valverde: "Messi reserves the first minutes of each match for interpretation. He takes a walk around the opposition defence, fixing each man's position in his head. Then, as the game advances, he gets in little by little. But by now he knows perfectly where the rivals' weaknesses are."
Neymar: "At the moment when I needed the most support, the best player in the world arrived and gave me a hand. He said: 'Come here, I'm here to help you.'"
Jordi Alba: "With Messi, as well as goals and assists, he creates play for you. He's incredible. He's unique. We'll never find another player like him. Leo is unique in all facets of football."
fansecret
315
messi is the king of golden shoes
danieljamey
183
If the BallonD'or is to given to the best individual performance then Messi will definitely win 2019 BallonD'or🐐... -MESSI PERFORMANCE Topscorer(52) Top Assist Provider(23) Best Average Player Rating(8.48) Most MOTM(17) Topscorer of UCL! Topscorer of LaLiga! Top Assist Provider of LaLiga! Golden Boot Winner! Pichichi Award Winner! LaLiga Champion! ❤🐐👑🎩🔥❤ If Van Dijk deserves it then Ramos and Varane also deserved those BallonD'or and it would be disgrace to players like Maldini,Nesta,Vidic,Ramos and Varane..And CR7 doesn't even deseve to be in the nominees..
Toblana
113
He's not from this planet:
Chelasani
68
messi will win the ballondor and may the the FIFA best player award but I think uefa best player award should be given to van dijk because he is not an attacker to show the stats but the the whole season Liverpool based on him to defend them... he is everywhere on the pitch when his team needed the most... he won champions league and super cup with Liverpool and went into uefa nations league.... he doesn't have the number stats as messi but he is the one that orchestrated their defense and initiated their attacks...
Soyaeiks
61
This is not a man of the match award that is given according to stats... it is given according to how you help your team... Messi bottled a three goal lead and you want him to win the award... Van dijk won the champions league and arguably Liverpool most important player, Cristano won the nations league. Both are uefa competitions, Messi only lifted a trophy this season. It should be either Ronaldo or Van dijk