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2018 |
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Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini [note 1] ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾez ˈmesi] ( listen ) ; [A] born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team . Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as one of the greatest players of all time , [6] [7] [8] Messi has won a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards, [note 2] four of which he won consecutively, and a record five European Golden Shoes . He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he has won 33 trophies, including nine La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, and six Copas del Rey . Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most official goals scored in La Liga (392), a La Liga season (50), a club football season in Europe (73), a calendar year (91), El Clásico (26), as well as those for most assists in La Liga (153) and the Copa América (11). He has scored over 650 senior career goals for club and country. |
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2017 |
1205018 characters 49 sections 107 paragraphs 57 images 1221 internal links 524 external links |
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Lionel Andrés " Leo " Messi Cuccittini [note 1] ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ( listen ) ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team . Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as one of the greatest of all time, Messi has a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards, [note 2] four of which he won consecutively, and a record-tying four European Golden Shoes . [note 3] He has won 29 trophies with Barcelona, including eight La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, and five Copas del Rey . Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most official goals scored in La Liga (362), a La Liga season (50), a club football season in Europe (73), a calendar year (91), El Clásico (25), as well as those for most assists made in La Liga (141) and the Copa América (11). He has scored over 600 senior career goals for club and country. |
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2016 |
1080655 characters 41 sections 96 paragraphs 52 images 1114 internal links 446 external links |
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Lionel Andrés " Leo " Messi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ( listen ) ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team . Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only football player in history to win five FIFA Ballons d'Or , four of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Shoes . [note 2] With Barcelona he has won eight La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles, as well as four Copas del Rey . Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals scored in La Liga , a La Liga season (50) , and a football season (82), as well as those for most assists made in La Liga and the Copa América . He has scored over 500 senior career goals for club and country. |
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2015 |
1000831 characters 37 sections 79 paragraphs 45 images 1037 internal links 405 external links |
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Lionel Andrés " Leo " Messi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ( listen ) ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team . Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only football player in history to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or four times, all of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Shoes . With Barcelona he has won seven La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles, as well as three Copa del Rey titles. A prolific goalscorer, Messi holds the Guinness World Records titles for most goals scored in La Liga (292) , a La Liga season (50) , a calendar year (91), a Champions League match (five), and most Champions League seasons (five) . |
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2014 |
865864 characters 50 sections 115 paragraphs 67 images 1162 internal links 403 external links |
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Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi Cuccittini ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ( listen ) ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and is the captain for the Argentina national team . |
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2013 |
748214 characters 45 sections 98 paragraphs 48 images 1033 internal links 352 external links |
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Lionel Andrés Messi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team . He serves as the captain of his country's national football team. By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year, in 2009, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. He followed this up by winning the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 , and then again in 2011 and 2012 . He also won the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award . At the age of 24, Messi became Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions. At age 25, Messi became the youngest player to score 200 La Liga goals. |
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2012 |
676240 characters 43 sections 83 paragraphs 42 images 1003 internal links 296 external links |
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Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] , born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team . He serves as the captain of his country's national football team. Messi is Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions. [2] By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year in 2009 he won the Ballon d'Or [3] and FIFA World Player of the Year , and the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 and 2011 . [4] He also won the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award . |
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2011 |
555344 characters 35 sections 67 paragraphs 38 images 923 internal links 231 external links |
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Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi [3] (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team , mainly as an forward . Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21, and won in 2009 [4] [5] [6] [7] and 2010 . [8] His playing style and small stature has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona , who himself declared Messi as his "successor." [9] [10] |
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2010 |
433083 characters 28 sections 50 paragraphs 29 images 765 internal links 181 external links |
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Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi [3] ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Barcelona and the Argentina national team as a forward or winger . He also holds Spanish citizenship, which makes him eligible as a EU player. Considered one of the best football players of his generation [4] [5] [6] and frequently cited as the world's best contemporary player, [7] Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both by the age of 22. [7] [8] [9] [10] His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona , who himself declared Messi his "successor". [11] [12] |
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2009 |
300755 characters 22 sections 33 paragraphs 28 images 591 internal links 126 external links |
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Lionel Andrés Messi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for La Liga 's Barcelona and the Argentine national team . Messi is considered to be one of the best football players of his generation, [3] [4] [5] having received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21. [6] [7] [8] His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to football legend Diego Maradona , who himself declared Messi his "successor". [9] [10] |
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2008 |
124477 characters 22 sections 24 paragraphs 25 images 232 internal links 46 external links |
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Lionel Andrés Messi (born June 24, 1987 in Rosario , Santa Fe Province ) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team . He has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona , and Maradona himself named Messi his "successor". [2] |
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2007 |
88091 characters 15 sections 23 paragraphs 7 images 178 internal links 50 external links |
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Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario ) is an Argentine international footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona in the Primera División , and appears on Argentina's national team . He has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona , and indeed Maradona himself named Messi his "successor". [2] |
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2006 |
52738 characters 13 sections 18 paragraphs 4 images 113 internal links 22 external links |
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Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario , Argentina ) is an Argentine- Spanish football player, who currently plays for FC Barcelona . He is often touted in the media as the new " Diego Maradona ". Messi has been publicly named as "Maradona's successor" by Diego Maradona himself. [1] |
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2005 |
10019 characters 1 sections 9 paragraphs 3 images 42 internal links 3 external links |
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Lionel Messi started playing football at a very early age in his hometown's Newell's Old Boys . From the age of 11, he suffered from a hormone deficiency and as Lionel's parents were unable to pay for the treatment in Argentina, they decided to move to Barcelona , Spain . Shortly after arriving in Spain, Lionel tried his luck with a trial at FC Barcelona , despite being only 13 years of age. He excelled at the trial and rapidly found himself starting for the Barcelona B team, averaging more than a goal per game. |