Lionel Messi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lionel Messi
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 24, 1987(1987-06-24)
Age	37
Birthplace	Rosario
Country	Argentina
Birth City	Santa Fe
Horoscope	Gemini

Lionel Messi Biography

Lionel Messi is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was a star soccer forward and became a world-famous player while playing for FC Barcelona and being the captain of Argentina’s national soccer team. After leading Argentina’s national team to the World Cup Championship in 2014, he won the Ballon d’Or for four consecutive years (2009 to 2012), and he was awarded the Golden Ball Award.

After he won the 2009 UEFA Super Cup, many pundits started calling him the next Many pundits began calling him the next Pele after he won the 2009 UEFA Super Cup with Barcelona..

Already frequently compared to compatriot Diego Maradona, Messi proved their similarity when he nearly replicated Maradona’s two most famous goals in the span of three weeks. During a Copa del Rey semi-final against Getafe on 18 April, he scored a goal remarkably similar to Maradona’s goal in the quarter- finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, known as the Goal of the Century. Messi collected the ball on the right side near the halfway line, ran 60 metres (66 yd), and beat five defenders before scoring with an angled finish, just as Maradona had done. A league match against Espanyol on 9 June saw him score by launching himself at the ball and guiding it past the goalkeeper with his hand in similar fashion to Maradona’s Hand of God goal in the same World Cup match. As Messi continued his individual rise, Barcelona faltered; the team failed to reach the Copa del Rey final after Messi was rested during the second leg against Getafe and lost the league to Real Madrid on head-to-head results.

Lionel Andrés Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, the third of the four children of Jorge Messi, a steel factory manager, and his wife Celia Cuccittini, who worked in a magnet manufacturing workshop. On his father’s side, he is of Italian and Spanish descent, the great-grandson of immigrants from the northcentral Adriatic Marche region of Italy and Catalonia, and on his mother’s side, he has primarily Italian ancestry. Growing up in a tight- knit, football-loving family, “Leo” developed a passion for the sport from an early age, playing constantly with his older brothers, Rodrigo and Matías, and his cousins, Maximiliano and Emanuel Biancucchi, both of whom became professional footballers. At the age of four he joined local club Grandoli, where he was coached by his father, though his earliest influence as a player came from his maternal grandmother, Celia, who accompanied him to training and matches. He was greatly affected by her death, shortly before his eleventh birthday; since then, as a devout Catholic, he has celebrated his goals by looking up and pointing to the sky in tribute of his grandmother.

He was born in Argentina to his parents He grew up in Argentina with his parents Jorge and Celia, and his siblings: Maria, Matias, and Rodrigo. He married Antonella Roccuzzo in 2017. He and Antonella have sons named Mateo, Thiago and Ciro. (and Celia) and his siblings Maria, Matias and Rodrigo. He married Antonella Roccuzzo in 2017. He and Antonella have three sons, Mateo Thiago, and Ciro.

Lionel Messi Net Worth

Lionel Messi is one of the richest Soccer Player from Argentina. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lionel Messi 's net worth $400 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he was eleven years old, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficit. His local club, Newell’s Old Boys did not want him to pay for treatment so he moved to Spain and joined FC Barcelona.

He was 25 years old when he became the youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga. In March 2012, he became first player to score five goals in Champions League matches.

