Why do some people say that Messi is the world footballer of the year?

Due to the merger of the Golden Globe Award and the World Footballer of the Year, the award was renamed FIFA Golden Globe Award at that time, so some media or platforms like to remove the World Footballer of the Year during the merger and only count it as the Golden Globe Award. This is unscientific, because the FIFA Golden Globe Award is not only the Golden Globe Award, but also the World Player of the Year. Otherwise, it will create an illusion that Messi has only two world footballers, which is outrageous.

Some domestic sports platforms do calculate this way. They think Messi has only two World Footballers, while Cristiano Ronaldo has three. It seems that Cristiano Ronaldo is more than Lionel Messi 1 World Footballer of the Year. But this is a misunderstanding of the mistakes caused by the merger of the Golden Globe Award and the World Footballer of the Year. In fact, Messi's personal glory as of 2022 is seven Golden Globes and six World Footballers. Cristiano Ronaldo has five Golden Globes and five World Footballers. Not two.