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Lionel Messi Biography

Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini[note 1][note 2] (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾez ˈmesi] ( listen);[A] born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as the greatest of all time, 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 31 trophies, including eight 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 (378), a La Liga season (50), a club football season in Europe (73), a calendar year (91), El Clásico (25), 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.

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I am the happiest man alive and I am happy for myself, for my family and for my country.

Country, Happiest, Happy, Man, Men, Soccer

I don't need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet and I'll show you what I can do.

Sports, Football, Feet, Body, Ball

YOU KNOW AS A PLAYER THAT YOU WON'T HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY IN WORLD CUPS - SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM WHEN YOU CAN.

Opportunities, Opportunity, Player, World

We know that we are close to making history.

History, Know, Knows, Making, Making History, Soccer

At Barca we trained every day with the ball. I hardly even took a step running without a ball at my feet.

Ball, Barca, Football, Running, Sports, Took

Ronaldinho was responsible for the change in Barça. It was a bad time and the change that came about with his arrival was amazing. In the first year, he didn't win anything but people fell in love with him. Then the trophies started coming and he made all those people happy. Barça should always be grateful for everything he did.

Came, Grateful, Love, People, Winning, Years

IT IS NOT COINCIDENCE THAT AT BARCELONA WE HAVE LOW-KEY LIFESTYLES AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE KNOW WE ARE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND NOT MOVIE STARS.

Football, Lifestyles, Stars, Successful

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.

Ahead, Football, Guy, Hope, Player, Team

Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way possible. But that trait is not something I've worked on, it's part of me.

Game, Games, Player, Possible, Year, Years

I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. I've been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change.

Clear, Left, Proud, Young

The truth is that I don't have a favourite goal. I remember important goals more than I do favourite goals, like goals in the Champions League where I had the opportunity to have scored in both finals I have played in. Finals in the World Cup or Copa del Rey are the ones that have stayed with me for longer or that I remember more.

Opportunity, Champions League, Goal, Remember, League, Scored

You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman.

Believe, Desire, Improvement, Rooms

You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.

Cup, Cups, Football, Happen, World

I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.

Children, Day, Enjoying, Football, Fun, Sports

Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.

Beautiful, Example, Goal, Goals, Remember, Said

I want to concentrate on winning things with Barcelona and Argentina. Then if people want to say nice things about me when I have retired, great. Right now, I need to concentrate on being part of a team - not just on me.

Nice, Part, Team, Things, Winning

I still have a lot of room for improvement. For example, I want to shoot equally well with both feet.

Example, Feet, Football, Improvement, Shoot, Sports

I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.

Hard Work, Lucky, Make, Team, Training, Work

It seems like people want to blame me for everything. Whenever any issue arises, I'm said to have been involved even if I've had nothing to do with it. That's why I always focus on what I know, which is playing football, and try to be very careful with what I say because people always try and twist things.

Football, Issues, Nothing, People, Said

I don't look at records, that's not why I'm playing the game. Goals, of course. Every player in my position wants to score goals. But most of all, trophies. My target is always to win trophies for Barcelona, and that will always be my motivation, to win things. Nothing feels better than doing that as a team.

Barcelona, Feel Better, Motivation, Target, Team, Trophies

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