Throughout his career, Messi has been compared with his compatriot Diego Maradona, due to their similar playing styles as diminutive, left-footed dribblers. Initially, he was merely one of many young Argentine players, including his boyhood idol Pablo Aimar, to receive the “New Maradona” moniker, but as his career progressed, Messi proved his similarity beyond all previous contenders, establishing himself as the greatest player Argentina had produced since Maradona. Jorge Valdano, who won the 1986 World Cup alongside Maradona, said in October 2013, “Messi is Maradona every day. For the last five years, Messi has been the Maradona of the World Cup in Mexico.” César Menotti, who as manager orchestrated their 1978 World Cup victory, echoed this sentiment when he opined that Messi plays “at the level of the best Maradona”. Other notable Argentines in the sport, such as Osvaldo Ardiles, Javier Zanetti, and Diego Simeone, have expressed their belief that Messi has overtaken Maradona as the best player in history. In Argentine society, Messi is generally held in lesser esteem than Maradona, a consequence of not only his perceived uneven performances with the national team, but also of differences in class, personality, and background. Messi is in some ways the antithesis of his predecessor: where Maradona was an extroverted, controversial character who rose to greatness from the slums, Messi is reserved and unassuming, an unremarkable man outside of football. An enduring mark against him is the fact that, although through no fault of his own, he never proved himself in the Argentine Primera División as an upcoming player, achieving stardom overseas from a young age, while his lack of outward passion for the Albiceleste shirt (he does not sing the national anthem and is disinclined to emotional displays) have in the past led to the false perception that he felt Catalan rather than truly Argentine. 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.” Moreover, several pundits and footballing figures, including Maradona, have also questioned Messi’s leadership with Argentina at times, despite his playing ability. In November 2016, with the Argentine Football Association being run by a FIFA committee for emergency due to an economic crisis, it was reported that three of the national team’s security staff told Messi that they had not received their salaries for six months. He stepped in and paid the salaries of the three members.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Lionel Messi Dating?

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As a dual Argentine-Spanish national, Messi was eligible to play for the national team of both countries. Selectors for Spain’s Under-17 squad began pursuing him in 2003 after Barcelona’s director of football, Carles Rexach, alerted the Royal Spanish Football Federation to their young player. Messi declined the offer, having aspired to represent La Albiceleste since childhood. To further prevent Spain from taking him, the Argentine Football Association organised two under-20 friendlies in June 2004, against Paraguay and Uruguay, with the purpose of finalising his status as an Argentina player in FIFA. Five days after his 17th birthday, on 29 June, he made his debut for his country against Paraguay, scoring once and providing two assists in their 8–0 victory. He was subsequently included in the squad for the South American Youth Championship, held in Colombia in February 2005. As he lacked the stamina of his teammates, the result of his former growth hormone deficiency, he was used as a substitute in six of the nine games. After being named man of the match against Venezuela, he scored the winning 2–1 goal in the crucial last match against Brazil, thereby securing their third-place qualification for the FIFA World Youth Championship.

Facts & Trivia

Lionel Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Argentina. Lionel Messi celebrates birthday on June 24 of every year.

During the 2003–04 season, his fourth with Barcelona, Messi rapidly progressed through the club’s ranks, debuting for a record five teams in a single campaign. After being named player of the tournament in four international pre-season competitions with the Juveniles B, he played only one official match with the team before being promoted to the Juveniles A, where he scored 18 goals in 11 league games. Messi was then one of several youth players called up to strengthen a depleted first team during the international break. French winger Ludovic Giuly explained how a teenage Leo caught the eye in a training session with Frank Rijkaard’s first team: “He destroyed us all… They were kicking him all over the place to avoid being ridiculed by this kid, he just got up and kept on playing. He would dribble past four players and score a goal. Even the team’s starting centre-backs were nervous. He was an alien.”

Who is No 1 Messi or Ronaldo?

Messi is the all-time leading goalscorer in La Liga and also has the record for the most assists but Ronaldo is the all-time top goalscorer and assist provider in the Champions League , yet the pair of them are the first two players to score 100 goals in Champions League history.

Who has more goals Messi or Ronaldo?

Messi has currently scored more goals than Ronaldo in the 2022-23 season. The PSG star has scored six goals in 11 games in all competitions, while Ronaldo’s solitary goal came from the penalty spot in the Europa League.

Who is No 1 football player in the world?

RankingPlayer NameClub/Team
1| Lionel Messi| PSG & Argentina
2| Robert Lewandowski| Barcelona & Poland
3| Kylian Mbappe| PSG & France
4| Cristiano Ronaldo| Manchester United & Portugal

How many free kick goals does Messi have?

Messi’s career now boasts 60 direct free-kick efforts across club and country appearances and the 35-year-old added to his recent virtuoso showings with the Albiceleste during the recent international period. LIONEL.

Who is the king of football now?

Lionel Messi is the king of football in 2022 after his stupendous previous season where he ended with 41 goals and 17 assists and then went on to leave Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain for the 2021-22 season.