Lionel Messi
Messi with Argentina in November 2017
Personal information
Full name Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini[1]
Date of birth 24 June 1987 (age 30)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Barcelona
Number 10
Youth career
1994–2000 Newell's Old Boys
2001–2004 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Barcelona C 10 (5)
2004–2005 Barcelona B 22 (6)
2004– Barcelona 417 (383)
National team‡
2004–2005 Argentina U20 18 (14)
2008 Argentina U23 5 (2)
2005– Argentina 123 (61)
Honours[show]
- Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2017
Lionel Messi This article is part of a series about
Lionel Messi
Argentine professional footballer
International goals Career achievements Comparisons to Cristiano Ronaldo
Films
Messi (2014) Messi (2017)
v t e
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini[note 1][note 2] (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾez ˈmesi] (About this sound listen);[A] born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentine national team. Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as the greatest of all time,[8] Messi has a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards,[note 3] four of which he won consecutively, and a record-tying four European Golden Shoes. He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he has won 32 trophies, including nine La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, and six Copas del Rey. Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most official goals scored in La Liga (383), a La Liga season (50), a club football season in Europe (73), a calendar year (91), El Clásico (26), as well as those for most assists in La Liga (149) and the Copa América (11). He has scored over 600 senior career goals for club and country.