SOCCER PLAYER

Lionel Messi

1987 - Today

Photo of Lionel Messi

Icon of person 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. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven 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 77,411,631 page views. His biography is available in 149 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 146 in 2019). Lionel Messi is the 22nd most popular soccer player (up from 34th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 15th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Soccer Player.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 77M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 149

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

In the news

The Guardian
Against all odds, Lionel Messi has one last shot at World Cup glory with Argentina | Jonathan Wilson
Questions remain for Lionel Scaloni’s side but there is a growing sense that a glorious finale could be on the cardsArgentina went to Russia in 2018 with a sense it was now or never. They had lost in the final of the previous World Cup. A great generation of …
Jonathan Wilson
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Mirror Online
Lionel Messi feelings on Kylian Mbappe perfectly clear after Neymar's disgusted remark
The relationship between Neymar and Kylian Mbappe has been the subject of much discussion, and now teammate Lionel Messi has weighed in on his Paris Saint-Germain teammate
[email protected] (Tom Victor)
Monday, September 26, 2022
Daily Mail
Lionel Messi is back to his best after 'bad' first season at PSG and nets amazing chip for Argentina
Having joined the French champions last season on a free transfer from Barcelona, the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner struggled to find his feet, but has sent a warning that he is back to his best.
Dominic Hogan
Saturday, September 24, 2022
NDTV News
Lionel Messi Scores Twice As Argentina Down Honduras
Lionel Messi's expertly taken double helped seal a comprehensive 3-0 win for Argentina over Honduras in Miami on Friday to extend their impressive unbeaten run ahead of the Qatar World Cup.
Agence France-Presse
Friday, September 23, 2022

Page views of Lionel Messis by language


Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lionel Messi ranks 22 out of 16,880. Before him are Cesare Maldini, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zico, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Luis Suárez, and Francisco Gento. After him are Bobby Charlton, Raymond Kopa, Sándor Kocsis, Rivellino, Mário Zagallo, and Just Fontaine.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Lionel Messi ranks 1. After him are Novak Djokovic, Karim Benzema, Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, Gerard Piqué, Sebastian Vettel, Samir Nasri, Zac Efron, Arturo Vidal, Lee Min-ho, and David Luiz.

Others Born in 1987

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Lionel Messi ranks 12 out of 1,019. Before him are Eva Perón (1919), Daniel Barenboim (1942), Astor Piazzolla (1921), Juan Perón (1895), Juan Manuel Fangio (1911), and Martha Argerich (1941). After him are Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), José de San Martín (1778), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), Omar Sívori (1935), and Mercedes Sosa (1935).

Others born in Argentina

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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), Helenio Herrera (1910), César Luis Menotti (1938), Daniel Passarella (1953), Luis Monti (1901), and Carlos Bilardo (1938).

born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Twitter Activity

  • Datawheel