1987 - Today
Lionel Andrés Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] (listen); born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both the Spanish club Barcelona and 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 and a record six European Golden Shoes. He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he has won a club-record 33 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and six Copas del Rey. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lionel Messi has received more than 58,168,332 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.
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Among soccer players, Lionel Messi ranks 34 out of 16,923. Before him are Ronaldo, Vavá, Gunnar Nordahl, Francisco Gento, Rivellino, and Carlos Alberto Torres. After him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Lothar Matthäus, Josef Masopust, Ruud Gullit, Ricardo Zamora, and Paolo Maldini.
1976 - Present
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 28
1934 - 2002
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 29
1921 - 1995
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 30
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 31
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 32
1944 - 2016
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 33
1987 - Present
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 35
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 36
1931 - 2015
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 37
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 38
1901 - 1978
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 39
1968 - Present
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1987, Lionel Messi ranks 1. After him are Novak Djokovic, Karim Benzema, Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, Sebastian Vettel, Maria Sharapova, Gonzalo Higuaín, Zac Efron, Arturo Vidal, Gerard Piqué, and Blake Lively.
1987 - Present
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 1
1987 - Present
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 2
1987 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 3
1987 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 4
1987 - Present
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 5
1987 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 6
1987 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 7
1987 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 8
1987 - Present
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 9
1987 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 10
1987 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 11
1987 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 12
Among people born in Argentina, Lionel Messi ranks 15 out of 900. Before him are Astor Piazzolla (1921), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), Martha Argerich (1941), Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), José de San Martín (1778), and Daniel Barenboim (1942). After him are Omar Sívori (1935), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), Mercedes Sosa (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), and Guillermo Stábile (1905).
1921 - 1992
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 9
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 10
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 11
1925 - 2013
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 12
1778 - 1850
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 14
1987 - Present
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 15
1935 - 2005
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 17
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 18
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 19
1926 - 2003
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 20
1905 - 1966
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 21
Among soccer players born in Argentina, Lionel Messi ranks 3. Before him are Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926) and Diego Maradona (1960). After him are Omar Sívori (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), Guillermo Stábile (1905), Helenio Herrera (1910), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), César Luis Menotti (1938), Daniel Passarella (1953), Luis Monti (1901), and Javier Zanetti (1973).
1926 - 2014
HPI: 81.99
Rank: 1
1960 - 2020
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 2
1987 - Present
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 3
1935 - 2005
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 5
1905 - 1966
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 6
1910 - 1997
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 7
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 8
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 10
1901 - 1983
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 12