Lionel Messi!!!!
Lionel Andrés Messi (born June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina) is a football player who currently plays for FC Barcelona and Argentina as a striker or a winger. Considered one of the best football players of his generation, Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the age of 21 nominations, and won in 2009 and 2010 playing style and ability have drawn comparisons with Diego Maradona , who himself declared Messi as " substitute "it. Messi began playing football at a young age and the potential for quickly identified by Barcelona.
His 2011
2011 has been just like any other year for Lionel Messi since he burst on to the international football scene; another 12 months littered with personal and team accolades.
2011 has been just like any other year for Lionel Messi since he burst on to the international football scene; another 12 months littered with personal and team accolades.
Promoted to the captaincy of his national side, with whom he ended a scoring drought of two years and seven months in official matches, the Argentinian superstar has been reeling off the trophies again with Barcelona. The Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Spanish League and UEFA Champions League all have all come Barça’s way this year, with Messi ending the continent’s premier club competition as the leading scorer for the third season running.
Already his club’s second-highest marksman with 194 goals, Messi also picked up the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, ahead of team-mate Xavi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
His career
The diminutive Messi has come an awful long way since making his first-team debut for Barça in 2004. In amassing a glittering array of team honours and individual accolades since then, the Argentinian genius has often been compared with his illustrious compatriot Diego Maradona, and has proved a worthy bearer of the famous Albiceleste No10 jersey.
The diminutive Messi has come an awful long way since making his first-team debut for Barça in 2004. In amassing a glittering array of team honours and individual accolades since then, the Argentinian genius has often been compared with his illustrious compatriot Diego Maradona, and has proved a worthy bearer of the famous Albiceleste No10 jersey.
The most elusive of dribblers, Messi has a devastatingly quick turn of pace and a sixth sense when it comes to scoring goals. The winner of numerous titles already with his club, all that is missing on his extensive roll of honour is a FIFA World Cup™ winner's medal.
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