Lionel Messi (born June 24, 1987) is an Argentine football player currently playing for the Barcelona club and Argentine national football team. Considered one of the best players of all time and the best player in the world in his time, he is also the owner of many noble titles such as the European Golden Ball 2009, Player Best of FIFA 2009, FIFA 2010 Golden Ball, 2011,2012 and 2015. His play is compared to the legendary Diego Maradona, who considered himself a "messenger".

Messi started playing football at an early age and his talent was recognized by the Barcelona club. He left Newell's Old Boys in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe after Barcelona offered to support him for the cost of treating growth hormone deficiency. Having debuted in the 2004-05 season, he broke the youngest player record of La Liga and became the youngest player to score in the league at the time. The titles that came to Barca in the first season of Messi are the La Liga championship, and they won the league title both in La Liga and the 2006 Champions League. 2006-07 is the breakout season of He became an important player in the I squad, scored a hat-trick in the El Clásico match and finished the season with 14 goals in 26 matches. The 2008-09 season was Messi's most successful season when he scored 38 goals and became a key player in the Catalan side's sixth. This record was broken in the 2009-10 season, when Messi scored 47 goals in all competitions, equaling Ronaldo's record in Barcelona. He went on to win again in 2010-11 with 53 goals in all competitions.

In recent years, Messi has often played far from goal to participate in the task of creating the team more. He was less selfish to take the ball for himself and went into building team plays. For the squad strategy on the field, Messi was always favored by the coach for free kick in the front line. Sometimes he also has the task of regulating the game so smoothly and smoothly. He has the advantage of being able to finish, while running extremely fast and catching the ball extremely well. The ability to keep balance, observe, and decide to pass the ball quickly are the advantages that outsiders can easily see.