Lionel Messi

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.

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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 39)

Origin

Rosario, Rosario Department, Argentina

Height

169 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

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

• Official sitehttp://www.leomessi.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/leomessi/
• Xhttps://x.com/fundacionmessi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel%20Messi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615

Tags

• Rosario Department
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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