MONACO, Aug. 25 -- Lionel Messi was voted the inaugural winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday, which replaces the European Footballer of the Year award.
The Argentine striker beat Barcelona teammate Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo in a poll of 53 sports journalists representing each of the UEFA member associations.
"I'd like to thank all the people that voted for me, and all my teammates," Messi said at the awards ceremony in Monaco.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi waves to his supporters before the match against Napoli during their Joan Gamper friendly soccer match at the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona August 22, 2011
"I keep all these awards at home and I still have some space for more. It's an honor to be so successful and to come up with the goods at the right time. Thanks to my teammates for helping me achieve this."
Messi, 24, scored 53 goals last season, including 12 in the Champions League, where he finished as the top scorer for the third season in succession, scoring in the 3-1 victory over Manchester United in the final.
Four Barcelona players were in the top 10, with Andres Iniesta fourth and Gerard Pique joint eighth.
Porto's Falcao was fifth, the Manchester United pair Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic sixth and seventh, Zlatan Ibrahimovic of AC Milan alongside Pique in eighth and Germany keeper Manuel Neuer, who has moved from Schalke to Bayern Munich, 10th.
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