A Warner Bros. [516][517] Under manager Ernesto Valverde, Messi played in a variety of roles. If you shout "Real Madrid" he will dissapear. [601] He has known Roccuzzo since he was five years old, as she is the cousin of his childhood best friend, Lucas Scaglia, who is also a football player. He subsequently signed with rival company EA Sports to become the face of their series FIFA and has since appeared on four consecutive covers from FIFA 13 to FIFA 16. [623][624], Messi has also invested in youth football in Argentina: he financially supports Sarmiento, a football club based in the Rosario neighbourhood where he was born, committing in 2013 to the refurbishment of their facilities and the installation of all-weather pitches, and funds the management of several youth players at Newell's Old Boys and rival club Rosario Central, as well as at River Plate and Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires. Naturally left-footed, quick, and precise in control of the ball, Messi was a keen pass distributor and could readily thread his way through packed defenses. [403] In the quarter-final, they created numerous chances, including a rebound header by Messi, but were repeatedly denied by Colombia's goalkeeper, and ultimately ended the match scoreless, leading to a 54 penalty shootout in their favour, with Messi netting his team's first spot kick. [411], "Did it annoy me that Messi took the record? [614] Messi holds triple citizenship, as he is a citizen of Argentina, Italy, and Spain. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. [225] Three weeks later, on 1 October, Messi surpassed his former teammate Carles Puyol to become the third highest appearance maker in the club's history, as he helped Bara defeat Las Palmas 30 by assisting Sergio Busquets' opener and later adding two himself in his 594th official game for the club; the league game was played behind closed doors at the Camp Nou due to violence in Catalonia relating to an ongoing independence referendum. How did the Argentine perform in the 202122 season for PSG? [84][85] Returning to the wing, he played his first final since breaking into the first team on 13 May, scoring once and assisting a second goal as Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 41 to win the Copa del Rey. [101] Messi helped the team achieve 16 consecutive league victories, a record in Spanish football, concluding with another hat-trick against Atltico Madrid on 5 February 2011. [504] He has often been described as a magician; a conjurer, creating goals and opportunities where seemingly none exist. Every year, magazine France Football publishes a list of the highest earners in football, based on total earnings including salaries and sponsorships last year. Batista publicly stated that he intended to build the team around Messi, employing him as a false nine within a 433 system, as used to much success by Barcelona. Without football, he struggled to integrate into the team; already reserved by nature, he was so quiet that his teammates initially believed he was mute. After a 30 semi-final victory over Brazil, Messi assisted the only goal in the final as Argentina defeated Nigeria to claim Olympic gold medals. You look at their face and kit and that's it! I achieved a dream I had been hoping for so long, said Messi, reflecting on Argentinas World Cup win. 165 Followers, 101 Following, 37 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from pessi_gayest_football_player (@triggering_pessidogs) triggering_pessidogs. [422] He was greeted by fans with signs like "Don't go, Leo" when the team landed in Buenos Aires. Argentina and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi has been named men's player of the year at the 2022 Best Fifa Awards . Good luck! [22][24] The Copa Catalunya final, a 41 victory over Espanyol, became known in club lore as the partido de la mscara, the final of the mask. Messi relocated to Spain from Argentina aged 13 to join Barcelona, for whom he made his competitive debut aged 17 in October 2004. His professional affairs are largely run as a family business: his father, Jorge, has been his agent since he was 14, and his oldest brother, Rodrigo, handles his daily schedule and publicity. On 6 July 2016, Messi and his father were both found guilty of tax fraud and were handed suspended 21-month prison sentences and respectively ordered to pay 1.7million and 1.4million in fines. [182][183] Despite a second-leg loss, Barcelona progressed to the final on 6 June in Berlin, where they defeated Juventus 31 to win their second treble, becoming the first team in history to do so. To celebrate his partner's first pregnancy, Messi placed the ball under his shirt after scoring in Argentina's 40 win against Ecuador on 2 June 2012, before confirming the pregnancy in an interview two weeks later. [13], A lifelong supporter of Newell's Old Boys, Messi joined the Rosario club when he was six years old. [232] On 14 March, Messi scored his 99th and 100th Champions League goals in a 30 home win over Chelsea, becoming only the second player after Cristiano Ronaldo to reach this landmark, in fewer appearances, at a younger age and having taken fewer shots than his Portuguese counterpart. [149] Further damage to his hamstring sustained on 12 May ended his goalscoring streak of 21 consecutive league games, a worldwide record; he had netted 33 goals during his run, including a four-goal display against Osasuna, while becoming the first player to score consecutively against all 19 opposition teams in La Liga. Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe,[8] the third of four children of Jorge Messi, a steel factory manager, and his wife Celia Cuccittini, who worked in a magnet manufacturing workshop. [60][61] He recovered in time for the last 16 round of the Champions League against Liverpool, but was effectively marked out of the game; Barcelona, the reigning champions, were out of the competition. In 2022 he helped Argentina win the Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)'s World Cup. PES 2012 offers improved artificial intelligence that will help you enjoy the game more than ever. In case the required facilities are not available within the country, the same are managed abroad to cater health requirements of the secured persons. ", Newell's Old Boys youth coach Adrin Coria shares his first impression of the 12-year-old Messi. MORE: Who has scored the most goals in international football all-time? He was on bad terms with the club after his transfer to Barcelona, but by 2012 their public feud had ended, with Newell's embracing their ties with Messi, even issuing a club membership card to his newborn son. [241] On 18 September, Messi scored a hat-trick in a 40 home win over PSV Eindhoven in Barcelona's opening Champions League group stage match of the season, setting a new record for most hat-tricks in the competition, with eight. On his father's side, he is of Italian and Spanish descent, the great-grandson of immigrants from the north-central Adriatic Marche region of Italy, and on his mother's side, he has primarily Italian ancestry. [608] In October 2017, his wife announced they were expecting their third child. The former Barcelona forward was in fine form during the World Cup, scoring seven goals and claiming three assists in seven games. [276] On 30 June, he scored a panenka in a 22 home draw against Atltico Madrid in La Liga, to reach his 700th goal in his senior career for Barcelona and Argentina. [226], On 18 October, in his 122nd European club appearance, Messi scored his 97th UEFA Champions League goal, and his 100th in all UEFA club competitions, in a 31 home victory over Olympiacos. He set up his side's first goal and scored twice to end the match in an emphatic 62 victory, the team's greatest-ever score at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabu Stadium. After a first-leg draw, Barcelona won the second leg 40 with two goals and an assist from Messi. Messi has endorsed sportswear company Adidas since 2006. [78][79][143] Signing a new Barcelona contract in 2017, he earned $667,000 per week in wages, and Barcelona also paid him $59.6million as a signing on bonus. But the only true challenger to "Pessi" in global Twitter trends is of course Cristiano Ronaldo, with "Penaldo" again originating from Messi superfans taking potshots at their arch-rival. [78][79] Ahead of the new season, a major concern remained his frequent muscular injuries, which had left him side-lined for a total of eight months between 2006 and 2008. [445] In the round of 16 match against eventual champions France on 30 June, Messi set up Gabriel Mercado's and Sergio Agero's goals in a 34 defeat, which saw Argentina eliminated from the World Cup. Messi also scored six goals in 26 appearances as his PSG team won a record-equaling 10th title in Ligue 1. The great and the good of world football have gathered in Paris this evening. [309][310] On 16 May, Messi scored his 30th league goal of the campaign in a 12 home defeat against Celta Vigo, which later turned out to be his final goal and match in a Barcelona shirt. Messi scored 51 goals across all domestic competitions in 201819 as Barcelona won another La Liga championship. [592] In 2013, a Turkish Airlines advertisement starring Messi, in which he engages in a selfie competition with then-Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, was the most-watched ad on YouTube in the year of its release, receiving 137 million views, and was subsequently voted the best advertisement of the 200515 decade to commemorate YouTube's founding. [409] Although Messi was declared match-fit for his nation's second group match against Panama on 10 June, Martino left him on the bench once again; he replaced Augusto Fernndez in the 61st minute and subsequently scored a hat-trick in 19 minutes, also starting the play which led to Sergio Agero's goal, as the match ended in a 50 victory, sealing Argentina's place in the quarter-finals of the competition;[410] he