Lionel Messi

Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi ; conceived 24 June 1987) is an Argentine expert footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and skippers the Argentina national group. Frequently considered the best player on the planet and evaluated by numerous in the game as the best ever, Messi is the main football player in history to win five FIFA Ballons d'Or, four of which he won successively, and the principal player to win three European Golden Shoes.[note 2] With Barcelona he has won eight La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles, and additionally four Copas del Rey. Both a productive goalscorer and an inventive playmaker, Messi holds the records for most objectives scored in La Liga, a La Liga season (50), and a football season (82), and in addition those for most helps made in La Liga and the Copa América. He has scored more than 500 senior profession objectives for club and nation.