Lionel Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini (Spaingie pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ( listen); born 24 Juin 1987) is an Argentein fitbawer thit plays forrit fur Major League Soccer club Inter Miami an the Argentinae national team. He is the caiptain o the Argentinae national fitba team.

Lionel Messi

Messi with Argentina at the 2022 Warld Cup
Personal information
Fou name	Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini[1]
Date o birth	(1987-06-24) 24 Juin 1987 (age 37)
Place o birth	Rosario, Argenteinie
Hicht	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playin poseetion	Forrit
Club information
Current team	Inter Miami
Nummer	10
Hauflin career
1995–2000	Newell's Old Boys
2000–2003	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Barcelona C	10	(5)
2004–2005	Barcelona B	22	(6)
2004–2021	Barcelona	520	(474)
2021–2023	Paris Saint-Germain	58	(22)
2023–	Inter Miami	0	(0)
Naitional team‡
2004–2005	Argentinae U20	18	(14)
2007–2008	Argentinae U23	5	(2)
2005–	Argenteinie	175	(103)
Honours Representin  Argentinae Men's Fitbaa Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Olympic Team Copa América Runner-up 2007 Venezuela Team FIFA U-20 World Cup 2005 Netherlands U-20 Team U-20 South American Championship 2005 Colombia U-20 Team
* Senior club appearances an goals coontit for the domestic league anerly an correct as o 29 Mey 2018 ‡ Naitional team caps an goals correct as o 26 Juin 2018

He haes Spaingie citizenship, sae he can play as a EU player. Ane o the best fitba players o his generation, mony fowk say that he is the warld's best player. Messi receivit seeveral Ballon d'Or an FIFA Warld Player o the Year bi 22 yeirs o age. His playin style an ability are seemlar tae Diego Maradona. Messi is eften comparit wi Cristiano Ronaldo.

Career statistics

Club

As o match played 17 May 2014.

Club statistics

Club	Saison	League			Copa del Rey		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona C	2003–04[3]	Tercera División	10	5	—		—		—		10	5
Barcelona B	2003–04[3]	Segunda División B	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	2004–05[4]		17	6	—		—		—		17	6
	Total		22	6	—		—		—		22	6
Barcelona	2004–05[4]	La Liga	7	1	1	0	1[a]	0	—		9	1
	2005–06[5]		17	6	2	1	6[a]	1	0	0	25	8
	2006–07[6]		26	14	2	2	6[b]	1	2[c]	0	36	17
	2007–08[7]		28	10	3	0	9[a]	6	—		40	16
	2008–09[8]		31	23	8	6	12[a]	9	—		51	38
	2009–10[9]		35	34	3	1	12[d]	8	3[e]	4	53	47
	2010–11[10]		33	31	7	7	13[a]	12	2[c]	3	55	53
	2011–12[11]		37	50	7	3	12[f]	15	4[g]	5	60	73
	2012–13[12]		32	46	5	4	11[a]	8	2[c]	2	50	60
	2013–14[13]		31	28	6	5	7[a]	8	2[c]	0	46	41
	Total		277	243	44	29	89	68	15	14	425	354
Career total			309	254	44	29	89	68	15	14	457	365

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
2. Ane appearance in UEFA Super Cup, five appearances an ane goal in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in Supercopa de España
4. Ane appearance in UEFA Super Cup, 11 appearances an aicht goals in UEFA Champions League
5. Ane appearance an twa goals in Supercopa de España, twa appearances an twa goals in FIFA Club Warld Cup
6. Ane appearance an ane goal in UEFA Super Cup, 11 appearances an 14 goals in UEFA Champions League
7. Twa appearances an three goals in Supercopa de España, twa appearances an twa goals in FIFA Club Warld Cup

International

Messi playin against Portugal in Geneva, Swisserland, on 9 Februar 2011.

He has played in almost 1,000 games since he was born.

As o match played 1 Julie 2014.^[14][15][16]

Internaitional appearances

International statistics

Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentinae	2005	5	0
	2006	7	2
	2007	14	6
	2008	8	2
	2009	10	3
	2010	10	2
	2011	13	4
	2012	9	12
	2013	7	6
	2014	8	5
Total		91	42

Internaitional goals

Scores an results leet Argentinae's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 Mairch 2006	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Croatie	2–1	2–3	Friendly
2	16 Juin 2006	WM-Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Serbie an Montenegro	6–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
3	5 Juin 2007	Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain	Algerie	2–2	4–3	Friendly
4				4–2
5	8 Julie 2007	Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Peru	2–0	4–0	2007 Copa América
6	11 Julie 2007	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Mexico	2–0	3–0
7	16 October 2007	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA Warld Cup qualification
8	20 November 2007	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombie	Colombie	1–0	1–2
9	4 Juin 2008	Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Unitit States	Mexico	2–0	4–1	Friendly
10	11 October 2008	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentinae	Uruguay	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	11 Februar 2009	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, Fraunce	Fraunce	2–0	2–0	Friendly
12	28 Mairch 2009	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentinae	Venezuela	1–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	14 November 2009	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain	Spain	1–1	1–2	Friendly
14	7 September 2010	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentinae	Spain	1–0	4–1
15	17 November 2010	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Brazil	1–0	1–0
16	9 Februar 2011	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Swisserland	Portugal	2–1	2–1
17	20 Juin 2011	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentinae	Albanie	2–0	4–0
18	7 October 2011		Chile	2–0	4–1	2014 FIFA Warld Cup qualification
19	15 November 2011	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombie	Colombie	1–1	2–1
20	29 Februar 2012	Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	3–1	Friendly
21				2–1
22				3–1
23	2 Juin 2012	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentinae	Ecuador	3–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
24	9 Juin 2012	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, Unitit States	Brazil	1–1	4–3	Friendly
25				2–1
26				4–3
27	15 August 2012	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	Germany	2–0	3–1
28	7 September 2012	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentinae	Paraguay	3–1	3–1	2014 FIFA Warld Cup qualification
29	12 October 2012	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina	Uruguay	1–0	3–0
30				3–0
31	16 October 2012	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile	Chile	1–0	2–1
32	22 Mairch 2013	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentinae	Venezuela	2–0	3–0
33	14 Juin 2013	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala Ceety, Guatemala	Guatemala	1–0	4–0	Friendly
34				3–0
35				4–0
36	10 September 2013	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1–0	5–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
37				4–1
38	7 Juin 2014	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentinae	Slovenie	2–0	2–0	Friendly
39	15 Juin 2014	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bosnie an Herzegovinae	2–0	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup
40	21 Juin 2014	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Iran	1–0	1–0
41	25 Juin 2014	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	Nigerie	1–0	3–2
42				2–1

Ootside fitbaa

Messi haes ane bairn. His son, Thiago, wis born 2 November 2012. Archived 2018-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

No anerly playin on the field, Messi fynds time tae dae charity wirk. He stairtit the Leo Messi Foundation which that helps childer in at-risk situation. Messi opened a kids pairk fur childer livin in the hospital at the Varsity hospital Vall d’hebron in Barcelona.