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Lionel Messi wins La Liga's best player award for 2018-19 season

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 9:52 AM by Rahaman Abiola

- Lionel Messi has been crowned La Liga's best player for 2018-19 season

- The Argentine forward clinched his sixth Pichichi Trophy for being the league's top scorer

- Messi also took his seventh Di Stéfano Trophy following his remarkable form last season

Barcelona talisman, Lionel Messi, has been officially crowned La Liga's best player for 2018-19 season, clinching his seventh Di Stéfano gong and sixth Pichichi trophy in the process.

The Argentine failed to win Champions League last season but was on his incredibly stellar form for the Catalans as he guided Ernesto Valverde's men to another domestic win.

Messi takes more steps above his arch-rival and former Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the awards four times, to clinch the coveted price third time in a row at Marca's awards ceremony in Spain.

The 32-year-old took the Pichichi trophy for being the league's top goal scorer, and clinched the Di Stéfano Trophy for being La Liga's best player, becoming the only player to take the awards for highest number of times in the process.

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Messi, who was not present at the award ceremony, thanked the organisers through a video broadcast.

“I will try to keep winning things, to keep growing," the Argentine said

"It’s a trophy that fills me with pride, to get to be the top scorer of this league, what it signifies. I’m happy to win it again,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Argentine forward had earlier beaten Ronaldo and Liverpool's centre-back Vigil van Dijk to FIFA’s The Best award in September.

He also clinched Ballon d’Or award in December for the record of sixth time, breaking the tie between him and the Portuguese star.

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Earlier, Legit.ng had reported that Cristiano Ronaldo became the only player in Europe's top five leagues to hit double digits for 15 consecutive seasons following his first-half double for Juventus against Udinese.