December 21 – Barcelona’s Argentinian Lionel Messi (pictured) was tonight named as FIFA’s World Player of the Year for 2009 at a glittering ceremony in Zurich.
Messi and Marta crowned FIFA players of the year

December 21 – Barcelona’s Argentinian Lionel Messi (pictured) was tonight named as FIFA’s World Player of the Year for 2009 at a glittering ceremony in Zurich.