Footballer Lionel Messi turns 35
Lionel Messi is considered to be the best football player in the world and fans refer to him as one of the greatest players of all time.
Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and captains the Argentina national team (Messi Argentina Captain). He is considered to be the best football player in the world and fans refer to him as one of the greatest players of all time. Messi won a record seven Ballon d’Or Awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020, he was also selected in the Ballon d’Or dream team.
Messi spent his entire professional career with it from 2004 until leaving Barcelona in 2021 (Messi With Barcelona from 2004 to 2021). Here he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions League titles. A prolific goalscorer on the field and a playwright of creative play, Messi scored a record 474 goals in 520 appearances for Barcelona . He also holds the record for most international goals scored by a South American male player at 80.
Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe. He is the third of four children of George Messi, a steel factory manager, and his wife, Celia Cuccitini. Messi moved to Spain at the age of 13 to join Barcelona FC. He started playing for the Barcelona senior team in October 2004 at the age of 17, and at the age of 22, he won his first Ballon d’Or.
Messi then went on to win three more Ballons d’Or in a row, making him the first player to win the award four times in a row. He was awarded the fifth Ballon d’Or in 2015. Messi took over the captaincy of Barcelona in 2018 and won a record sixth Ballon d’Or in 2019. He started playing for Paris Saint-Germain in August 2021, at the end of his contract with Barcelona. Messi won the Copa America for Argentina in 2021 and was also selected for a record seventh Ballon d’Or (Messi Career).
According to France Football, Messi was the highest-paid footballer in the world between 2009 and 2014. In 2019, Forbes named him the highest-paid athlete in the world. In 2020, Messi’s career earnings crossed $1 billion .