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Lionel Messi: The life and times of the Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Miami and Argentina legend
Lionel Messi has wasted little time in making an impact at Inter Miami, the third club he has played for in his illustrious career.
The deal taking him to Miami, after his Paris Saint-Germain contract expired, was only finalized on July 15. The World Cup winner has already added the Leagues Cup to his trophy cabinet, scoring 10 goals in seven games to fire his new club to their first piece of silverware.
For Messi, it is major trophy number 44.
Despite turning 36 in June, he is as influential as ever. Here is the complete story of Lionel Andres Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers in the history of the sport, as told by 30 of our award-winning team of reporters, from Adam Crafton to Oliver Kay, from Michael Cox to John Muller, as well as many, many more. It will be continuously updated to reflect Messi’s ongoing Inter Miami career.
The early life of Lionel Messi
It started with a videotape. Horacio Gaggioli, an agent in Argentina, was sent footage of a 12-year-old Lionel Messi playing for the oxymoronic Newell’s Old Boys youth teams. A year later and Messi arrived in Barcelona with Gaggioli and his father for a trial that would change the course of history for both player and club.
Messi played only for the youth sides of Newell’s Old Boys and yet he is a bona fide club legend by virtue of what he would go on to achieve. In Rosario, as early as the late 1990s, he was already cutting in from the right flank and bending the ball into the far corner with his left foot. The skills were already astonishing but, naturally, there were doubts as a result of the youngster’s diminutive frame.
This was around the time Messi was being seen by a pediatric endocrinologist (a glands and hormones specialist) because of having been diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency at the age of 10. His was a middle-class family and the Messis lived Argentine footballer (born 1987) "Messi" redirects here. For other uses, see Messi (disambiguation). Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation:[ljoˈnelanˈdɾesˈmesi]; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi set numerous records for individual accolades won throughout his professional footballing career such as eight Ballon d'Or awards and eight times being named the world's best player by FIFA. He is the most decorated player in the history of professional football having won 45 team trophies, including twelve Big Five league titles, four UEFA Champions Leagues, two Copa Américas, and one FIFA World Cup. Messi holds the records for most European Golden Shoes (6), most goals in a calendar year (91), most goals for a single club (672, with Barcelona), most goals (474), hat-tricks (36) and assists (192) in La Liga, most assists (18) and goal contributions (32) in the Copa América, most goal contributions (21) in the World Cup, most international appearances (191) and international goals (112) by a South American male, and the second-most in the latter category outright. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi has scored over 850 senior career goals for club and country. Born in Rosario, Argentina, Messi relocated to Spain to join Barcelona at age 13, and made his competitive debut at age 17 in October 2004. He gradually established himself as an integral player for the club, and during his first uninterrupted season at age 22 in 2008–09 he helped Barcelona achieve the first treble in Spanish football. This resulted in Messi winning the first of four consecutive Ballons d'Or, and by the 2011–12 season he would set La Liga and European records for most goals in a s Throughout his illustrious career, Lionel Messi has had some iconic partners in crime. Ronaldinho was his mentor, the player that introduced him to the world. Xavi and Andres Iniesta were his table-setters, while Luis Suarez and Neymar helped him form arguably the best attack this sport has ever seen. And we couldn't go on without mentioning Rodrigo de Paul, his famous bodyguard that helped him carry Argentina to a World Cup trophy. However, none of those famous sidekicks are quite like Robert Taylor. You see, Taylor is Messi's new partner in crime at Inter Miami, and it's safe to say that he's the most unlikely one yet. Taylor didn't come into Messi's life with an elite pedigree or with a multi-million dollar transfer fee attached to his name. No, around a decade ago he was playing in the 10th tier of English soccer. That's a long way from Camp Nou. Now, all these years later, he's Messi's new go-to team-mate. The Finland star has four goals and four assists in his last five games, making him the biggest beneficiary of the Argentine's arrival in the Miami team. The 28-year-old star had been an unfamiliar face for the bulk of his career, but now, with a helping hand from Messi, he's emerging as a star. To get an idea of how much Taylor's life has changed, just look at his Instagram. His photo commemorating I his arrival at Inter Miami received just over 2,000 likes. The photo commemorating his first link-up with Messi? Well, that has over 200,000. But who is Taylor and why does he fit so well with Messi? GOAL takes a look... Sign up here for MLS Season Pass through Apple TV and watch every MLS match, including Lionel Messi's Inter Miami! Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has been awarded throughout his career a total of eight Ballon d'Or awards and three The Best FIFA Men's Player awards, the most for any player. He holds the record for the most goals in La Liga (474), the Supercopa de España (14), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (379). He has scored 851 goals for club and country throughout his professional career and is also the first and only player in history to win five and six European Golden Shoes. During his football career, he won a record 45 collective trophies. Awards ceremonies to crown the best player of the world have been organized annually since 1955, when the inaugural Ballon d'Or awarding took place. The Ballon d'Or was presented to the player who had been voted to have performed the best over the previous year, and was established by French journalist Gabriel Hanot. Originally, votes could only be awarded to European players before a 1995 rule change. The FIFA World Player of the Year was established in 1991. See also: FIFA Ballon d'Or See also: Ballon d'Or See also: FIFA World Player of the YearLionel Messi
Lionel Messi's new partner in crime: How Robert Taylor went from England's 10th tier to Inter Miami star
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