Lionel Messi wins FIFA footballer of the year 2012 for fourth consecutive time

byOgala Emmanuel

January 7, 2013

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Lionel Andrés “Leo” Messi, an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team has been named FIFA footballer of the year, 2012. Messi, captain of Argentina national football team wins the Ballondor for the fourth consecutive time.

The announcement was made in an annual event held Monday in Zuric, Switzerland.

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Ogala Emmanuel

Emmanuel Ogala is an investigative reporter and heads the Digital Strategy unit of PREMIUM TIMES. Emmanuel, an experienced web developer. Before joining PREMIUM TIMES, Emmanuel worked for 234NEXT. His stories have won awards in the 2014 CNN-Multichoice African Journalist of the Year award and the 2013 Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism awards.