By When it comes to football, one name that almost everyone recognizes is Lionel Messi.
He is one of the greatest football players in the world. Born on June 24, 1987, in Argentina, he had a crazy for football since his childhood. He joined the local club Grandoli when he was only 4. His father used to train him. As he grew up, his passion for football grew along.
Here are Facts about Lionel Messi that made him the greatest star.
· Back in 2003, he joined Barcelona. From that point onwards, his career took a peak.
· At 16 years, made his first-team debut
· Ronaldinho told his teammates that he believed the 16-year-old Messi would become a better player than himself. He befriended Messi, whom he called “little brother
· On 24 June 2005, his 18th birthday, Messi signed his first contract as a senior team player. It made him a Barcelona player
· Messi established himself as one of the best players in the world during the 2006–07 campaign.
· In 2009, Barcelona won the FIFA Club World Cup against Estudiantes de La Plata on 19 December, with Messi scoring the winning 2–1 goal with his chest
· At 22 years old, he won the Ballon d’Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award
· Messi secured Barcelona’s first trophy of the 2010–11 campaign, the Supercopa de España, by scoring a hat-trick in his side’s second-leg 4–0 victory over Sevilla
· In 2012, 20th March, Messi became the top goalscorer in Barcelona’s history at 24 years old
· At the close of the year (2012), Messi had scored a record 91 goals in all competitions for Barcelona and Argentina. He received the Guinness World Records title for most goals scored in a calendar year.
- Messi Won FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015.
- He became the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2009
- Messi received two Ballon d’Or in 2009 and in 2019
- He is recognized as The Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2019
- He won the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball in 2014
- He is the UEFA Champions League top scorer of 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2018-19
He has many world records:
- Most FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d’Or/Best FIFA Men’s Player Awards: 6 (2009–2012, 2015, 2019)
- Most Ballons d’Or: 6 (2009–2012, 2015, 2019)
- Most consecutive Ballons d’Or: 4 (2009–2012)
- Youngest two-time, three-time, four-time, five-time, and six-time Ballon d’Or winner: aged 23, 24, 25, 28, and 32 years old
- Guinness World Record for top goalscorer for club and country in a calendar year (official goals): 91 goals in 2012
- Most official goals for a single club: 672, for Barcelona
- Most recorded assists for a single club: 268, for Barcelona
- Most trophies won with a single club: 35, with Barcelona
- Most goals in a calendar year (including club friendlies): 96 in 2012
- Most goals in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 in 2012
- Most goals in a club season: 73 in 2011–12
- Most goals scored in a domestic league: 474, in La Liga
- Most assists provided in a domestic league: 192, in La Liga
- Most goals scored in a domestic league in a single season: 50 in 2011–12
- Most assists provided in a domestic league in a single season: 21 in 2019–20
- Most goals and assists in finals: 31 and 14, respectively
- Longest goalscoring run in a domestic league: 21 matches, 33 goals in 2012–13
- The only player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009 and 2011
- The first player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Final Most Valuable Player award: 2009 and 2011
- The only player to score more than forty goals in ten consecutive seasons
- The only player to score in seven different official competitions in a single calendar year: 2015, in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, Copa América, UEFA Super Cup, Supercopa de España, and FIFA Club World Cup (completed on 20 December 2015)
- The only player to score in six different club competitions in a calendar year twice: 2011 and 2015
- The only player to score and assist in six different club competitions in a calendar year: 2011
- The only player to score 60+ goals in all competitions in 2 consecutive seasons: 2011–12 and 2012–13
- The first player to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league: 2012–13
- Most appearances in the FIFPro World11: 14 (2007–2020)
- Most appearances on a video game cover by a football player: 11
- Most (official) assists provided in football history: 315
- Most Man of the Match awards won in a single FIFA World Cup: 4, in 2014
- The only player to score in his teens, his twenties, and his thirties in the history of the World Cup
- The largest gap between first and last Ballon d’Or awards: 10 years (2009, 2019)
- Most Man of the Match awards won at the World Cup finals: 6 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018)
- Most total dribbles completed at the World Cup finals: 110
Now in 2021, Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona. Now he is a free agent and can join any club that suits him the best.
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