Lionel Andrés Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] (listen); also known as Leo Messi, (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both 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, a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team. He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he has won a club-record 34 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions Leagues. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), a La Liga and European league season (50), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (8), and most assists in La Liga (192), a La Liga and European league season (21) and the Copa América (13). He has scored over 750 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals ever by a player for a single club.
Born and raised in central Argentina, Messi relocated to Spain to join Barcelona at age 13, for whom he made his competitive debut aged 17 in October 2004. He established himself as an integral player for the club within the next three years, and in his first uninterrupted season in 2008–09 he helped Barcelona achieve the first treble in Spanish football; that year, aged 22, Messi won his first Ballon d'Or. Three successful seasons followed, with Messi winning four consecutive Ballons d'Or, making him the first player to win the award four times and in a row. During the 2011–12 season, he set the La Liga and European records for most goals scored in a single season, while establishing himself as Barcelona's all-time top scorer. The following two seasons, Messi finished second for the Ballon d'Or behind Cristiano Ronaldo (his perceived career rival), before regaining his best form during the 2014–15 campaign, becoming the all-time top scorer in La Liga and leading Barcelona to a historic second treble, after which he was awarded a fifth Ballon d'Or in 2015. Messi assumed the captaincy of Barcelona in 2018, and in 2019 he secured a record sixth Ballon d'Or.
An Argentine international, Messi is both his country's highest appearance-maker and their all-time leading goalscorer. At youth level, he won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, finishing the tournament with both the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His style of play as a diminutive, left-footed dribbler drew comparisons with his compatriot Diego Maradona, who described Messi as his successor. After his senior debut in August 2005, Messi became the youngest Argentine to play and score in a FIFA World Cup during the 2006 edition, and reached the final of the 2007 Copa América, where he was named young player of the tournament. As the squad's captain from August 2011, he led Argentina to three consecutive finals: the 2014 FIFA World Cup, for which he won the Golden Ball, and the 2015 and 2016 Copa América. After announcing his international retirement in 2016, he reversed his decision and led his country to qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and a third-place finish at the 2019 Copa América.
Messi has endorsed sportswear company Adidas since 2006. According to France Football, he was the world's highest-paid footballer for five years out of six between 2009 and 2014, and was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2019. Messi was among Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2011 and 2012. In February 2020, he was awarded the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, thus becoming the first footballer and also the first team sport athlete to win the award. Later that year, Messi became the second footballer (and second team-sport athlete) to surpass $1 billion in career earnings.
Straika wa zamani wa Brazil, Ronaldo Nazario De Lima ambaye pia amewahi kuchezea Klabu za Barcelona, Real Madrid, InterMilan, AC Milan ametaja kikosi chake bora cha muda wote wakiwemo Lionel Messi na Cristiano Ronaldo.
Hiki ndio kikosi chake; 1. Gianluigi Buffon 2. Cafu 3. Roberto Carlos 4...
Utafiti Tovuti ya FBref.com inayojihusisha na takwimu za michezo mbalimbali, umeonesha nyota wa Inter Miami, Lionel Messi ndiye mchezaji wa soka aliyetazamwa mara nyingi mtandaoni katika Nchi mbalimbali kwa Mwaka 2023.
Utafiti huo umeonesha mafanikio ya Kombe la Dunia na uhamisho wake kutoka...
Kwa mujibu wa mtandao wa hispania wa SPORT mwanasoka wa Argentina Lionel Messi atashinda tuzo yake ya 8 ya Ballon d'or akimshinda mpinzani wake Erling Haaland.
Aidha kwa upande wa wanawake tuzo hiyo atashinda Aitana Bonmati.
Ule mchuano mkali uliodumu kwa takribani miaka 18 wa wanasoka nguli kuwahi kutokea duniani wenye vipaji vya hali ya juu hatimaye unaelekea ukingoni.
Si mwingine bali ni mchuano kati ya Lionel Messi na Cristiano Ronaldo.
https://www.jamiiforums.com/threads/messi-vs-ronaldo-nani-zaidi.13334/...
Mlinzi huyo Yassine Chueko ambaye ni Mwanajeshi wa zamani wa Marekani ameajiriwa na Inter Miami kwa mapendekezo ya mmiliki wa Klabu hiyo, David Beckham kumlinda Lionel Messi popote anapokwenda akiwa katika majukumu ya kazi yake.
Kilichowashangaza watu wengi ni kuona Mlinzi huyo ambaye pia ni...
Klabu hiyo ya Saudi Arabia inamuwania mshambuliaji huyo wa Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) aliyesajiliwa kikosini hapo Mwaka 2017 kwa Pauni Milioni 198.
