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Lionel Messi

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Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and was named the world's best player for a record eight times by FIFA. Messi is the most decorated player in the history of professional football, with 44 team trophies. Until 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 34 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles, and the UEFA Champions League four times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lionel Messi has received more than 122,292,412 page views. His biography is available in 166 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 149 in 2019). Lionel Messi is the 24th most popular soccer player (down from 22nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

Lionel Messi is most famous for being a professional soccer player and captain of the Argentine national team.

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  • 120M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 166

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lionel Messi ranks 24 out of 21,273. Before him are Giuseppe Meazza, Michel Platini, George Best, Jairzinho, Koji Tanaka, and Josef Bican. After him are Rivellino, Cesare Maldini, Carlos Alberto Torres, Sócrates, Raymond Kopa, and Just Fontaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Lionel Messi ranks 1. After him are Novak Djokovic, Karim Benzema, Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, Leonardo Bonucci, Sebastian Vettel, Gerard Piqué, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lee Min-ho, and Sami Khedira.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Lionel Messi ranks 10 out of 1,154. Before him are Jorge Luis Borges (1899), Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926), Eva Perón (1919), Juan Perón (1895), Astor Piazzolla (1921), and Juan Manuel Fangio (1911). After him are Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Martha Argerich (1941), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), Daniel Barenboim (1942), and José de San Martín (1778).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Lionel Messi ranks 3. Before him are Diego Maradona (1960), and Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926). After him are Omar Sívori (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Guillermo Stábile (1905), Daniel Passarella (1953), Helenio Herrera (1910), César Luis Menotti (1938), Luis Monti (1901), and Javier Zanetti (1973).

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