(Spanish pronunciation: [ljonel anjaj messi] (heard the word); [A] born June 24, 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Spanish club Barcelona and Argentina national team. [6] [7] [8] Messi has five Ballon d'Ors, [Note 2], which he has won regularly and records five European Golden Shoes - and is considered as the best player in the world, and is often considered one of the best players in the world. He spent his full professional career with Barcelona, where he won 32 trophies with the North La League title, four UEFA Champions League titles and six Copa del Rey. La Liga (383), a club football club in Europe (50), a calendar year (91) La Liga (50), top scorer goalkeeper and a creative player. El Clásico (26) as well as La Liga's highest 149 and Copa América (11). He has seen 600 senior career days for the club and the country.
Born and raised in Argentina, Messi was diagnosed with a lack of hormones as a child. At the age of 13, he moved to Spain to join Barcelona, who agreed to pay for his medical treatment. Following a rapid progress through Barcelona's Youth Academy, Messi became a competitive debut on October 17, 2004. Despite being hit in his early career, he established himself as an integral player of the club in the next three years, finished in 2007, both Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award both played in the final, repeating it next year. His first continuous campaign came in the 2008-09 season, which helped him to achieve Barcelona's first Spanish triangle. Messi won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award by voting margin at 22 years of age.
Following three successful seasons, Messi won three FIFA Ballon d'Or, of which a fourth debut. His best campaign in March 2012 was in the 2012 season, where he set La Liga and European record for the highest goal of a league in March 2012 to establish himself as Barcelona's greatest goal scorer in the formal competition. At the end of two seasons, Messi scored twice for the Ballon d'Or, behind Cristiano Ronaldo, his felt career rival. In the 2014-15 season, Messi restored his best form, breaking the record of the best goals in both La Liga and Champions League matches in November 2014 [Note 3] and in Barcelona, a historic second triangle.
An Argentine international, Messi is the country's best goalkeeper. At the youth level, he won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, finished the tournament with both Golden Ball and Golden Shoe, and won the Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. As a small, left foot dribbler, compared with his style colleague Diego Maradona, who announced his successor to the teenager, Messi became the youngest Argentine to play and score in the 2006 World Cup in FIFA World Cup, after his senior debut in August 2005, and in the Copa América 2007 final Reach, where he was named as the young player of the tournament. As captain of the team since August 2011, he led Argentina to three finalists: After the 2014 World Cup, for which he won the Golden Ball, and after the 2016 International Copa America retired in 2016, he withdrew his decision and for the 2018 World Cup His country has qualified.
