Lionel Messi, Lionel Andrés Messi, also called Leo Messi, (born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina), footballer (soccer player) of Argentine origin who was named player of the year of the International Federation of Football Associations. (FIFA) five times (2009-12 and 2015).
Messi started playing soccer when he was a child and in 1995 he joined the youth team of Newell's Old Boys (a first division football club based in Rosario). Messi's phenomenal skills have attracted the attention of prestigious clubs on both sides of the Atlantic. At the age of 13, Messi and his family moved to Barcelona, and began playing for the under-14-year old team of FC Barcelona.In 14 games he scored 21 goals for the junior team,
In the 2004-05 season, Messi, aged 17, became the youngest official player and top scorer in the Spanish League (the highest division in the country). Although he measured only 5'7 "(1.7 m) and weighed 148 lbs (67 kg), he was strong, balanced and versatile in the field, naturally left-handed, quick and precise in controlling the ball, Messi was a forceful distributor and he could easily pass through the packaged defenses, and in 2005 he gained Spanish citizenship, an honor received with mixed feelings by the fervent Catalan supporters of Barcelona.The following year, Messi and Barcelona won the Champions League title.
Messi's game has continued to improve rapidly over the years and, in 2008, he was one of the most dominant players in the world, being second behind Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United in the World Player Vote. At the beginning of 2009, Messi crowned a spectacular 2008-09 season helping FC Barcelona to win the club's first hat-trick (winning three major European titles in a season): the team won the La Liga championship, the Copa of the King's National Cup) and the title of the Champions League.
He scored 38 goals in 51 games this season, and defeated Ronaldo in the vote for the FIFA Player of the Year award by a record margin. During the 2009-10 season, Messi scored 34 goals in local matches while Barcelona rehearsed as the League champion. He won the Golden Shoe Award as the top scorer in Europe, and was named World Player of the Year in 2010 (the award was renamed FIFA Ballon d'Or that year).
Messi led Barcelona to the league and the Champions League the following season, which earned him his third consecutive title of the year in a row. In March 2012, he scored his 233 goal for Barcelona, becoming the league's leading scorer in the league with only 24 years of age.
He finished the 2011/12 season in Barcelona (which included another Copa del Rey victory) with 73 goals in all competitions, surpassing the record of 39 years of Gerd Müller in a season in a major European league. football. His historic season earned him the 2012 World Player of the Year, making Messi the first player to win the honor four times. His 46 La Liga goals in 2012-13 led the league, and Barcelona captured another national championship in the top division this season.
In 2014, he set Barcelona's overall goal record by scoring his 370th goal as a member of the team. The same year, he also broke the goal record in the Champions League (with 72 goals) and the League (with 253 goals). Messi helped Barcelona capture another hat-trick in the 2014-2015 season, leading the team with 43 goals scored during the campaign, which resulted in his fifth world player of the year. He scored 41 goals in all competitions in Barcelona in 2015-16, and the club won the title of La Liga and Copa del Rey during this season. Messi dominated with 53 goals for Barcelona in 2016-17, leading the team to another Copa del Rey title. In 2017-18, he scored 45 goals and Barcelona again won the double La Liga-Copa del Rey.
Messi started playing soccer when he was a child and in 1995 he joined the youth team of Newell's Old Boys (a first division football club based in Rosario). Messi's phenomenal skills have attracted the attention of prestigious clubs on both sides of the Atlantic. At the age of 13, Messi and his family moved to Barcelona, and began playing for the under-14-year old team of FC Barcelona.In 14 games he scored 21 goals for the junior team,
In the 2004-05 season, Messi, aged 17, became the youngest official player and top scorer in the Spanish League (the highest division in the country). Although he measured only 5'7 "(1.7 m) and weighed 148 lbs (67 kg), he was strong, balanced and versatile in the field, naturally left-handed, quick and precise in controlling the ball, Messi was a forceful distributor and he could easily pass through the packaged defenses, and in 2005 he gained Spanish citizenship, an honor received with mixed feelings by the fervent Catalan supporters of Barcelona.The following year, Messi and Barcelona won the Champions League title.
