Messi

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Lionel Andres Messi is an Argentine professional soccer player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. 
Born on June 24, 1987, Messi spent the majority of his career playing for FC Barcelona, where he achieved numerous accolades and records.

Messi joined Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, at the age of 13. He quickly progressed through the ranks and made his first-team debut in 2004 at the age of 17. 
Over the years, Messi developed into a prolific goal scorer and an exceptional playmaker. 
His incredible dribbling skills, close ball control, vision, and agility set him apart from his peers.

During his time at Barcelona, Messi won numerous domestic and international titles, including ten La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles. 
He also received the prestigious Ballon d'Or award six times, which is given annually to the best player in the world.
Later in 2021 Messi signed with Paris St.-Germain (PSG), where he joined superstars Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, and that year he received yet another Ballon d’Or. 
He helped PSG win the Ligue 1 title in each of his two seasons with the team. 

In 2023 Messi joined Inter Miami of Major League Soccer.
Lionel Messi helped Inter Miami to capture their first trophy in club history with nail-biting victory over Nashville FC in Leagues Cup final.

International career

Despite his dual citizenship and professional success in Spain, Messi’s ties with his homeland remained strong, and he was a key member of various Argentine national teams from 2005. 

He played on Argentina’s victorious 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squad, represented the country in the 2006 World Cup, and scored two goals in five matches as Argentina swept to the gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 

Messi helped Argentina reach the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals, where the team was eliminated by Germany for the second consecutive time in World Cup play. 
At the 2014 World Cup, Messi put on a dazzling display, scoring four goals and almost single-handedly propelling an offense-deficient Argentina team through the group stage and into the knockout rounds, where Argentina then advanced to the World Cup final for the first time in 24 years. 

Argentina lost that contest 1–0 to Germany, but Messi nevertheless won the Golden Ball award as the tournament’s best player. 
During the 2016 Copa América Centenario tournament, he netted his 55th international goal to break Gabriel Batistuta’s Argentine scoring record.

After Argentina was defeated in the Copa final—the team’s third consecutive finals loss in a major tournament—Messi said that he was quitting the national team, but his short-lived “retirement” lasted less than two months before he announced his return to the Argentine team. 

At the 2018 World Cup, he helped an overmatched Argentine side reach the knockout stage, where they were eliminated by eventual champion France in their first match. 
After a third-place finish at the 2019 Copa América, Messi led Argentina to victory in the tournament two years later, and he received the Golden Ball award. 

His success continued at the 2022 World Cup. There he guided Argentina to the finals, where he scored two goals—and made a penalty kick during the shootout—to help defeat France. 
Messi won the World Cup’s Golden Ball, becoming the first male player to receive that award twice. 
In addition, his outstanding play in the tournament was instrumental in Messi winning his eighth Ballon d’Or in 2023.

Messi has received a total of eight Ballon d'Or awards and three The Best FIFA Men's Player awards, the most for any player. 
He holds the record for the most goals in La Liga (474), the Supercopa de España (14), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (357).

He has scored over 830 goals for club and country throughout his professional career and is also the first and only player in history to win five and six European Golden Shoes. 
During his football career, he won 44 collective trophies.


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