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Lionel Messi is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time. He spent his entire career until 2021 with Barcelona, winning numerous trophies, and holds many goalscoring records. He is Argentina's all-time leading goalscorer and has led them to numerous international finals.

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Lionel Messi is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time. He spent his entire career until 2021 with Barcelona, winning numerous trophies, and holds many goalscoring records. He is Argentina's all-time leading goalscorer and has led them to numerous international finals.

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Lionel Andrés Messi[note 1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] (audio

speaker iconlisten); born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine
professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain
and captains the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the
world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won
a record seven Ballon d'Or awards,[note 2] a record six European Golden Shoes, and
in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team. Until leaving the club in 2021, he
had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record
35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA
Champions Leagues. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the
records for most goals in La Liga (474), a La Liga and European league season (50),
most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (8), and most assists
in La Liga (192), a La Liga season (21) and the Copa América (17). He also holds
the record for most international goals by a South American male (80). Messi has
scored over 750 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by
a player for a single club.

Born and raised in central Argentina, Messi relocated to Spain to join Barcelona at
age 13, for whom he made his competitive debut aged 17 in October 2004. He
established himself as an integral player for the club within the next three years,
and in his first uninterrupted season in 2008–09 he helped Barcelona achieve the
first treble in Spanish football; that year, aged 22, Messi won his first Ballon
d'Or. Three successful seasons followed, with Messi winning four consecutive
Ballons d'Or, making him the first player to win the award four times and in a row.
[10] During the 2011–12 season, he set the La Liga and European records for most
goals scored in a single season, while establishing himself as Barcelona's all-time
top scorer. The following two seasons, Messi finished second for the Ballon d'Or
behind Cristiano Ronaldo (his perceived career rival), before regaining his best
form during the 2014–15 campaign, becoming the all-time top scorer in La Liga and
leading Barcelona to a historic second treble, after which he was awarded a fifth
Ballon d'Or in 2015. Messi assumed captaincy of Barcelona in 2018, and in 2019 he
won a record sixth Ballon d'Or. Out of contract, he signed for Paris Saint-Germain
in August 2021.

An Argentine international, Messi is both his country's highest appearance-maker


and their all-time leading goalscorer. At youth level, he won the 2005 FIFA World
Youth Championship, finishing the tournament with both the Golden Ball and Golden
Shoe, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His style of play as a
diminutive, left-footed dribbler drew comparisons with his compatriot Diego
Maradona, who described Messi as his successor. After his senior debut in August
2005, Messi became the youngest Argentine to play and score in a FIFA World Cup in
2006, and reached the final of the 2007 Copa América, where he was named young
player of the tournament. As the squad's captain from August 2011, he led Argentina
to three consecutive finals: the 2014 FIFA World Cup, for which he won the Golden
Ball, and the 2015 and 2016 Copa América, winning the Golden Ball in the 2015
edition. After announcing his international retirement in 2016, he reversed his
decision and led his country to qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, a third-
place finish at the 2019 Copa América, and won the 2021 Copa América, while winning
the Golden Ball and Golden Boot award for the latter. This achievement would see
him receive a record seventh Ballon d'Or in 2021.

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