Lionel Messi - report

Argentine footballer (born 1987)

Lionel Andrés Messi, also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d'Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 he was named to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team. Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 34 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times. With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América (17). He also has the most international goals by a South American male (103). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).

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2022 2023 2024

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Lionel Messi becomes the first player to win seven Ballon d'Or awards. Chelsea’s Jorginho finished third in the voting, giving the Premier League a second-straight year with a top-three vote-getter. Cristiano Ronaldo skipped the ceremony.
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Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 2-0 in Champions League Group A. Lionel Messi scored his first goal for PSG in the 74th minute. PSG top of Group A, with City down to third after Brugge win 2-1 at Leipzig. Liverpool took control of Group B as they ran out 5-1 winners at Porto.
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Lionel Messi has agreed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain. The deal includes an option to extend by a year and gives the forward a net salary of about €35m (£29.6m) Messi, his lawyers and his father, Jorge, have been in talks with PSG since Thursday. The 34-year-old will wear the number 30 shirt at the Parc des Princes.
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Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona at the end of the current season. Barcelona president Joan Laporta confirmed the news in a press conference on Friday. The 34-year-old had verbally agreed a five-year contract extension. The terms of the proposed contract did not comply with La Liga’s financial regulations. Barcelona are expecting losses of €487m for last season.
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Barcelona confirm Lionel Messi will not sign new contract. Club blame LaLiga for 'economic obstacles' stopping them from giving him huge new deal. Messi, 34, has been a free agent since 1 July when his contract expired. Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain lead the race for his signature.
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Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 to win Copa America, 1st major title in 28 yrs. Angel Di Maria goal gives them a 1- 0 win over Brazil and a record-equalling 15th Copa. Lionel Messi was the tournament's top goalscorer with four goals.
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Lionel Messi becomes Argentina's most capped player. Barcelona star surpasses Javier Mascherano's record of 148 caps. Messi made his Argentina debut in 2005 in a 2-1 win against Hungary.
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Barcelona lose 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao in Spanish Super Cup final. Inaki Williams' goal in extra time gave Athletic the lead. Antoine Griezmann had given Barca the lead before Oscar De Marcos equalized. Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time in his club career.