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His beginnings with Barcelona
Despite his illness, Messi did not take long to join his colleagues in the academy, as he quickly crossed the classes assigned to the system of young trainees, and appeared for the first time with Barcelona at the age of 16, Messi exceeded his illness and returned to growth, where he became 5 feet and 7 inches.
From his inception, Messi took the road to breaking records, and on May 1, 2005, Messi entered the record-breaking record as the youngest player in history to score a distinguished goal, and in the same year Messi won the Argentine national team in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Season after season Messi started getting more time with Barcelona, and the 2008-2009 season was the best and most famous of all time when he led the team to a historic six-sided victory that no team had previously achieved, by winning the Champions League, La Liga, King’s Cup, Spanish and European Super Cups in addition to To the Club World Cup.
In 2012, Messi became the first player to score five goals in one match in the UEFA Champions League, and in the same year Messi became Barcelona’s top scorer, and this year he scored 91 goals, surpassing the number of German legend Gerd Muller with 85 goals in 1972.
Messi’s numbers have not stopped since then, since he won the La Liga top scorer award in more than one season, and he won with Barcelona several local and continental titles, to become the greatest player who wore Barcelona clothes throughout history.
His career with the Argentine national team
Despite his impressive career with Barcelona, Messi’s career was not good with the Argentine team, as he always played under pressure similar to Argentine legend Diego Maradona, and every time he failed with the team to achieve a title that is subject to many criticism by the Argentine audience.
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Messi arrived with the Argentine national team to the Copa America final twice and lost twice in front of the Chilean national team, as he reached the World Cup final in 2014 and lost to the German national team.
The great pressure on the player caused him to announce the international retirement more than once and then reverse his decision, while he is still the captain of the national team currently waiting for his participation in the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
Most notable titles won
Lionel Messi has won 34 titles with Barcelona in all competitions and is divided into the following form
La Liga (10 times): seasons 2004–2005, 2005–2006, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2012–2013, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2017–2018, 2018–2019.
UEFA Champions League (4 times): 2005-2006 seasons, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2014-2015.
King’s Cup of Spain (6 times): seasons 2008-2009, 2011-2012, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018.
Spanish Super Cup (8 times): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018.
European Super Cup (3 times): 2009, 2011, 2015.
Club World Cup (3 times): 2009, 2011, 2015.
The most prominent individual awards
Lionel Messi has won six times the Golden Globe Award presented by the French “France Football” magazine, and 6 times he has also won the Best Award presented by the FIFA.
He won the European Player of the Year award twice, and won the La Liga Top Scorer award 6 times.
