Messi sets record 5 times winning La Liga Best Player award

Marca (Spain) presented the La Liga 2016-2017 season awards to Lionel Messi, Jan Oblak and Iago Aspas.

Messi won the La Liga Top Scorer and Best Player awards. The La Liga Best Player Award is also known as the "Alfredo Di Stefano Award" - a legendary compatriot of Messi's but played for Real Madrid from 1953-1964.

Messi won the Best Player and Top Scorer awards in La Liga in the 2016-2017 season, even though Barca only finished second behind Real Madrid. Photo: Reuters

This is the fifth time Messi has won the La Liga Best Player award - an unprecedented feat. The Barca striker has surpassed the previous record he held with Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi won the award in 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015, while Ronaldo won in 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2015-2016.

The other winner was Raul Gonzalez, a former Real Madrid striker. The award, voted for and presented by Marca, began in the 2007-2008 season.

The Best Goalkeeper award for the 2016-2017 season went to Jan Oblak, the goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid.While the Golden Boot award went to Messi, the Spanish Player with the most goals went to Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo).

Mendilibar (Eibar) and Garitano (Leganes) were both awarded the best coach. Martinez Munuera was awarded the best referee, while Andres Iniesta was named the best Spanish player.

According to VNE