Barcelona striker Lionel Messi was awarded the prize as the best scorer of the 2016-2017 season.

Argentine striker received in his collection the fourth Golden Boot in his career.

There was this event at a special ceremony in Barcelona, ??which was also attended by teammates Argentinean Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and last year's winner of this award, Luis Suarez.

In order to win the Golden Boot for the fourth time, Messi needed to score 37 goals in the last draw of La Liga. Previously, Leo won this prize in the 2009-2010 season (34 goals), 2011-2012 (50 goals) and 2012-2013 (46 goals).

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Thus, according to the total number of Golden Boots, Messi equaled Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who also has four similar awards in his regiment.