{"id":64507,"date":"2016-12-29T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/leo-messi-better-elected-playmaker-for-the-iffhs_195460_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:04:49","slug":"leo-messi-better-elected-playmaker-for-the-iffhs_195460_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/lionel-messi\/leo-messi-better-elected-playmaker-for-the-iffhs_195460_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Leo Messi, better elected playmaker for the IFFHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The big Argentinian star of the FC Barcelona, Leo Messi, has been chosen by the\u00a0International Federation of History and Statistical of Football (IFFHS) like the best playmaker of the world in 2016, by in front of Andr\u00e9s Iniesta<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p>The IFFHS has chosen this Thursday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/iffhs-declara-a-luis-suarez-maximo-goleador-mundial-2016_195436_102.html\"><strong>Leo Messi like the best playmaker of the world in 2016<\/strong><\/a>, in a distinction that the Argentinian star of the FC Barcelona has conquered for the second time and that, in the present edition, has done with a remarkable difference by in front of <strong>Andr\u00e9s Iniesta and Toni Kroos<\/strong>, those who have completed the definite podium.<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/jugadores\/lionel-messi.html\">Leo Messi<\/a> has taken out 106 points of distance to the classified second<\/strong>, Andr\u00e9s Iniesta (66), and 127 to Toni Kroos (45), whereas in the statistics in question also find  the Spanish&nbsp;David Silva (eleventh with 5 points) and Thiago Alc\u00e1ntara (fourteenth with a point).<\/p> <h2>The Barcelona, clear dominador of this prize<\/h2> <p>The distinction of better playmaker is an honour that <strong>the FC Barcelona harvests once after another from the year 2008<\/strong>,&nbsp;when Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez won it four times, and Andr\u00e9s Iniesta and Leo Messi two each one, with the only exception of Toni Kroos that broke the series in 2014.<\/p> <p><strong>It treats  of a prize that votes  in 56 countries of all the continents<\/strong>, and that consolidates to the Bar\u00e7a like the team that better football practises or, at least, the most elaborated from the point of view of creation of played from backwards, with a sense and a possession inalcanzables by any another club.<\/p> <p>Regarding Leo Messi and Andr\u00e9s Iniesta, at present <strong>rest like the rest of his 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