LIONEL ANDRES MESSI

Ricardo Luis Aragon Cujia

VIGILADA MINEDUCACIÓN | Reconocimiento como Universidad: Resolución 303 del 3 de abril de 1967 | Reconocimiento personería jurídica: Decreto 2694 del 12 de diciembre de 1974
The King of the League and
Cup
Along with Andrés Iniesta
and Xavi Hernández,
Argentinean striker Lionel
Messi is the footballer with
the most league
championships in Spain.
The albiceleste national
team has eight titles in the
Santander League, and
could surpass Xavi in 2018
with nine. In addition, he is
also the player with the
most championships of the
King’s Cup.
A historic 2012 for Messi

In 2012, the Argentinean

star achieved an impressive
feat. Messi scored 91 goals
that year, taking into
account the goals he scored
in the UEFA Champions
League, Copa del Rey,
Super Copa de Europa, La
Liga de España and
Argentina’s national team.
A record hard to beat.
Four champions league
The Argentinean star has
also won the UEFA
Champions League four
times. The last one was in
the 2014-2015 season,
beating Juventus in the
final. In addition, he was
also at the championships
in 2010-2011 against
Manchester United, in
2008-2009 against the same
English club, and in 2005-
2006 against Arsenal.
 Messi has also won the Club
Three Club World
World Cup three times, two
Championships
of them when they won the
League, Cup and Champions
triplet. In 2009 they
defeated Students La Plata
in the final. Messi scored
the second of the
Blaugranas in the victory 2-
1. In 2011, against Santos
de Brazil, where the
Argentinean scored double
and in 2015 when they hit
River Plate 3-0. In total,
there are five goals he has
made in this tournament.
Many goals in the
champions league
Although the top scorer in
the Champions League is
Portugal’s Cristiano
Ronaldo, Messi can boast of
being the non-European
footballer with the highest
number in the European
competition. Just in March
of this year, Lio scored his
100th goal in the top club
tournament on the
European continent.
Golden Messi

Messi de Oro. Lionel Messi

was also a key player for
Argentina’s national team
to win their gold medal at
the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Although it was Di Maria
who scored the goal against
Nigeria, she scored two
goals in the contest.
Golden Balls
He has won the Golden Ball
six times, being the player
with the most gold balls in
the history of the football,
Cristiano Ronaldo is the
player who comes closest
with 5 obtained.
Top winner of the Golden Lionel Messi of Barcelona
Boot was dedicated for the third
consecutive season, after
having scored if the top
scorer in 2016/2017, where
he scored 37 goals, and last
campaign, 17/18, with 34
conquests. In his
participation for the
Spanish league, which the
Blaugrana team won for the
second consecutive year,
Messi became in 23 of the
34 matches in which he
entered the field of play.
He overtook Telmo Zarra

In 2014, Messi managed to

beat Telmo Zarra and got
the title of top scorer of
the Spanish League. The
Argentinean striker has
scored 378 goals since his
debut with FC Barcelona in
2004. A record that will
probably continue to rise in
the coming weeks.
Scorer of the Albiceleste

He has the record of top

scorer of the National Team
of Argentina with 61 goals
in 123 games. Messi beat
historic striker Gabriel
Batistuta, who scored 56
goals during his run with
the national team.
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