was elected man of the match for his performance. Show Image Guess. [500][508][512] Widely considered to be the best dribbler in the world,[513] and one of the greatest dribblers of all time,[514] with regard to this ability, his former Argentina manager Diego Maradona has said of him, "The ball stays glued to his foot; I've seen great players in my career, but I've never seen anyone with Messi's ball control. In addition to his 31 goals, Messi was also the league's top assist provider with 18. WITH six draws from the 12 players, many were either unsure of who is truly better or unwilling to rock the boat. Also some of the not-so-good, the mediocre, and even the downright bad. [59] On 10 March 2007, he scored his first hat-trick in a Clsico, the first player to do so in 12 years, equalising after each goal by Real Madrid to end the match in a 33 draw in injury time. He has kept ownership of his family's old house, although it has long stood empty; he maintains a penthouse apartment in an exclusive residential building for his mother, as well as a family compound just outside the city. All they need is one crumb of ammunition and they'll go for miles. During the six years he played for Newell's, he scored almost 500 goals as a member of "The Machine of '87", the near-unbeatable youth side named for the year of their birth, and regularly entertained crowds by performing ball tricks during half-time of the first team's home games. [137][140], Barcelona had virtually secured their La Liga title by the start of 2013, eventually equalling Real Madrid's 100-point record of the previous season. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. He was so disappointed that he did not celebrate his team's victory over Arsenal in Paris, something he later came to regret. I was just so, so happy.. [396] At the conclusion of the final, Messi was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament. [137] Although FIFA did not acknowledge the achievement, citing verifiability issues, he received the Guinness World Records title for most goals scored in a calendar year. [72][73] Although he managed to score 16 goals during the 200708 campaign,[74] the second half of his season was again marred by injuries after he suffered a torn hamstring on 15 December. [75] Barcelona finished the season without trophies, eliminated in the Champions League semi-finals by the eventual champions, Manchester United, and placed third in the league. https://www.facebook.com/RonaldinhoOf.https://twitter.com/10ronaldinhohttp://instagram.com/ronaldinhooficial [395] Within the first half-hour, Messi had started the play that led to a goal, but it was ruled offside. Image: BBC/FIFA. His game-winning goal in stoppage time was his 500th for Barcelona. Kevin De Bruyne. [382], Maradona was replaced by Sergio Batista, who had orchestrated Argentina's Olympic victory. Name Nat. During the 2016 Copa Amrica Centenario tournament, he netted his 55th international goal to break Gabriel Batistutas Argentine scoring record. For the last five years, Messi has been the Maradona of the World Cup in Mexico. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d'Or awards,[note 2] a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team. Competition wettbewerb ; Total 22/23: 28: 17: 16---2.467' Ligue 1: 20: 12: 12---1.762' Champions League . Try a week on us. Follow. Media and fans noted that he did not combine well with striker Carlos Tevez, who enjoyed greater popularity among the Argentine public; Messi was consequently booed by his own team's supporters for the first time in his career. [425], "A lot of things went through my mind on the night of the final and I gave serious thought to quitting, but my love for my country and this shirt is too great. Alternate titles: Leo Messi, Lionel Andrs Messi, Jack Rollin is a writer and freelance journalist. The purpose of funny soccer team names is attraction was the attention of fans as they enjoy the humorous aspects of their favorite teams. [158][160] For the first time in five years, Barcelona ended the season without a major trophy; they were defeated in the Copa del Rey final by Real Madrid and lost the league in the last game to Atltico Madrid, causing Messi to be booed by sections of fans at the Camp Nou. [29] After being named player of the tournament in four international pre-season competitions with the Juveniles B, he played only one official match with the team before being promoted to the Juveniles A, where he scored 18 goals in 11 league games. [172][173] With 58 goals from Messi, the trio scored a total of 122 goals in all competitions that season, a record in Spanish football. [129][130] In Bara's last home league match on 5 May, against Espanyol, Messi scored all four goals before approaching the bench to embrace Guardiola, who had announced his resignation as manager. A week later, Messi sustained a groin injury in a 11 draw against Atltico Madrid and was ruled out with injury for three weeks. [233] His opening