Lionel Messi is an argentine footballer who plays in La Liga for FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team,mainly as a forward.Messi recevied the Golden ball for three years and also the Fifa world player of the year at the age of 21.His playing stylesmall stature has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona who himself declared Messi as his succeed.

Messi has won the golden boot for 3years which made added him to the list of players that won it 3years in a row,such as Johan cruyff,michel platini and marco van basten.

In 2008,Messi won his first internatinoal honour,an olypic gold medal,with the argentina olympic football team.