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Lionel Messi

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Lionel Messi
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenArgentina, Spain, Italy Edit
Country for sportArgentina Edit
Name in native languageLionel Messi Edit
Birth nameLionel Andrés Messi Cuccitini Edit
Name wey dem give amLionel Edit
Family nameMessi Edit
Short nameLeo Messi Edit
IPA transcriptionljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi Edit
Ein date of birth24 June 1987 Edit
Place dem born amRosario Edit
Ein poppieJorge Messi Edit
SpouseAntonela Roccuzzo Edit
KiddieThiago Messi, Mateo Messi Roccuzzo, Ciro Messi Roccuzzo Edit
RelativeMaxi Biancucchi, Emanuel Biancucchi Edit
Native languageArgentine Spanish Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signSpanish, Argentine Spanish Edit
Convicted oftax fraud Edit
Ein occupationassociation football player Edit
Field for workfootball Edit
EmployerInter Miami CF Edit
Position eholdUNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Edit
Position dem play for team top / specialityforward, midfielder Edit
ResidenceRosario, Barcelona, Paris, Miami Edit
Work period (start)16 October 2004 Edit
Member give sports teamInter Miami CF Edit
Ethnic groupItalian Argentines Edit
Religion anaa worldviewCatholicism Edit
Sportfootball Edit
Footednessleft-footedness Edit
Sport number10 Edit
LeagueLigue 1 Edit
Significant eventPanama Papers, trial of Lionel and Jorge Messi Edit
Dema official websitehttps://messi.com Edit
DefenderCristóbal Martell Pérez-Alcalde Edit
Has works in the collectionThe Wallace Collection Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit

Lionel Andrés Messi (dem born am born 24 June 1987), san so be know as Leo Messi, be Argentine professional footballer wey dey play as forward den san dey captain give both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami den dey captain de Argentina national team. Dem widely regard am as one of de greatest players of all tym, Messi chop eight Ballon d'Or awards, wey he set record six European Golden Shoes, den for 2020 insyd dem name am de Ballon d'Or Dream Team. Until he lef de club for 2021 insyd, he chop ein entire professional career plus Barcelona, wey he chop club-record 35 trophies, wey dey include 10 La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles den four UEFA Champions Leagues. He be prolific goalscorer den creative playmaker, Messi dey zuk de records for most goals for La Liga (474) insyd, most goals for La Liga insyd den European league season (50), most hat-tricks for La Liga (36) insyd den de UEFA Champions League (8), den most assists for La Liga (192) insyd, La Liga season (21) den de Copa América (17). He san so get de most international goals wey South American male (106) get. Messi score ova 800 senior career goals for club den country, wey he get de most goals by player for one club (672).As he go PSG he take dem chop three trophies, he be de only player wey get 43 career trophies.

Ein life matter

Family den relationships

Since 2008, Messi dey relationship plus Antonela Roccuzzo, she be fellow native for Rosario.[1] He know Roccuzzo since de time he dey five years old, na she be de cousin of ein childhood best friend, Lucas Scaglia, wey he too be football player.[2] Na dem keep dema relationship private for year, Messi first confirm dema romance for interview for January 2009 insyd, before dem go public month later de time wey dem dey carnival insyd for Sitges after de Barcelona–Espanyol dema derby.[3] Messi den ein family be Catholic Christians.[4]

Messi den Roccuzzo get three kiddies: Thiago (born 2012), Mateo (born 2015) den Ciro (born 2018).

