Messi wins Golden Ball FIFA 2012

 The winner of the Golden Ball FIFA 2012 become official in Zurich on January 7 in a ceremony to crown the best football player of the last year. This year, Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta  were the candidates to win the trophy.

Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi named winner of the FIFA World Player award for a record-breaking fourth successive year

Second place went to Messi's Barcelona teammate Andres Iniesta - who helped Spain to triumph at Euro 2012 - and third place to Cristiano Ronaldo, who guided Real Madrid to the Spanish league title and Portugal to the semi-finals at Euro 2012..