Lionel Messi has won his sixth European Golden Shoe, awarded to the player with the most league goals in any of Europe�s top-flight leagues.

Messi�s 36 goals in 34 games in LaLiga Santander this season meant that he finished three ahead of Paris Saint-Germain�s Kylian Mbappe.

This is the third consecutive year that Messi has claimed the award and the 11th campaign in a row where the winner has come from LaLiga Santander, although Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez shared the Shoe in 2014.

Messi has become the second oldest player to win the award with an age of 31 years, 11 months and 25 days. Hugo Sanchez was a month and a day older than Messi when he won the prize in 1990.

Despite this incredible achievement, Messi has admitted that Barcelona�s Champions League exit to Liverpool is still fresh in his mind.