It’s been 14 years since Leo Messi became the youngest player to score 100 goals for Barcelona

Messi is one of the best players in the world and has won many noble titles in his football career. Readers, please follow the article below to learn more about Messi’s information.

Introducing information about Messi

Messi’s full name is Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini, born June 24, 1987. He is currently playing for Paris Saint Germain club in Ligue 1.

Messi is considered one of the best players of all time and currently he is the owner of many noble titles such as the 2009 European Golden Ball, 2009 FIFA Player of the Year, Ball FIFA gold 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. 

Messi started playing football from a young age and showed his talent, which was later known by the Barcelona club.

In 2000, Messi left the Newells Old Boy football team and moved to Europe with his whole family to be treated for growth hormone deficiency supported by the Barcelona Club.

In the 2004 – 2005 season, Messi played and became the youngest player to score in that tournament. Even in this first season, many titles came to the club and him such as winning the La Liga championship and consecutively winning the C1 Cup in the 2006 season.

Lionel Messi currently plays at Paris Saint-Germain Club

2006 – 2007 was a special breakthrough season for Messi as he became an important player in the I squad, scored another hat trick in El Clasico and ended the season with 14 goals in 26 matches.

In 2008 – 2009, this was Messi’s successful season. He scored 38 goals and became a key factor for the Catalan team.

In the 2008 – 2009 season, Messi broke his previous season’s record with 47 goals in all competitions. This record equals Ronaldo’s in Barcelona.

The 2010 – 2011 season continued to surpass the previous season’s record of 53 goals in all competitions.

Since 2005, Messi has played for FC Barcelona until now, he has always been a key factor in every victory. Messi also won many different titles specifically: 5 La Liga championships, 3 Champions League championships. Although he did not attend the 2006 Final against Arsenal, Barca won with a score of 2-1. 

Currently, Messi is the record holder for scoring the most goals in a season for Barcelona with 53 goals and is the first person to win the UEFA Champions League top scorer award three times in a row.

Messi is also the only player in football history to receive the Golden Ball 5 times, ahead of legends such as Michel Platini, Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten, all of whom have received the Golden Ball 3 times and are football players. The second person to receive the Golden Ball three times in a row, after Michel Platini. 

In 2012 in a match against Bayer Leverkusen Messi became the first player to score 5 goals in a UEFA Champions League match with a 7 – 1 overall victory.

In the 2005 U20 World Cup, Messi became the top scorer with 6 goals, including 2 goals in the final. After a while, he became a member of the Argentine national football team and was the youngest person to compete in the World Cup, finishing in second place in 2007.

In 2008 in Beijing, when participating in the Argentine Olympic team, he achieved his first title at the international level and then won the Olympic gold medal.

On November 16, 2023, in a friendly match against FC Porto, Messi made his unofficial debut for the Barca first team. Then about a year later Frank Rijkaard let him make his debut in La Liga against Espanyol. Here he became the third youngest player to ever play for Barca and became the youngest player of the team playing in La Liga.

On May 1, 2005, Messi officially scored for the team against Albacete. When he was nearly 18 years old, Messi became the youngest player to ever score for Barcelona in La Liga.

In 2007, Bojan Krkic broke this achievement with a goal from an assist from Messi.

Leo Messi plays as a striker for both the club and the Argentina national team

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Messi’s world records

  • He is the player who has won the most World Golden Ball awards with 5.
  • At the FIFA World Cup became the youngest player for the Argentina national team: with an age of 18 years and 357 days at that time
  • Most FIFA Golden Ball Award: Messi has 4 Golden Balls.
  • The young player won the FIFA Golden Ball when Messi was 23 and 24 years old.
  • Messi is the top scorer at the FIFA Club World Cup with 5 goals.
  • Scoring the most goals in a year set a Guinness record with 91 goals.
  • The player who scored the most international goals in a year in 2012: with 25 goals.
  • Scored in the most consecutive matches in a tournament with 21 matches and 33 goals.
  • Becoming the player with the most assists in history is 11 assists.

Messi’s European records

  • Messi is the player who has won the most European Footballer of the Year titles: 3 times in 2009, 2011, 2015.
  • Became the player who scored the most goals in 1 year while on the national team with 12 goals.
  • Messi is the player who scores the most goals in a UEFA Champions League match with 5 goals.
  • Became the player who scored the most goals in a season with 73 goals.
  • Messi is the player with the most number of appearances in the FIFA FIFPro World
  • Became the player who scored the most goals in a year (club) with 79 goals.
  • Became the player to win the UEFA Champions League top scorer award with 4 goals.
  • The only young player to reach 100 appearances in the UEFA Champions League at the age of 28.
  • At the UEFA Champions League Messi became the player with the most hat-tricks with 6 hat-tricks
  • Became the player with the number of times in the UEFA representative team in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
  • Messi is the top scorer in the European Super Cup with 3 goals.

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