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Lionel Messi
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I knew that at some point God was going to give it to me and I don't know why, but I felt it was going to be like this. Once again he made me very happy.
— After lifting the World Cup trophy 18 December 2022
Lionel Messi
Argentine association football player (born 1987)
- Audience506.7M
- Fame99.0
- Momentum28.5
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- Audience506.7M
- Fame99.0
- Momentum28.5
- Global rank#10
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- Footballers rank#1
Born 1987 · age 39Argentina
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Updated 2026-07-17
The numbers alone don't explain it—eight Ballons d'Or, 46 team trophies, over 1,300 goal contributions—but they frame the span of what one left foot did across two decades. Argentina's long wait for a World Cup ended because he was still there in 2022.
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Lionel Andrés Messi made his debut for Barcelona at 17 in October 2004, and by the 2008–09 season had helped deliver the club's first treble, winning the first of four straight Ballons d'Or in the process. He became Barcelona's all-time top scorer, led them to a second treble in 2014–15, and left in August 2021 with 34 trophies after financial collapse forced the exit. For Argentina, the path was harder: three straight final losses between 2014 and 2016, a brief retirement, then the 2021 Copa América that broke a 28-year drought. The 2022 World Cup—his fifth attempt—delivered the title the cou…
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Lionel Messi
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I never set out to be the best player in history. I think I'm just another footballer. On the pitch we are all the same and when the game starts I always try to improve myself.
— "Qatar World Cup will be my last: Lionel Messi", TBS News (6 October 2022)
Lionel Messi
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Barcelona gave me everything, they took a chance on me when nobody else would. I never have any desire to play for anybody else, I will be here for as long as they want me.
— Interview with ShortList, 2015
Lionel Messi
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[Becoming a father] has changed everything. He [Thiago] comes first then everything else. It has also changed the way I see a match.
— Interview with CONMEBOL, 2015
Lionel Messi
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Being a dad changes everything for the better and I’m really enjoying it.
— Interview with TyC Sports, 2014
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- Inter Miami CF2023–present
- Paris Saint-Germain FC2021–2023
- Argentina national under-23 football team2008–2008
- Argentina national football team2005
- FC Barcelona Atlètic2004–2005
- Fc Barcelona2004–2021
- Argentina national under-20 football team2004–2005
- FC Barcelona Juvenil A2003–2004
- FC Barcelona C2003–2004
- Newell's Old Boys1995–2000
19952026
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| 2023–present | 67 | 62 |
| 2021–2023 | 58 | 22 |
| 2008–2008 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 201 | 122 |
| 2004–2005 | 22 | 6 |
| 2004–2021 | 520 | 474 |
| 2004–2005 | 18 | 14 |
| 2003–2004 | 21 | 31 |
| 2003–2004 | 10 | 5 |
| 1995–2000 | 176 | 234 |
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- Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- IFFHS World's Best Player
- IFFHS World's Best Playmaker
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Momentum28.5
Historical57.0
Now attention12.5
Source confidence100.0
Completeness90.0
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