Lionel Messi Height, Age, Wife, Best for, Family, Biography & More
Lionel Messi
Full name
Lionel Andrés Messi
Nick name
Messidona, Leo
Profession
Football player
Physical Stats & More
Height
1.7 m
Weight
72 kg
Eye Colour
Dark Brown
Hair Colour
Dark Brown
Build
Athletic
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Shoe Size
10 (US) or 9 (UK) or 43 (EU)
Family
Father
Jorge Messi
Mother
Celia María Cuccittini
Brother
Rodrigo Messi, Matias Messi
Sister
Maria Sol Messi
Marital Status
Married
Wife
Antonella Roccuzzo
Marriage Date
30 June 2017
Children
Thiago Messi Roccuzzo (Son)
Ciro Messi Roccuzzo (Son)
Mateo Messi Roccuzzo (Son)
Personal Life
Born place
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Date of birth
24 June 1987
Age
33 Years
Nationality
Argentina
Education
Messi has not much experience of education.
Residence
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Favourite Things
Car – Ferrari 335 S Scaglietti, Audi Q7, Audi R8
Football Club – FC Barcelona
Jersey Number – He like 10 jersey number.
Brand Endorsements
Addidas
First TV Show
La noche del 10
Net Worth
$400 million
Lionel Messi is Argentine Footballer and he was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
His parents are named Jorge Messsi and Celia María Cuccittini. In addition to Lionel, his parents have three more children. Messi has two brother named Rodrigo Messi, Matias Messi and one sister named are Maria Sol Messi.
Messi has not much experience of education.
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Messi’s greatness in football and fan following can be gauged by the fact that in Argentina, they had to make a rule that parents could not name their children as Messi because there are special they were afraid that in the coming few years, the number of children named Messi will become so much that there will be a great crisis of identification of children in the country.
From the age of 5, Messi started playing football for a club near the house being trained by his father, Jorge. Then he started playing for Newell’s Old Boys, a team from his hometown, Rosario.
Messi, at his young age of 9 years, had started playing such a good football on the basis of his passion and practice that if football came to him, no one could snatch football from him for 15 minutes.
At the age of 11, he developed a terrible disease called Hormone Deficiency, in which the disease causes a lot of deficiency of hormones inside the body and if it is not treated quickly, the growth of the body stops. The treatment for this disease was very expensive, Messi’s treatment cost about $ 1500 every month, yet his father got him treated but Messi did not give up football even during such a difficult time, Messi kept practicing all his life to the fullest.
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Impressed by Messi’s game, one of his fans told the sports director of Barcelona Youth Academy about Messi’s amazing game, after which he saw Messi’s game and became mad, then he made an agreement with Messi and his family that Messi His team will bear the full expenses of his illness, but he will have to come to Spain and play for Barcelona, this agreement was happily accepted by Messi and his family, and then Messi moved to Spain at the age of 14 with his family.
He then started playing in the youth team of Barcelona Youth Academy La Masia and there he impressed everyone with his magical game.
Messi started his playing career on 16 November 2003, playing for his club’s first team in a friendly match against Porto when he was 16 years old.
He played his first international match against Hungary on 17 August 2005 at the age of 18, and after that he never looked back and kept flagging success.
Messi was named in Guinness World Records for having the highest number of Goals in a year in 2012. This year he made 91 goals and broke the record of the legendary German footballer Thomas Müller, in 1972 Thomas Müller scored 85 goals in a year.
Messi played 348 matches for Barcelona from 2004 to 2016 and had 312 goals in it.
In Spainish La Liga, Messi is the only one player to score 300 goals.
Argentina’s team reached the final when Messi was in the 2014 World Cup, in which Messi was awarded the Golden Ball title, the Golden Ball award is given to the best player of the Football World Cup.
Apart from this, they have a lot of records, breaking them will be a big thing for any player.
After all, his team’s final loss in Copa América cup 2016 took a big blow on his mind and he was very sad due to defeat and then decided to retire from football.
Lionel Messi Awards
FIFA World Player of the Year – 2009
European Golden Shoe – 2018, 2017, 2013
Pichichi – 2020, 2019, 2018
Ballon d’Or – 2019, 2009
Golden Boy Award – 2005
The Best FIFA Men’s Player – 2019
FIFPro World XI – 2020, 2019, 2018
Golden Ball – 2014
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year – 2009
Champions League Top Goalscorer – 2015, 2012, 2011
Creu de Sant Jordi – 2019
Bravo Award – 2007
Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano – 2011, 2010, 2009
IFFHS World’s Best Top Goalscorer – 2012, 2011
Best International Athlete ESPY Award – 2015, 2012
Marca Leyenda – 2009
Most Electrifying Athlete – 2014
UEFA Club Forward of the Year – 2009
International Men’s Soccer Player – 2019
Onze d’Or – 2018, 2012, 2011
U-20 Golden Ball – 2005
FIFA Ballon d’Or – 2016, 2013, 2012
FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Shoe – 2005
La Liga Foreign Player of the Year – 2010, 2009, 2011
IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker – 2017, 2016, 2015
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