goal, which came after only two minutes and eight seconds, was also the fastest of his career, as Barcelona advanced to the quarter-finals of the competition for the eleventh consecutive season. [358], During the World Cup in Germany, Messi witnessed their opening match victory against the Ivory Coast from the substitutes' bench. In early 2009 Messi capped off a spectacular 200809 season by helping FC Barcelona capture the clubs first treble (winning three major European club titles in one season): the team won the La Liga championship, the Copa del Rey (Spains major domestic cup), and the Champions League title. [380] FIFA subsequently identified Messi as one of the tournament's 10 best players, citing his "outstanding" pace and creativity and "spectacular and efficient" dribbling, shooting and passing. 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Winner. His success continued at the 2022 World Cup. [105] Although he did not score, he was again important in the second-leg draw that sent Barcelona through to the Champions League final,[106][107] where they faced Manchester United in a repeat of the final two years earlier. I signed the contracts because I trusted my dad and the lawyers and we had decided that they would take charge of those things. [20][26][27], "It seemed as if he had been playing with us all his life. For this achievement, Messi received a record seventh Ballon d'Or in 2021. The people who came up with the "Pessi" name also managed to gather up an accompanying image that was meant to make fun of the player in question. [357][376] During that game, played on 28 March 2009, he wore Argentina's number 10 shirt for the first time, following the international retirement of Riquelme. [249][250], On 27 April, Messi came off the bench and scored the only goal in a 10 home win over Levante, which allowed Barcelona to clinch the league title;[251] this was his 450th La Liga appearance, and his first league title as Barcelona's captain. The 35-year-old Messi finished ahead of Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbapp and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema in the voting for the mens award. Updates? "[419] Messi finished the tournament as the second highest scorer, behind Eduardo Vargas, with five goals, and was the highest assist provider with four assists, also winning more Man of the Match awards than any other player in the tournament (3);[420] he was named to the team of the tournament for his performances, but missed out on the Golden Ball Award for best player, which went to Alexis Snchez. Barcelona were crowned champions of Europe by winning the match 20, the second goal coming from a Messi header over goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. [14][20][21], After a year at Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, Messi was finally enrolled in the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in February 2002. During his first year in Spain, Messi rarely played with the Infantiles due to a transfer conflict with Newell's; as a foreigner, he could only be fielded in friendlies and the Catalan league. [287] On 26 August, Barcelona's sporting director Ramon Planes iterated the club's desire to "build a team around the most important player in the world"[288] and affirmed Messi will only be able to leave should a buyer pay his 700million buyout clause; a reported early termination option available in Messi's contract (which would have allowed him to leave the club for free) could only be exercised if he had communicated his decision to Barcelona by 31 May 2020, although the player's representatives argued the deadline should be set to 31 August, due to the adjourned 201920 season. [339], After adjusting to his new surroundings and settling in Paris, under new coach Christophe Galtier, Messi returned to his preferred free attacking role; being placed in his favoured position as the playmaker behind two strikers, in a attacking trident with Neymar and Kylian Mbapp, quickly regaining his form from his previous season by starting off the new season on 31 July by scoring PSG's first goal in a 40 victory over Nantes in the Trophe des Champions, winning his second trophy with PSG. [562] In 2018 he was the first player to exceed the 100m benchmark for a calendar year, with earnings of 126m ($154m) in combined income from salaries, bonuses and endorsements. ", Pep Guardiola after Messi became Barcelona's all-time top scorer at the age of 24 in March 2012[122], As Messi maintained his goalscoring form into the second half of the season, the year 2012 saw him break several longstanding records. [487] With his appearance and two goals in the final, Messi overtook Matthas as the player with most appearances at the World Cup (26), and Pel as the player with most direct goal contributions at the World Cup (21 13 goals and 8 assists). [529][530] Four years later, after Messi had won his first Ballon d'Or by a record margin,[72] the public debate regarding his qualities as a player moved beyond his status in contemporary football to the possibility that he was one of the greatest players in history. 