•••••••Fullname:LionelAndresMessiDateofBirth:24June1987Height:5'6andahalf"(1.69metres)Club:FCBarcelonaNationalteam:ArgentinaShirtnumber:10Position:Forward(right/centre)•••••• UEFAChampionsLeaguetwiceSpanishLeaguefor4timesSpanishSupercupfor4timesFIFAClubWorldCupUEFASuperCup...
His family moved with the young player to Europe and he starred in the club’s youth teams. He soon found himself starting for the Barcelona B team, averaging more than a goal per game, by scoring 35 goals in 30 matches. In October 2004, Messi made his official début for the first ...
In November, Messi won the Ballon d’Or award for the 7th time. This move to a new club after leaving his lifelong team of Barcelona was surely a bittersweet moment for Messi. After years of success and adoration at the Catalan club, he had to start anew in a different country and en...
The European Cup – or European Champion Clubs' Cup to give it its full name – was UEFA's first major men's club competition, and began in 1955. Real Madrid won the opening five editions, their Argentinian-born forward Alfredo Di Stéfano racking up 49 goals, ...
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will see 32 of the world’s top club soccer teams competing in a winner-take-all tournament. Global soccer stars like Lionel Messi and many others are set to participate, and on Wednesday it was announced that Dazn had won the tournament’s global broadcasting...
Fullname:LionelAndrésMessinickname:LeoDateofbirth:June24,1987Placeofbirth:Rosario,ArgentinaHeight:1.69msports:footballclub:Barcelona LionelAndrésMessi,isawellknownArgentinafootballplayer,andplaysforBarcelonaclubnow.Heisoneofthebestforwardintheworld,andiscalledthe“newMaradona”byallthefansworld.Messi’s...
His son, Thiago, was born on November 2, 2012. "Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift!" he wrote on his Facebook page. His infant son is already an official member o...
Bayern Munich beat Tigres on Thursday to win the Club World Cupand complete the sextuple,becoming the second side ever to do so, after Pep Guardiola’s legendary Barcelona team of 2009. The Catalan was quick to congratulate the Bavarians, whom he also coached himself between 201...
This is what has made the international careers of Messi and Ronaldo in some ways more interesting. Whereas at club level they’ve been routinely unstoppable with a level of play and consistency the game has never seen before, which has led them to accomplish endless amounts of personal and ...
mid-table team – next season. He has had enough. What promised to be the most iconic era at Barca has ended, five years later, with losing two stars in the name of one egotistical president who cannot be bothered to admit he is at fault and his failings are those of the club ...