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Lionel Messi wins European Golden Shoe 2019 LIVE: Watch Barca star pick up gong for sixth time

Lionel Messi will pick up his sixth European Golden Shoe award this afternoon after another net-busting season.

The Argentine, who won the men's top prize at last month's Fifa Best awards, has claimed the Golden Shoe for a sixth time after scoring 36 goals in 34 La Liga games last term.

The prize goes to the player who tops the goalscoring charts across Europe's leading leagues during the 2018/19 season.

Messi finished three ahead of France international Kylian Mbappe to claim the gong for a third straight season, with team-mate Luis Suarez scooping the award in the 2015-16 season.

Messi first won the award in 2009-10 and has now claimed it twice more than Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the last person from outside La Liga to win it outright (Manchester United, 2007-08)

Watch the ceremony below as the 32-year-old picks up the Golden Shoe award at the Antigua Fábrica Estrella Damm in Barcelona...

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