Argentina star Messi was selected ahead of Barcelona team-mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta, who both won the World Cup with Spain last summer.
Messi, 23, scored an astonishing 60 goals for club and country in 2010 and is regarded by many as the most gifted player of his generation.
The FIFA Ballon d'Or was created following the merging of France Football magazine's European Footballer of the Year prize with the FIFA World Player of the Year gong.
As such, it is awarded based on votes cast by journalists from around the world and coaches and captains of national teams.
Messi was the holder of both titles and therefore joins former Brazil strikers Ronaldo and Rivaldo and France legend Zinedine Zidane as a multiple winner of the latter accolade.
Alfredo Di Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Kevin Keegan, Michel Platini, Marco van Basten, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Ronaldo are the only other men to win the Ballon d'Or more than once.
Messi also became the first player to be awarded the prize in a World Cup year without having won the tournament for the first time since 1994 (when non-Europeans were ineligible).
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Jose Mourinho Wins 2010 FIFA Coach Of The Year Award
Jose Mourinho has been named the best manager of 2010 by FIFA after leading Inter Milan to the Scudetto, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League title last season. The "Special One" beat out Spain manager Vicente del Bosque, who won last summer's World Cup, and Pep Guardiola, Barcelona's boy wonder who took Barca to the Spanish title last season.
Now at Real Madrid in Spain's La Liga, Mourinho left Inter Milan after the club's most successful season in their history. Currently second in La Liga only behind rivals Barcelona, Mourinho has again transformed a side in need of something different, something special.While over taking Barcelona as Spain's best club looks to be a difficult feat, Mourinho has Madrid qualified for the Champions League round of 16, in striking distance of Barcelona for top spot and has Madrid playing some of the best football in Europe.
A brilliant man manager, tactician and manipulator of the media, Mourinho has succeeded at multiple clubs across Europe in year's past including Portugal's Porto (UEFA Champions League title in 2004, multiple times League and Cup winner), England's Chelsea (winner of the Premier League twice and multiple Cup winner) and recently, last year's Inter success.
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