Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] (listen); born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record six Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team. Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions Leagues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lionel Messi has received more than 70,116,060 page views. His biography is available in 146 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 139 in 2019). Lionel Messi is the 34th most popular soccer player (down from 24th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 11th 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.