Lionel Messi
The only player to hold the FIFA Balon d’Or and so far to date, 3 times in a row! As Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a third time in a row and also became the record goalscorer in one season we thought we would give you some facts of the World´s Greatest Footballer.
footballer in the world and as one of the greatest players in the history of the game, Messi is the first football player in history to win four FIFA/Ballons d'Or, which he won consecutively.
Messi has won five La Ligas, two Copas del Rey, five Supercopas de España, three Champions Leagues, two Super Cups and two Club World Cups. In March 2012, Messi made UEFA Champions League history by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match, achieving the feat in a 7–1 win over Bayer Leverkusen. He By the age of 21, Messi had received also matched José Altafini's record of Recieving his 2012 FIFA Balon d’Or Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of 14 goals in a single Champions League and he won a runners-up medal at the the Year nominations. The following season. Copa América tournament the following year, in 2009, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year Messi became the first player to top year, in which he was elected young score in four successive Champions player of the tournament. awards. League campaigns. He set the In 2008, he won his first international He followed this up by winning the European record for most goals scored honour, an Olympic gold medal, with inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010, and in a season during the 2011–12 season, the Argentina Olympic football team. again in 2011, and 2012. He also won with 73 goals. In the same season, he Sportspro has rated Lionel Messi as the the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in set the current goalscoring record in a third most marketable athlete in the Europe Award. At the age of 24, Messi single La Liga season, scoring 50 goals. world. became Barcelona's all-time top scorer He was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA His playing style and stature have in all official club competitions. World Youth Championship with six drawn comparisons to compatriot Consistently rated by commentators, goals. In 2006, he became the youngest Diego Maradona, who himself declared coaches and colleagues as the best Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup Messi his "successor".
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljo nel an d es mesi], born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team where he is the captain.
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