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My Take
Lionel Messi gives me chills no matter how often I watch. From Rosario, all of 169 cm, he moves with the ball in ways that seem to bend physics, and the Ballons d'Or stacked up until calling him the greatest stopped being an argument. What I love isn't the highlight reel; it's the quiet of him. No theatrics, no roaring, just a craftsman who lets his feet do the talking. He conjured magic at Barcelona for years and keeps playing now at Inter Miami. To stand atop the very stage he dreamed of as a boy, season after season, is a devotion I deeply respect. He makes you believe a football god really existed.
Overview
Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both the Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, Messi has set numerous records for individual accolades won throughout his professional footballing career, including eight Ballons d'Or, six European Golden Shoe…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lionel Messi
- Name (Japanese)
- リオネル・メッシ
- Reading
- りおねる・めっし
- Born
- June 24, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Rosario, Rosario Department, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 169 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2014 World Cup Golden Ball
- 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or
- 2009 Ballon d'Or
- 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year
- 2010 European Golden Shoe
- 2009 Onze d'Or
- 2009 Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 2005 Footballer of the Year of Argentina
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.