Career statistics

Club

Appearances den goals by club, season den competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Oda Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona C 2003–04 Tercera División 10 5 10 5
Barcelona B 2003–04[5] Segunda División B 5 0 5 0
2004–05[6] Segunda División B 17 6 17 6
Total 22 6 22 6
Barcelona 2004–05[6] La Liga 7 1 1 0 1 0 9 1
2005–06[7] La Liga 17 6 2 1 6 1 0 0 25 8
2006–07[8] La Liga 26 14 2 2 5 1 3 0 36 17
2007–08[9] La Liga 28 10 3 0 9 6 40 16
2008–09[10] La Liga 31 23 8 6 12 9 51 38
2009–10[11] La Liga 35 34 3 1 11 8 4 4 53 47
2010–11[12] La Liga 33 31 7 7 13 12 2 3 55 53
2011–12[13] La Liga 37 50 7 3 11 14 5 6 60 73
2012–13[14] La Liga 32 46 5 4 11 8 2 2 50 60
2013–14[15] La Liga 31 28 6 5 7 8 2 0 46 41
2014–15[16] La Liga 38 43 6 5 13 10 57 58
2015–16[17] La Liga 33 26 5 5 7 6 4 4 49 41
2016–17[18] La Liga 34 37 7 5 9 11 2 1 52 54
2017–18[19] La Liga 36 34 6 4 10 6 2 1 54 45
2018–19[20] La Liga 34 36 5 3 10 12 1 0 50 51
2019–20[21] La Liga 33 25 2 2 8 3 1 1 44 31
2020–21[22] La Liga 35 30 5 3 6 5 1 0 47 38
Total 520 474 80 56 149 120 29 22 778 672
Paris Saint-Germain 2021–22[23] Ligue 1 26 6 1 0 7 5 34 11
2022–23[24] Ligue 1 32 16 1 0 7 4 1 1 41 21
Total 58 22 2 0 14 9 1 1 75 32
Inter Miami 2023 MLS 6 1 1 0 7 10 14 11
Career total 615 508 83 56 163 129 37 33 899 726

International

Appearances den goals by national team, year den competition
Team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina U20 2004 2 3 2 3
2005 16 11 16 11
Total 16 11 2 3 18 14
Argentina U23 2008 5 2 5 2
Total 5 2 0 0 5 2
Argentina[25][26] 2005 3 0 2 0 5 0
2006 3 1 4 1 7 2
2007 10 4 4 2 14 6
2008 6 1 2 1 8 2
2009 8 1 2 2 10 3
2010 5 0 5 2 10 2
2011 8 2 5 2 13 4
2012 5 5 4 7 9 12
2013 5 3 2 3 7 6
2014 7 4 7 4 14 8
2015 6 1 2 3 8 4
2016 10 8 1 0 11 8
2017 5 4 2 0 7 4
2018 4 1 1 3 5 4
2019 6 1 4 4 10 5
2020 4 1 0 0 4 1
2021 16 9 0 0 16 9
2022 10 8 4 10 14 18
2023 3 3 3 5 6 8
Total 124 57 54 49 178 106
Career total 145 70 56 52 201 122

Honours

Barcelona[27]

  • La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
  • Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018
  • UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
  • UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015
  • FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015

Paris Saint-Germain[28]

  • Ligue 1: 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Trophée des Champions: 2022

Inter Miami

  • Leagues Cup: 2023[29]

Argentina U20

  • FIFA World Youth Championship: 2005[30]

Argentina U23

Summer Olympics: 2008[31]

Argentina

  • FIFA World Cup: 2022[32]
  • Copa América: 2021[33]
  • CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022[34]

Individual

  • Ballon d'Or/FIFA Ballon d'Or: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023[35][36]
  • FIFA World Player of the Year: 2009[35]
  • The Best FIFA Men's Player: 2019,[35] 2022[37]
  • European Golden Shoe: 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19[35]
  • FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2014, 2022[35]
  • FIFA World Cup Silver Boot: 2022
  • FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009, 2011
  • FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball: 2005
  • FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Boot: 2005
  • UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
  • Copa América Best Player: 2015, 2021
  • Copa América Top Goalscorer: 2021
  • La Liga Best Player: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15[38][39][40]
  • Pichichi Trophy: 2009−10, 2011–12, 2012−13, 2016–17, 2017−18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
  • Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: 2020,[35] 2023[41]
  • Argentine Footballer of the Year: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022[35][38]

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