Know More about Lionel Messi – The Charismatic Footballer 

Lione Messi is considered as one of the greatest players of all time. Winner of Ballon d’ Or award for record seven times.

 Messi played for Barcelona and has helped the club to win 35 Trophies; besides winning European Golden Shoe six time - a record. 

 He has many records to his credit – Most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the only South American who scored 90 International goals. 

 Messi played very crucial role in winning the football Gold Medal in 2008 Olympic Games, a worth achieved feat. 

As a Captain of Argentina Squad from 2011 he helped the team reach the finals in 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2015 & 2016 Copa America.

He got involved in 9 of 12 goals scored by his team in the Copa America 2021 and thus winning the Trophy & Golden Boot award. 

Messi has scored a total of 6 goals in FIFA World Cup till date. He scored one goal in 2006, four goals in 2014 and one goal in 2018.  

Former Barcelona Manager Pip Guardiola once commented, “Messi is the only player that runs faster with the ball than he does without it.

 He is considered to be the best dribbler in the world. He is also star free kick and penalty kick taker and a chip expert.

He became the second footballer after Cristiano Ronaldo to cross $1 billion mark in earnings. 

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