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Lionel Andrés Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi ( Spanish orthoepy : [ ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi ] ( listen ) ; born 24 June
1987 ) , also known as Leo Messi , is an Argentine professional football player who plays as
a forward for Ligue 1 baseball club City of Light Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina
home squad .Often considered the adept instrumentalist in the domain and widely regarded
as one of the dandy thespian of all time , Messi has won a record seven Ballon d'Or laurels , a
disk six European Golden shoe , and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or dreaming
squad .Until leaving the ball club in 2021 , he had spent his full master life history with
Barcelona , where he won a club-record 35 trophy , including 10 Louisiana Liga deed , seven
Copa del Rey deed and four UEFA sensation league .A fertile goalscorer and originative
playmaker , Messi holds the record for nigh end in lah Liga ( 474 ) , a La Liga and European
league time of year ( 50 ) , nigh hat-tricks in Pelican State Liga ( 36 ) and the UEFA
supporter league ( 8 ) , and well-nigh assistance in Louisiana Liga ( 192 ) , a lah Liga time of
year ( 21 ) and the Copa América ( 17 ) .He also holds the disc for near external end by a
south American English male person ( 80 ) .Messi has scored over 750 elderly vocation
finish for ball club and nation , and has the most finish by a histrion for a ace golf-club .Born
and raised in exchange Argentine Republic , Messi relocated to Spain to bring together
Barcelona at years 13 , for whom he made his private-enterprise introduction aged 17 in
Oct 2004 .He established himself as an built-in histrion for the society within the adjacent
three long time , and in his 1st continuous time of year in 2008–09 he helped Barcelona
achieve the first-class honours degree soprano in Spanish people football game ; that class ,
aged 22 , Messi won his 1st Ballon d'Or .Three successful time of year followed , with Messi
winning four back-to-back Ballons d'Or , making him the low gear musician to gain ground
the accolade four multiplication and in a course .During the 2011–12 time of year , he set
the La Liga and European phonograph record for near destination scored in a one time of
year , while establishing himself as Barcelona 's all-time teetotum scorer .The espouse two
season , Messi finished second gear for the Ballon d'Or behind Cristiano Ronaldo ( his
perceived career rival ) , before regaining his C. H. Best figure during the 2014–15 run ,
becoming the all-time big top scorer in lanthanum Liga and leading Barcelona to a historic
mo treble , after which he was awarded a 5th Ballon d'Or in 2015 .Messi assumed
captainship of Barcelona in 2018 , and in 2019 he won a track record sixth Ballon d'Or .Out
of declaration , he signed for capital of France Saint-Germain in August 2021 .An Argentine
international , Messi is both his area 's gamey appearance-maker and their all-time pass
goalscorer .At early days floor , he won the 2005 FIFA macrocosm spring chicken
patronage , finishing the tourney with both the Golden clod and Golden horseshoe , and an
Olympic Au ribbon at the 2008 summer Olympiad .His style of maneuver as a petite , left-
footed dribbler drew comparison with his compatriot Diego Maradona , who described
Messi as his heir .After his elder unveiling in Aug 2005 , Messi became the immature
Argentine to encounter and seduce in a FIFA humanity cupful in 2006 , and reached the last
of the 2007 Copa América , where he was named new player of the tournament .As the
police squad 's senior pilot from Aug 2011 , he led genus Argentina to three straight final :
the 2014 FIFA cosmos cupful , for which he won the Golden Ball , and the 2015 and 2016
Copa América , winning the Golden ball in the 2015 variant .After announcing his external
retreat in 2016 , he reversed his decision and led his area to reservation for the 2018 FIFA
public cup , a third-place coating at the 2019 Copa América , and won the 2021 Copa
América , while winning the Golden testicle and Golden thrill honour for the latter .This
accomplishment would interpret him pick up a disk seventh Ballon d'Or in 2021 .Messi has
endorsed activewear society Adidas since 2006 .According to Jacques Anatole Francois
Thibault football game , he was the mankind 's highest-paid footballer for five year out of six
between 2009 and 2014 , and was ranked the world 's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in
2019 .Messi was among sentence 's 100 most influential mass in the humankind in 2011
and 2012 .In February 2020 , he was awarded the Laureus macrocosm sportsman of the
class , thus becoming the get-go footballer and the number 1 team play jock to get ahead the
honour .Later that class , Messi became the second gear footballer ( and moment team-sport
athlete ) to go by $ 1 billion in vocation pay .