Neymar yuko mbioni kuondoka PSG baada ya kutokuwa na maelewano mazuri na Klabu huyo ambapo wababe hao wa Saudi Arabia wanahitaji kumsajili baada ya...
Awali ilidaiwa kuwa mchakato wa nyota huyo wa Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi (35) kusaini mkataba wa Pauni Milioni 522 (Tsh. Trilioni 1.5) umekamilika na anaweza kujiunga na Klabu ya Al-Hilal kuanzia msimu ujao.
Jorge ambaye pia ni Wakala wa Messi amedai hakuna mazungumzo yoyote kuhusu...
Paris Saint-Germain imechukua uamuzi huo kutokana na kusafiri kwenda Saudi Arabia kufanya matangazo ya biashara bila ridhaa ya klabu yake.
Wachezaji wa PSG walitakiwa kupata mapumziko ikiwa wangeifunga Lorient katika Ligue 1 lakini walipoteza kwa magoli 3-1, hivyo Kocha Christophe Galtier...
Katika kile kinachoonekana anataka ‘kutikisa kiberiti’ japo haijajulikana kama alikuwa anamaanisha au anatania, Kocha huyo wa Al-Nassr, Rudi Garcia ametoa kauli hiyo mbele ya waandishi wa habari wakati alipoulizwa juu ya ujio wa Cristiano Ronaldo kikosini hapo.
Amesema “Nilitaka kumsajili...
Michuano ya Kombe la Dunia inatarajiwa kufanyika kuanzia November 20 mpaka December 18 mwaka huu. Michuano ya mwaka huu ni mara ya kwanza kwa Kombe la Dunia kufanyika katika nchi ya Kiarabu lakini ni mara ya pili kwa michuano hiyo kufanyika katika bara la Asia mara baada ya Korea Kusini na Japan...
Tumekuwa na wakati mzuri sana kuangalia kombe la dunia na sasa tunakaribia kufika mwisho. Kila timu imevuna ilichopanda. Argentina ndio timu bora zaidi kwenye michuano hii.
Lionel Messi anaenda kuwa kinara baada ya mchezo mkali dhidi ya Ufaransa. Atastaafu kwa heshima kama mchezaji bora zaidi...
Mwaka 1958 Pele alifunga hattrick kwenye nusu fainali na akaja kufunga mawili kwenye fainali.
Siku ya leo rekodi hiyo inaenda kufikiwa na Messi maana atafunga magoli matatu.
Vamos Argentina.
Hii ni article ya muandishi Gab Marcotti aliyeamua kumuangalia Messi kwa dakika zote aone anchofanya - very interesting read...
DOHA, Qatar -- The conceit was simple, ahead of Argentina's final group game against Poland: What if you simply watched one player for 90 minutes? And that player, one...
Baada ya kuingia 16 bora, atacheza na Australia halafu kwenye robo fainali atakutana na mshindi kati ya Uholanzi na Marekani.
Hapo Argentina wanawaza watakutana na nani kwenye nusu fainali maana hakuna timu yoyote ya kuwasumbua katika hizo tajwa hapo juu.
Kiutani namna hii Argentina anakwenda...
Baadhi ya makocha na wachezaji wa zamani wamemzungumzia Messi Kwa aina tofauti:
𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐎𝐰𝐞𝐧: "Sifikirii mtu yeyote anaweza kucheza mchezo wa soka kama vile Messi."
𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐑𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐲: "Messi ni darasa. Kuna yeye, halafu kuna wengine."
𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐭𝐨’𝐨: "Lionel Messi ni Mungu, kama mtu na hata zaidi...
Mara baada ya mechi ya jana kwenye UEFA Cup of Champions (Finalissima) wachezaji wa Argentina walionekana kumbeba Messi na kumrusha juu katikati yao.
Kwa kawaida hili huwa anafanyiwa kocha wa timu kama ikitokea wamebeba kombe. Kitendo hiki kinatafsiriwa kwamba Messi ndiye aliyeibeba timu...
Hernan Mastrangelo ambaye alijulikana zaidi kwa jina la Don Hernandied amefariki dunia akiwa na umri wa miaka 101, huyu anasifika kuwa shabiki wa Lionel Messi ambaye aliandika katika makaratasi mabao yote ambayo yalifungwa na mchezaji huyo.
Mjukuu wa mzee huyo, Julián ndiye ambaye alianza...
Punde baada ya Lionel Messi kutangaza kuondoka Barcelona, baadhi ya Wajumbe walianza kujiuzulu nyadhfa zao ndani ya klabu wakilalamika kusalitiwa na Rais Laporta
Wengi wanadai dili la Messi kwenda PSG ni Rais Perez wa Real Madrid anahusika, wakiamini ndie aliemshauri Rais Laporta kwakuwa ni...
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