Lionel Andrés “Leo” Messi (born 24 June 1987) known as Lionel Messi  is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for the La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentine national team. He served as captain of the football team of his country. At the age of 21, Messi received the Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year dates. The following year, in 2009, won his first Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year. He followed by winning the inaugural FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2010 and again in 2011 & 2012. He had been also won the 2010-11 UEFA Best Player in Europe. At the age of 24, Messi was the top scorer of all time for Barcelona. At the age of25, Messi became the youngest player to achieve 200 league goals .

Consistently by commentators, coaches and players as the best player in the world and one of the best ranked player in the history of the game, Messi is the first player in history to achieve  four FIFA/ Ballons d’Or  successively. Messi has won five La Liga’s, two-time Spanish Cups, five Spanish Super Cups, three Champions League titles, two Super Cups and two FIFA Club World Cup. In March 2012, Messi scored the history of the UEFA Champions League, becoming the first player to achieve five goals in a game, accomplishing the feat in a 7-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen. He also tied a record 14 goals José Altafini in a single season in the Champions League. Messi was the first player to top score in four consecutive seasons Champions League. To the European records for most goals scored in a season in 2011-12 with 73 goals. In the same season, established the current record of scoring in a season in La Liga, scoring 50 goals. In 16th February 2013, Lionel Messi scored his 300th Goal for Barcelona against Granada.