Lionel Messi has been named
Spain's La Liga player of the month for January - the first time he has won the
award.
The award has been
given out since the beginning of the 2013-14 Primera Division season, but the
five-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner had not won it until now.
The Barcelona forward finally won
the award at the 23rd time of asking after scoring six goals in as many league
games in January.
The 28-year-old
struck a hat-trick against Granada as well as scoring in victories over
Athletic Bilbao, Malaga and Atletico Madrid to take his total of league goals
for the season to 12.
Messi is only the
second Barcelona player to win the award following Neymar's success in
November.
Cristiano Ronaldo
has won the award twice since it began in September 2013, as have Atletico pair
Diego Godin and Antoine Griezmann and Real Sociedad striker Carlos Vela.
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