Lionel Messi is a professional soccer player who was named “ world player” of the year 5 times from 2009 to 2012, and then in 2015. Messi is from Argentina, South America. He started playing soccer at the age of 8, and by the age of 13 years old he was living in Spain. He was chosen by the prestigious football club of Barcelona (Spain) to play in FC Barcelona.
He is considered the official player and goal scorer in the Spanish La Liga (the country’s highest division of football) and in 2005, he won the Champions League title of Europe. He scored 38 goals in 51 matches during one season and broke the career scoring records for play in both the Champions League(with 72 goals) and La Liga (with 253 goals).
He led Argentina to three consecutive finals: the 2014 World Cup, for which he won the Golden Ball, and the 2015 and 2016 Copas America. After announcing his international retirement in 2016, he reversed his decision and led his country to qualification for the 2018 World Cup. His main sponsor since 2006 is the sportswear company Adidas then, in 2008, he had a long-running signature collection of Adidas F50 boots, and in 2015, he became the first football player to receive his own sub-brand of Adidas boots, the Adidas Messi.
