Barca strike treble at Awards night

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Lionel Messi receives the best player award at Dubai Global Soccer Awards on Sunday.
Lionel Messi receives the best player award at Dubai Global Soccer Awards on Sunday.

Dubai - As reported on Monday, Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona were crowned Best Player and Best Club of the year respectively at a star-studded ceremony at the Madinat Jumeirah.

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Published: Mon 28 Dec 2015, 11:00 PM

Last updated: Tue 29 Dec 2015, 11:25 AM

FC Barcelona head, Josep Maria Bartomeu, won the Best Club President Award to make it a grand treble for FC Barcelona during the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards function, late Sunday night.
As reported on Monday, Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona were crowned Best Player and Best Club of the year respectively at a star-studded ceremony at the Madinat Jumeirah.
FC Barcelona won five titles - La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup. Under the coaching of Luis Enrique, Barca is now the only club to have won the FIFA Club World Cup three times.
One of the other big winners on the night was New York City FC's Andrea Pirlo, who picked up the Player Career Award from the Al Nabooda Automobiles team, in recognition of a glittering career which saw him represent the Italian national team 116 times.
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