Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team.

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2. • His full name is Lionel Andrés Messi.
• He was born in 24 june 1987
• He began playing football at young age and his potential was
quickly Barcelona.
• Making his debut in the 2004-05 season , he broke the laliga
record for the youngest footballer and also the youngest to
score a league goal.
• He plays for his national team Argentina.

3. • His father Jorge Messi was a steel factory manager.
• His mother Celia Cuccittini, who worked in a magnet manufacturing
workshop.
• At the age of four, he was trained by his father.
• During the six years he played for Newell's, he scored almost 500
goals as a member of "The Machine of 87”
• Messi’s family moved to Catalonia where they sought to arrange a
trial with Barcelona in September 2000.
• During his first year in Spain, Messi rarely played with
the Infantiles due to a transfer conflict with Newell's; as a foreigner.
• After a year at Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, Messi was
finally enrolled in the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in
February 2002.

4. BARCELONA
 On 24 June 2005, his 18th birthday, Messi signed his first
contract as a senior team player.
• 2012 was a record-breaking year for him .
• on 20 March, Messi became the top goalscorer in
Barcelona's history at 24 years old, overtaking the 57-year
record of César Rodríguez's 232 goals with a hat-trick
against Granada.
• he has won champions league with Barcelona 4 times
which includes treble twice.
• He has achieved a lot with Barca.

5. ARGENTINA
2004–05: Success at youth level
• He won fifa youth championship for Argentina in 2005.
• He was awarded golden ball as the best player of the tournament.
2005-present: SeniorTeam
 In 2006 he played 1st worldcup with argentina.
 He is the top scorer of the national team.
 He has led Argentina to the finals of FIFAWC 2014 in brazil.
 He has also led argentina to 2 finals of copaAmerica and played 3 times.
 Unfortunately he reired after a defeat in copa America Centenario final in 2016 because that was his
third consecutive final defeat and 4 in total.
 but he made a return back as he wanted to play another worldcup for argentina in russia2018 by
the after a campaign by his fans “don’t go leo”.
 Despite having lived in Spain since age 13, Messi has said: "Argentina is my country, my family, my
way of expressing myself. I would change all my records to make the people in my country happy."

6. Due to his short stature, Messi has a lower centre of gravity than taller players,
which gives him greater agility, allowing him to change direction more quickly and
evade opposing tackles.
A prolific goalscorer, Messi is known for his finishing, positioning, quick reactions,
and ability to make attacking runs to beat the defensive line. He also functions in a
playmaking role, courtesy of his vision and precise passing, and is an accurate free
kick and penalty kick taker
Tactically, Messi plays in a free attacking role; a versatile player, he is capable of
attacking on either wing or through the centre of the pitch. His favoured position in
childhood was the playmaker behind two strikers.
He is a qualityTalismatic player.

7. • He has won 8 laliga, 5 copa del rey,6 supercopa de espana, 4 uefa champions league, 3 uefa super
cup and 3 Fifa club world cup for Barcelona.
• For Argentina he has won Fifa U-20 world cup, an Olympic gold medal in 2008.He has also led his
national side to 4 finals of major tournaments.
• Winner of the Golden Ball (best player) in fifa wc 2014 in brazil.
• Only player in history to score 40+ club goals in 8 consecutive seasons
• Most FIFA Ballon d'Or awards: 5 (won 4 consecutive times)
• GuinnessWorld Records title for the most official goals in a calendar year: 91 goals (2012)
• Youngest player to win 4 Ballon d'Or awards: 25 years, 6 months and 15 days.
• Youngest player to win 5 Ballon d'Or awards
• Fastest player to reach 100 UEFA Champions League goals (123 games)
• Most European Golden Shoe awards: 4
• Fastest player ever to reach 300 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues (334 games)
• Most free kicks scored in La Liga: 24 free kick goals
• Most assists in La Liga: 149 assists

8. • Throughout his career, Messi has been involved in charitable efforts aimed at vulnerable children, a
commitment that stems in part from the medical difficulties he faced in his own childhood. Since
2004, he has contributed his time and finances to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), an
organisation with which Barcelona also have a strong association.
• Messi has served as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since his appointment in March 2010, completing
his first field mission for the organisation .
• In addition to his work with UNICEF, Messi founded his own charitable organisation, the Leo Messi
Foundation, which supports access to health care, education, and sport for children.
• Messi has also invested in youth football in Argentina.

9. • According to France Football, Messi was the world's highest-paid footballer for five years out of six
between 2009 and 2014; he was the first player to exceed the €40 million benchmark, with earnings of
€41 million in 2013, and the €50–€60 million points, with income of €65 million in 2014.
• At the start of his career, he thus mainly held sponsorship contracts with companies that employ
sports-oriented marketing, such as Adidas, Pepsi, and Konami.
• Messi was the face of Konami's video game series Pro Evolution Soccer, appearing on the covers of
PES 2009, PES 2010 and PES 2011.
• He subsequently signed with rival company EA Sports to become the face of their series FIFA and has
since appeared on four consecutive covers from FIFA 13 to FIFA 16.

10. • Since 2008, when he was 20, Messi has been in a relationship with Antonella Roccuzzo, a fellow native
of Rosario. He has known Roccuzzo since he was five years old, as she is the cousin of his best friend
since childhood,
• Messi and Roccuzzo have three sons:Thiago (born 2012), Mateo (born 2015) and Ciro (born 2018).
• On 30 June 2017, he married Roccuzzo at a luxury hotel named Hotel City Center in Rosario with about
260 guests attending his wedding.
• Messi enjoys a close relationship with his immediate family members, particularly his mother, Celia,
whose face he has tattooed on his left shoulder.

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