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AWARDS OF LIONEL MESSI








Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only player in history to win five FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, four of which he won consecutively, and the first to win three European Golden Shoes. With Barcelona he has won eight La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, and four Copas del Rey, among other trophies. Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals scored in La Liga, a La Liga season (50), and a club football season in Europe (73), as well as those for most assists made in La Liga and the Copa América. He has scored over 500 senior career goals for club and country.
Born and raised in central Argentina, Messi was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency as a child. At age 13, he relocated to Spain to join Barcelona, who agreed to pay for his medical treatment. After a fast progression through Barcelona's youth academy, Messi made his competitive debut aged 17 in October 2004. Despite being injury-prone during his early career, he established himself as an integral player for the club within the next three years, finishing 2007 as a finalist for both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award, a feat he repeated the following year. His first uninterrupted campaign came in the 2008–09 season, during which he helped Barcelona achieve the first treble in Spanish football. At 22 years old, Messi won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award by record voting margins.
Three successful seasons followed, with Messi winning three consecutive FIFA Ballons d'Or, including an unprecedented fourth. His personal best campaign to date was the 2011–12 season, in which he set the La Liga and European records for most goals scored in a single season, while establishing himself as Barcelona's all-time top scorer in official competitions in March 2012. He again struggled with injury during the following two seasons, twice finishing second for the Ballon d'Or behind Cristiano Ronaldo, his perceived career rival. Messi regained his best form during the 2014–15 campaign, breaking the all-time goalscoring records in both La Liga and the Champions League in November 2014,and led Barcelona to a historic second treble.
An Argentine international, Messi is his country's all-time leading goalscorer. At youth level, he won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, finishing the tournament with both the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His style of play as a diminutive, left-footed dribbler drew comparisons with compatriot Diego Maradona, who declared the teenager his successor. After making his senior debut in August 2005, Messi became the youngest Argentine to play and score in a FIFA World Cup during the 2006 edition, and reached the final of the 2007 Copa América, where he was named young player of the tournament. As the squad's captain from August 2011, he led Argentina to three consecutive finals: the 2014 World Cup, for which he won the Golden Ball, and the 2015 and 2016 Copas América.

Awards

  • Ballon d'Or: 2009
  • FIFA World Player of the Year: 2009
  • FIFA Ballon d'Or: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
  • IFFHS World's Best Top Goalscorer: 2011, 2012
  • IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goalscorer: 2012, 2013
  • IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2015, 2016
  • UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2009
  • UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2009
  • UEFA Best Player in Europe: 2011, 2015
  • European Golden Shoe: 2010, 2012, 2013
  • Best Player in La Liga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
  • Best Forward in La Liga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
  • La Liga Player of the Month: January 2016
  • Olimpia de Plata (Argentine Footballer of the Year): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
  • Olimpia de Oro (Argentine Sportsperson of the Year): 2011
  • FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009, 2011
  • FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2015
  • FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2014
  • Copa América Most Valuable Player: 2015 (rejected)
  • FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • UEFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • La Liga Team of the Year: 2015
  • AFA Team of All Time (published 2015)
  • FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014
  • Copa América Dream Team: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016
  • UEFA Goal of the Season: 2006–07, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Copa América Best Goal: 2007
  • FIFPro Young World Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Golden Boy (Young European Footballer of the Year): 2005
  • FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball: 2005
  • FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Shoe: 2005
  • Copa América Best Young Player: 2007

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