„Messi named top striker of the year by IFFHS”. FCBarcelona.com. 28. 12. 2012. Приступљено 16. 2. 2018. „The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named Leo Messi the top goalscorer of 2012 in the 60 top leagues in the world”
„FC Barcelona's Neymar Jr and Leo Messi, up for the 2016 Puskas Award”. FCBarcelona.com. 21. 11. 2016. Приступљено 16. 2. 2018. „Neymar Jr and Leo Messi have been nominated for the Puskas Award 2016, which is given by FIFA to the player who scored the best goal between 30 September 2015 and 30 September 2016. [...] On the other hand, Leo Messi is yet to win the award. Barça's number 10 came third in 2011, second in 2015 and also made the top ten in 2010.”
„2009 FIFA Club World Cup awards”. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Архивирано из оригинала 28. 03. 2019. г. Приступљено 26. 12. 2017.
„2011 FIFA Club World Cup awards”. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Архивирано из оригинала 18. 06. 2018. г. Приступљено 26. 12. 2017.
„2015 FIFA Club World Cup awards”. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Архивирано из оригинала 03. 07. 2019. г. Приступљено 26. 12. 2017.
„Golden-boy Messi does the double”. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2. 7. 2005. Архивирано из оригинала 06. 08. 2019. г. Приступљено 6. 8. 2019.
„Messi, Mejor Delantero y Mejor Jugador” [Messi, Best Forward and Best Player] (на језику: Spanish). Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 2. 12. 2013. Архивирано из оригинала 8. 12. 2015. г. Приступљено 13. 9. 2015.CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
Otero, Paul M. (12. 11. 2013). „Palmarés de un Genio: El Coleccionista de Trofeos” [Honours of a Genius: The Collector of Trophies]. Marca (на језику: Spanish). Spain. Архивирано из оригинала 28. 03. 2019. г. Приступљено 13. 9. 2015.CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
McTear, Euan (2. 1. 2017). „Four Real Madrid players in L'Equipe's team of 2016”. Marca English. Приступљено 16. 2. 2018. „L'Equipe also have two Barcelona players - Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez - in the side, along with ex-Barcelona and current Juventus man Dani Alves.”
„Ronaldo and Ramos nominated for 2017 Golden Foot award”. Realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 12. 9. 2017. Приступљено 14. 9. 2017. „Taking their [referring to Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo] places in the 10-man shortlist alongside the Real Madrid duo are [Manuel] Neuer, [Iker] Casillas, [Lionel] Messi, [Arjen] Robben, Thiago Silva, Luis Suárez, Yaya Touré and Andrea Pirlo.”
„Three Real Madrid players in L’Equipe's team of the year”. Realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 27. 12. 2014. Приступљено 16. 2. 2018. „Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and Toni Kroos make up part of the team [L'Equipe's team of the year] that also includes [Manuel] Neuer, [Philipp] Lahm, [Mats] Hummels, [David] Alaba, [Ángel] Di María, Xabi Alonso, [Lionel] Messi and Neymar.”
„Four madridistas in L’Equipe's best XI of the year”. Realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 2. 1. 2018. Приступљено 17. 1. 2018. „Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo and Luka Modric all feature in the team, alongside [Gianluigi] Buffon (Juventus), [Mats] Hummels (Bayern Munich), Dani Alves (Juventus and PSG), [N’Golo] Kanté (Chelsea), Neymar (Barcelona and PSG), [Edinson] Cavani (PSG) and [Lionel] Messi (Barcelona).”
„Messi recibe "nervioso" el trofeo Di Stéfano” [Messi receives the Di Stéfano trophy "nervous"] (на језику: Spanish). rtve. 11. 11. 2009. Приступљено 7. 8. 2019.CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
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„Jordi Alba named in L`Équipe's team of the year”. Official website of Selección Española de Fútbol. 26. 12. 2013. Архивирано из оригинала 14. 04. 2019. г. Приступљено 16. 2. 2018. „The successes of Bayern Munich during 2013 have led the team to have five players in the ideal line-up .The full 11 is as follows: Manuel Neuer and Philipp Lahm (Germany), Vincent Kompany (Belgium), Thiago Silva (Brazil) and Spanish Jordi Alba. In the center of the field of this perfect team would be Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast), Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Müller (Germany) and Franck Ribéry (France). As strikers, [Lionel] Messi (Argentina) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).”
Lakshya Singh Kashyap (27. 12. 2012). „L'equipe announces its Team of the Year”. Sportskeeda. Приступљено 16. 2. 2018. „FORWARD: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)”
„Ronaldo named UEFA Best Player in Europe”. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28. 8. 2014. Приступљено 28. 6. 2016. „After being named the winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award for 2013/14 in Monaco, Cristiano Ronaldo gave his reaction to UEFA.com.”
„Cristiano Ronaldo named Best Player in Europe”. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25. 8. 2016. Приступљено 8. 11. 2016. „A UEFA Champions League winner with Real Madrid and a European champion with Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed the 2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.”
„Ronaldo named 2016/17 Men's Player of the Year”. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 24. 8. 2017. Приступљено 24. 8. 2017. „Ronaldo, who finished top scorer in last season's UEFA Champions League with 12 goals, including two in the final against Juventus in Cardiff, received 482 points in the poll, with Messi (141 votes) and Buffon (109 votes) finishing second and third respectively.”
„Goal of the Season: see the 2014/15 winners”. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 23. 7. 2016. Приступљено 28. 8. 2018. „And – the winner with 39% of the vote – Lionel Messi's exceptional individual effort against Bayern München”
„2009 FIFA Club World Cup awards”. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Архивирано из оригинала 28. 03. 2019. г. Приступљено 26. 12. 2017.
„2011 FIFA Club World Cup awards”. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Архивирано из оригинала 18. 06. 2018. г. Приступљено 26. 12. 2017.
„2015 FIFA Club World Cup awards”. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Архивирано из оригинала 03. 07. 2019. г. Приступљено 26. 12. 2017.
„Golden-boy Messi does the double”. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2. 7. 2005. Архивирано из оригинала 06. 08. 2019. г. Приступљено 6. 8. 2019.
Otero, Paul M. (12. 11. 2013). „Palmarés de un Genio: El Coleccionista de Trofeos” [Honours of a Genius: The Collector of Trophies]. Marca (на језику: Spanish). Spain. Архивирано из оригинала 28. 03. 2019. г. Приступљено 13. 9. 2015.CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
„Messi, Mejor Delantero y Mejor Jugador” [Messi, Best Forward and Best Player] (на језику: Spanish). Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 2. 12. 2013. Архивирано из оригинала 8. 12. 2015. г. Приступљено 13. 9. 2015.CS1 одржавање: Непрепознат језик (веза)
„Jordi Alba named in L`Équipe's team of the year”. Official website of Selección Española de Fútbol. 26. 12. 2013. Архивирано из оригинала 14. 04. 2019. г. Приступљено 16. 2. 2018. „The successes of Bayern Munich during 2013 have led the team to have five players in the ideal line-up .The full 11 is as follows: Manuel Neuer and Philipp Lahm (Germany), Vincent Kompany (Belgium), Thiago Silva (Brazil) and Spanish Jordi Alba. In the center of the field of this perfect team would be Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast), Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Müller (Germany) and Franck Ribéry (France). As strikers, [Lionel] Messi (Argentina) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).”