Messi set to win 3rd straight world player honour | Firstpost
Only World Cup winners Zinedine Zidane of France and Brazil's Ronaldo have won three times since FIFA created its world player award in 1991, now merged with the Ballon d'Or presented by France Football magazine since 1956. … The men's coaching award pits Pep Guardiola of Barca against 2010 winner Jose Mourinho, whose Madrid side won the Spanish Cup but was runner-up for all other domestic honours and lost a bad-tempered Champions League …
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