On September 16, 2015, Messi became the youngest player to make 100 appearances in the UEFA Champions League. Lionel Messi has been compared with those console players which score hundreds of goals. Fortunately for us, Lionel Messi is not run by an algorithm; he is a human being with a great deal of talent (I mean it!) that helped him to score more than 700 hundred goals playing for F. C. Barcelona and Argentina’s National Team in eight different competitions since his debut at 17, in 2004. Team captain Lionel Messi (holding trophy) and other members of Argentina's national team after winning the 2022 Men's World Cup. (more) The Argentina captain, who was replaced in the 78th minute, said he felt pain in his groin after the match, which was marred by clashes between fans and police. Messi sealed the World Cup in the most dramatic and breathless of circumstances, scoring twice in an extraordinary 3-3 draw with reigning champions France at the Lusail Stadium. He then stepped up to score in the penalty shootout as the Albiceleste triumphed over Les Bleus.

According to Biography.com, the athlete, who is simply known as Lionel Messi, was actually given birth to on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina, as Luis Lionel Andres Messi. Several reports—including Sam Kelly’s at ESPN—that he was named after American crooner Lionel Richie are therefore untrue. It’s unclear why the player, or even his parents, chose for him to be known as Lionel.

Messi became the first player to score five goals in a single Champions League fixture, doing it against Bayer Leverkusen in the Round-of-16 match on March 7, 2012. Messi, 36, played all 90 minutes of Argentina's 2-0 victory over Peru on Thursday, his first competitive game since Oct. 21, when he started in Inter Miami's 1-0 MLS defeat to Charlotte FC. The comparison soon became more and more apparent, as young Lionel Messi emulated in one week, in 2007, the goals Maradona scored in 1896 FIFA World Cup’s semifinals against England. This is known as the famous (and infamous) Goal of the Century and Hand of God. No player in World Cup history has registered as many chances created as Messi. He leads overall (72) and in open play (52) – via @OptaAnalyst

Despite not making his usual impact on the pitch, Messi was delighted that his team handed Brazil their first home loss in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.

Through their relatives in Catalonia, Messi’s family arranged a trial with Barcelona in September 2000. Secondly, he impressed the first team director and he wanted to sign him immediately. Having no paper at hand, he wrote Messi’s first contract on a paper napkin. Messi’s 73 goals in all competitions surpassed Gerd Müller’s 67 goals in the 1972–73 Bundesliga season, making him the single-season top scorer in the history of European club football.