Messi's game has continued to improve rapidly over the years and, in 2008, he was one of the most dominant players in the world, being second behind Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United in the World Player Vote. At the beginning of 2009, Messi crowned a spectacular 2008-09 season helping FC Barcelona to win the club's first hat-trick (winning three major European titles in a season): the team won the La Liga championship, the Copa of the King's National Cup) and the title of the Champions League.
He scored 38 goals in 51 games this season, and defeated Ronaldo in the vote for the FIFA Player of the Year award by a record margin. During the 2009-10 season, Messi scored 34 goals in local matches while Barcelona rehearsed as the League champion. He won the Golden Shoe Award as the top scorer in Europe, and was named World Player of the Year in 2010 (the award was renamed FIFA Ballon d'Or that year).
Messi led Barcelona to the league and the Champions League the following season, which earned him his third consecutive title of the year in a row. In March 2012, he scored his 233 goal for Barcelona, becoming the league's leading scorer in the league with only 24 years of age.
He finished the 2011/12 season in Barcelona (which included another Copa del Rey victory) with 73 goals in all competitions, surpassing the record of 39 years of Gerd Müller in a season in a major European league. football. His historic season earned him the 2012 World Player of the Year, making Messi the first player to win the honor four times. His 46 La Liga goals in 2012-13 led the league, and Barcelona captured another national championship in the top division this season.
In 2014, he set Barcelona's overall goal record by scoring his 370th goal as a member of the team. The same year, he also broke the goal record in the Champions League (with 72 goals) and the League (with 253 goals). Messi helped Barcelona capture another hat-trick in the 2014-2015 season, leading the team with 43 goals scored during the campaign, which resulted in his fifth world player of the year. He scored 41 goals in all competitions in Barcelona in 2015-16, and the club won the title of La Liga and Copa del Rey during this season. Messi dominated with 53 goals for Barcelona in 2016-17, leading the team to another Copa del Rey title. In 2017-18, he scored 45 goals and Barcelona again won the double La Liga-Copa del Rey.
Despite his dual nationality and professional success in Spain, Messi's ties to his homeland have remained strong, and he has been a key member of several Argentinean national teams since 2005. He played in the 2005 Argentine Championship winning team FIFA's youth world represented the country at the 2006 World Cup and scored two goals in five matches when Argentina won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Messi helped the Argentina to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup. 2010, where the team was eliminated by Germany for the second time in a row at the World Cup.
At the 2014 World Cup, Messi showed a dazzling show, scoring four goals and almost alone, leading an Argentinian team with gaps in the group stage and in the playoffs, where Argentina advanced to the Copa final del Rey. World for the first time. time in 24 years. Argentina lost the match 1-0 against Germany, but Messi won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player.
At the 2016 Copa América Centenario tournament, he scored his 55th international goal to beat Gabriel Batistuta's record in Argentina. After Argentina's defeat in the Cup final - the third consecutive loss of a major tournament - Messi said he was leaving the national team, but his ephemeral "retirement" lasted less than two months before announce his return to the team. Country. Argentine team
Off the field, Messi was one of the biggest sports stars in the world. In addition to earning a football salary which, along with that of Ronaldo, was one of the salaries of the two greatest athletes in all professional sports, he was an extremely popular product launcher, especially for the sportswear company Adidas. .
In 2013, Messi and his father (who managed their son's finances) were accused of tax evasion and accused of using fictitious companies abroad to avoid paying 4.2 million euros in Spanish taxes. on the benefits of the approval Despite the payment of 5 million euros to the Spanish state, despite this, they were sentenced to be tried for the charges in 2016.
In July of this year, Messi and his father were sentenced to conditional sentences of 21 months (offenders for the first time in Spain, he receives convictions if the duration is less than two years) and was sentenced to a fine of 2 million euros and 1.5 million euros, respectively.
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