2014-15 season for helping Barcelona to a treble of trophies.
The Argentine accepted the trophy from Mitchel Platini, president of
UEFA, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
Messi, recipient of the inaugural prize in 2011, finished ahead of
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and club-mate Luis Suarez in a live
poll of 54 journalists who selected, via an electronic system, their
favourite from the three-man shortlist announced on August 12.
The 28-year-old thanked his Barca teammate afterwards.
"We're a unified squad who worked very hard to achieve the goals we
did. I'm very happy and I would like to thank my team-mates – without
them I wouldn't have achieved this," he said.
Messi broke Telmo Zarra's record for Liga goals last term and ended
the season with 58 in all competitions, a total increased by a double
in the Blaugrana's Copa del Rey final triumph over Athletic Club.
The Barcelona's No10 was also the ten-goal joint-top scorer in the
UEFA Champions League alongside club colleague Neymar and Ronaldo.
Other positions
4 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy – Juventus) 24 points
5 Neymar (Brazil – Barcelona) 23
6 Eden Hazard (Belgium – Chelsea) 21
7 Andrea Pirlo (Italy – Juventus) 12
8 Arturo Vidal (Chile – Juventus, now Bayern Munich) 11
9 Carlos Tevez (Argentina – Juventus, now Boca Juniors) 8
10 Paul Pogba (France – Juventus)
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