Lionel Messi Records, Height, Salary, Income, Wife & Child, Age, Height, Net Worth 2021, Latest Football Stats| Check all

-Introduction:

Lionel Messi records: Born on 24th June, 1987; Lionel Messi is a professional footballer who plays for Football club Barcelona and the Argentina team.

He is considered to be one of the best players in the world and is known for his dribbling skills, magnificent ball control and leadership qualities.

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Education: School Dropout

Height: 5 ft 7 inches

Weight: 72 kgs

• Family details

Messi was born in Rosario, Argentine to Jorge Messi and Celia María Cuccittini. The Argentine has 3 siblings; 2 brothers (Rodrigo and Matías Messi) and a sister (Maria Sol Messi).

He was in a relation with his childhood sweetheart, Antonella Roccuzzo whom he married later. Roccuzzo is a model and dietician.

Lionel and Antonella are proud parents of 3 sons: Thiago, Mateo, Ciro.

He was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency when was 10 years old.

And made sure he did not let his affect his career and he rose to the occasion to become one of the greatest footballers in the history of the sport.

• Family Background

The Argentine’s father worked as a steel factory manager while his mother worked in a magnet manufacturing company.

Messi’s family moved to Barcelona in the year 2000 and he was enrolled at the Barcelona Youth Academy, La Masia at age 13.

Net worth (2021):  $ 600 million

Net income (2021): Rs. 44,457,302,400

• Football Records:

As of 2021, Lionel Messi has several football records to his name. Some of them are as follows:

• Most Ballon D’ors won by any player- 6

• Most goals scored in the history of La Liga- 474

• Highest official recorded assists in football history- 310

• First player to win 5 and 6 European Golden Shoes.

• Top scorer for Argentina: 71 goals in 142 appearances.

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• Milestones

1. Barcelona and La Liga top scorer:

The forward is the top scorer for Barcelona as well as in the domestic Spanish La Liga competition: 672 and 474

2. Most Ballon D’ors

The left-footed striker holds the record for Most Ballon D’or awards won- 6

3. Highest goal scorer for Argentina

Argentina’s number 10 has scored 71 goals in 142 appearances for the country and is their top scorer.

• Latest stats

He has scored 772 goals in his career across 997 matches and is eighth in the list of most goals scored across football.

Social Media- Lionel Messi

The Argentina captain does not interact much about his social life and maintains a low key life across social Media.

However, he uses an Instagram account which has 211 million followers where he occasionally puts up pictures of matches.

Lio made his Barcelona debut in 2004 and has represented the Blaugrana side for 17 years since then.