101 following. [214] In his next league match, on 14 January, Messi scored in a 50 win against Las Palmas; with this goal, he equalled Ral's record for the most teams scored against in La Liga (35). Lionel Messi is an Argentinian player who used to play for Barcelona, one of Spain's best soccer teams with a very prestigious sporting history. Indeed, while he was injury-prone in his early career, he was later able to improve his injury record by running less off the ball, and by adopting a stricter diet, training regime, and sleep schedule. ", Messi on winning the 2021 Copa Amrica in an interview with Diario Sport. He has netted 17 times in 28 games for his current employers this season. Once when he was in training with the national team in Buenos Aires, he made a three-hour trip by car to Rosario immediately after practice to have dinner with his family, spent the night with them, and returned to Buenos Aires the next day in time for practice. [61][80] Despite his injuries early in the year, his performances in 2008 saw him again voted runner-up for the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award, both times behind Cristiano Ronaldo. [603], "Leo is not shy. [454] After coming under criticism in the media over his performance following Argentina's 20 victory over Venezuela in the quarter-finals at the Maracan Stadium on 28 June, Messi commented that it had not been his best Copa Amrica, while also criticising the poor quality of the pitches. [228] On 4 November, he made his 600th appearance for Barcelona in a 21 home win over Sevilla in La Liga. On 7 March, two weeks after scoring four goals in a league fixture against Valencia, he scored five times in a Champions League last 16-round match against Bayer Leverkusen, an unprecedented achievement in the history of the competition. [148], Messi continued to struggle with injury throughout 2013, eventually parting ways with his long-time personal physiotherapist. [340], Due to his previous form last season, Messi was not nominated for the Ballon d'Or award for the first time since 2005. [399][400] During the opening match against Paraguay, they were ahead two goals by half-time but lost their lead to end the match in a 22 draw; Messi had scored from a penalty kick, netting his only goal in the tournament. [373] During the first match, he scored the opening goal in their 21 victory over the Ivory Coast. You could see how proud it made me after I scored. As he lacked the stamina of his teammates, the result of his former growth hormone deficiency, he was used as a substitute in six of the nine games. ", "Professional Soccer Training Drills Lionel Messi a Combination", "Lionel Andrs Messi Cuccittini: Matches 201112", "Lionel Messi: The Best Goalscorer Ever but Is the Barcelona Player the Greatest-Ever Footballer? 896 j'aime,34 commentaires.Vido TikTok de (@brutally.aep) : Pessi #brutally.ae #messi #barcelona #liverpool #xybzca #football #fyp . He is the all-time top scorer for the Netherlands national team. To combat the problem, the club implemented new training, nutrition, and lifestyle regimens, and assigned him a personal physiotherapist, who would travel with him during call-ups for the Argentina national team. [17][18] His goalscoring idol growing up was Ronaldo, with Messi calling him "the best forward I've ever seen". Dortmund were the 34th team he had scored against in the competition, breaking the previous record of 33 held by Cristiano Ronaldo and Ral. Don't be fooled: it's utterly ridiculous. [428] On 1 September, in his first game back, he scored in a 10 home win over Uruguay in a 2018 World Cup qualifier. [356] He subsequently made regular appearances for the team ahead of Argentina's participation in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, scoring his first goal in a friendly against Croatia on 1 March 2006. [296] On 20 October, Messi scored a penalty in a 51 home victory against Ferencvros in the Champions League, becoming the first player in history to score in sixteen consecutive Champions League seasons. [464], "It was clear to me that I had to try until the last tournament and that I couldn't withdraw from the national team without winning something. I have not been allowed this in any way and I will stay at the club so as not to get into a legal dispute. The Celta players never complained and their coach defended the penalty, stating, "Barca's forwards are very respectful." As the competition's top scorer for the third consecutive year, with 12 goals, Messi gave a man-of-the-match performance at Wembley on 28 May, scoring the match-winning goal of Bara's 31 victory. [349] Selectors for Spain's Under-17 squad began pursuing him in 2003 after Barcelona's director of football, Carles Rexach, alerted the Royal Spanish Football Federation to their young player. 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