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Tuesday 17 January 2017

Track Record Lionel Messi

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Lionel Messi
2015 UEFA Super Cup 64 crop.jpg
Messi with Barcelona during the UEFA Super Cup in August 2015
Personal information
Full name Lionel Andrés Messi[note 1]
Date of birth 24 June 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 10
Youth career
1994–2000 Newell's Old Boys
2001–2004 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Barcelona C 10 (5)
2004–2005 Barcelona B 22 (6)
2004– Barcelona 363 (326)
National team‡
2004–2005 Argentina U20 18 (14)
2008 Argentina U23 5 (2)
2005– Argentina 116 (57)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2017.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2016



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Lionel Messi
2015 UEFA Super Cup 64 crop.jpg
Messi with Barcelona during the UEFA Super Cup in August 2015
Personal information
Full name Lionel Andrés Messi[note 1]
Date of birth 24 June 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 10
Youth career
1994–2000 Newell's Old Boys
2001–2004 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Barcelona C 10 (5)
2004–2005 Barcelona B 22 (6)
2004– Barcelona 363 (326)
National team‡
2004–2005 Argentina U20 18 (14)
2008 Argentina U23 5 (2)
2005– Argentina 116 (57)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2017.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2016
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ( listen); born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only football player in history to win five FIFA Ballons d'Or, four of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Shoes.[note 2] With Barcelona he has won eight La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles, as well as four Copas del Rey. Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals scored in La Liga, a La Liga season (50), and a football season (82), as well as those for most assists made in La Liga and the Copa América. He has scored over 500 senior career goals for club and country.

Born and raised in central Argentina, Messi was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency as a child. At age 13, he relocated to Spain to join Barcelona, who agreed to pay for his medical treatment. After a fast progression through Barcelona's youth academy, Messi made his competitive debut aged 17 in October 2004. Despite being injury-prone during his early career, he established himself as an integral player for the club within the next three years, finishing 2007 as a finalist for both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award, a feat he repeated the following year. His first uninterrupted campaign came in the 2008–09 season, during which he helped Barcelona achieve the first treble in Spanish football. At 22 years old, Messi won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award by record voting margins.

Three successful seasons followed, with Messi winning three consecutive FIFA Ballons d'Or, including an unprecedented fourth. His personal best campaign to date was the 2011–12 season, in which he set the La Liga and European records for most goals scored in a single season, while establishing himself as Barcelona's all-time top scorer in official competitions in March 2012. He again struggled with injury during the following two seasons, twice finishing second for the Ballon d'Or behind Cristiano Ronaldo, his perceived career rival. Messi regained his best form during the 2014–15 campaign, breaking the all-time goalscoring records in both La Liga and the Champions League in November 2014,[note 3] and led Barcelona to a historic second treble.


International

See also: List of international goals scored by Lionel Messi
As of 16 November 2016
Team Year Tournament Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina U20[226][227] 2004 — 2 3 2 3
2005 16[a] 11 — 16 11
Total 16 11 2 3 18 14
Argentina U23[251] 2008 5[b] 2 — 5 2
Total 5 2 — 5 2
Argentina[233][419] 2005 3[c] 0 2 0 5 0
2006 3[d] 1 4 1 7 2
2007 10[e] 4 4 2 14 6
2008 6[c] 1 2 1 8 2
2009 8[c] 1 2 2 10 3
2010 5[d] 0 5 2 10 2
2011 8[f] 2 5 2 13 4
2012 5[c] 5 4 7 9 12
2013 5[c] 3 2 3 7 6
2014 7[d] 4 7 4 14 8
2015 6[g] 1 2 3 8 4
2016 10[h] 8 1 0 11 8
Total 76 30 40 27 116 57
Career total 97 43 42 30 139 73
Notes

  • Nine appearances and five goals in South American Youth Football Championship, seven appearances and six goals in FIFA World Youth Championship

  • Appearances in Summer Olympics

  • Appearances in FIFA World Cup qualification

  • Appearances in FIFA World Cup

  • Six appearances and two goals in Copa América, four appearances and two goals in FIFA World Cup qualification

  • Four appearances in Copa América, four appearances and two goals in FIFA World Cup qualification

  • Appearances in Copa América

    1. Five appearances and three goals in FIFA World Cup qualification, five appearances and five goals in Copa América

    Honours and achievements

    Barcelona

    International

    Individual

    Messi accepting Golden Ball award, alongside his soon-to-be teammate Neymar after the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final.

    Awards

    Performances

    Records

    As of 10 November 2016






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