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Luis Lionel Andres (“Leo”) Messi (b. June 24, 1987) is an Argentinian soccer player who plays forward for the FC Barcelona club and the Argentine national team. At the age of 13, Messi moved from Argentina to Spain after FC Barcelona agreed to pay for his medical treatments. There he earned renown as one of the greatest players in history, helping his club win more than two dozen league titles and tournaments. In 2012, he set a record for most goals in a calendar year, and in 2016, he was named Europe's Ballon d'Or winner for the fifth time and winner of the golden boots for the 4th
FC Barcelona
Winner: La Liga (8): 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16 Copa del Rey (5): 2008-09, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (4): 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2014-15 Supercopa de España (7): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 UEFA Super Cup (3): 2009, 2011, 2015 FIFA Club World Cup (3): 2009, 2011, 2015
Runner-up: La Liga* (2): 2011-12, 2013-14 Copa del Rey (2): 2010-11, 2013-14 Supercopa de España (2): 2012, 2015 UEFA Super Cup: 2006
*Note: No official medal/honour is received for finishing second in La Liga.
Argentina
Winner: Olympic Gold Medal: 2008 FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005
Runner-up: FIFA World Cup: 2014 Copa América: 2007, 2015, 2016
Individual Awards
Barcelona: La Liga All Time Top Scorer Honorary Golden Boot: 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or (4): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 Ballon d'Or: 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year: 2009 World Soccer Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2012 World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013 Onze d'Or (3): 2009, 2011, 2012 European Golden Shoe (3): 2010, 2012, 2013 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2010-11, 2014-15 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2009 UEFA Goal of the Season: 2014-15 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball (2): 2009, 2011 UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer (6): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year: 2009 AS.com La Liga Player of the Year: 2014-15 Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano (4): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014-15 Don Balón Award (3): 2007, 2009, 2010 L'Équipe Champion of Champions: 2011 LFP Best Player (5): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 LFP Best Forward (5): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year (5): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 FIFPro World Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008 World Soccer Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008 Bravo Award: 2007 Golden Boy: 2005 Marca Legend Award: 2009 ESPY Awards Best International Athlete (2): 2012, 2015 El País King of European Soccer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer (2): 2011, 2012 IFFHS World's best Top Division Goal Scorer (2): 2012, 2013 FIFA/FIFPro World XI (10): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 UEFA Team of the Year (6): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 ESM Team of the Year (7): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Copa del Rey Top Goalscorer (2): 2010–11, 2013–14 Argentine Sportsperson of the Year Award: 2011 Olimpia de Plata (8): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Gazzetta dello Sport Sportsman of the Year: 2011
