Lionel Messi - The King of Football

Ashwin Siju, 4-B, Indian Education School, Kuwait

Monday, May 10, 2021

Lionel Andres Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He started his football career at the age of 13 when he moved to Barcelona with his family and made his first football match at FC-Barcelona under 14 team.

He scored 21 goals in 14 games for the junior under 14 team of Barcelona. At the age of 16 he made his debut for FC Barcelona in a friendly match.

At 2010 FIFA ballon d'or, He was the best player of the match.

He has spent most of his career with Barcelona Team.

He has won a club record of 35 trophies and 10 La Liga titles.

Messi has been sponsored by sportswear company Adidas since 2006 and has established himself as their leading brand endorser.

He was the world's highest-paid footballer for five years out of six between 2009 and 2014 and was ranked the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2019.

Salary=71 million EUR

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