Lionel Messi

2015 Ballon D’Or Winner- Lionel Messi- Record Fifth Golden Ball Award for Barca star Ceremony Video

Argentine and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been crowned the 2015 Ballon D’Or winner in a function today (January 11, 2015) in Zurich. It is a record 5th Ballon D’Or award for Messi, adding to previous triumphs in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Messi also announced that he intends to finish his career at Barcelona, meaning that he is unlikely to make a move to the Premiership later in his career.

Messi’s partner and his son Thiago were also present at the ceremony. Check out their pics and video below.

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New Messi 10/10 Boots 2015- Limited edition Black & Gold Messi Cleats 10/10 Adidas

This weekend, Adidas made a limited number of Lionel Messi boots available to the public at their store in Barcelona. To honour whom many people consider the best player of his generation, Adidas named the boots “the Messi 10/10“, with only 100 pairs of the black and gold ones available for sale worldwide. A limited number (eighty nine) went on sale in Barcelona on October 10. One pair will go to Messi himself, with the other ten going to the winners of the “adidas Backed by Messi” campaign.

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New Pibe de Barr Cleats 2015- Lionel Messi Adidas Pibe de Barr10 10.1 Boots

These are Lionel Messi’s new Adidas boots for 2015, the new Pibe de Barr10 cleats created for the Argentina and Barcelona star by Adidas. Officially unveiled on March 16, 2015 the new Pibe de Barr Messi 2015 boots have been designed by Ignacio Valenti, who, like Messi, was also born in Rosario.

The new Messi 2015 Pibe de Barr10 boots pay homage to Leo’s Barrio roots and is inspired by the streets of Las Heras, where he first learnt to play football.

You can see various graphics on the heel, outsole and insole that pay tribute to Rosario and Messi’s history. Various versions of the Pibe de Barr10 boots are available for the public to buy, ranging from the most expensive 10.1 version to the cheaper 10.2 and 10.3 ones.

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