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Billed as Messi versus Germany, the world's best player against the best team, the final match on 13 July 2014 was a repeat of the 1986 and 1990 finals, which both featured Diego Maradona and split between both countries. [461] Within the first half-hour, Messi had started the play that led to a goal, but it was ruled offside.
Best Player of the 21st Century by Talksport: 2024 [97] Best Player of the 21st Century by Goal.com: 2024 [98] Best Player of the last 25 years by FourFourTwo: 2020 [99] [100] Best Player of the last 25 years by OneFootball: 2025 [101] Best Player of the Decade (2010–2019) by Sporting News: 2019 [102] [103]
Messi is widely regarded as one of the two best players of his generation, alongside Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, [261] and one of the greatest footballers of all time. [262] A prodigious talent as a teenager, Messi established himself among the world's best players before age 20. [263]
Roccuzzo was born and raised in Rosario, Argentina and has Italian ancestry; [6] she met Lionel Messi when the two were toddlers through her cousin Lucas Scaglia, and in 2009 the two confirmed their relationship. [7] Messi and Roccuzzo married in 2017, and have three sons. [8]
Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend is a biographical documentary series produced in a collaboration between Apple TV+, SMUGGLER Entertainment and Pegsa Group.The series follows Lionel Messi's triumphant career, his overall impact on football and shows his journey of highs and lows with the Argentina national football team across five World Cups, culminating with his fairytale ending of ...
Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer who has represented the Argentina national team from his debut in 2005. Throughout his international career , Messi has scored 112 goals in 191 international appearances, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] making him the country's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Gabriel Batistuta 's record of 54 goals with a free kick against ...
In 2010, the FIFA World Player of the Year award combined with the Ballon d'Or to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership. [3] FIFA presided over the FIFA Ballon d'Or after agreeing to pay £13million for the merge of the two major player awards with France Football.
From its inception to 2017, it was known as The Guardian 100 Best Footballers in the World. It is decided by a panel of experts from several nations. [1] [2] Argentine player Lionel Messi is the record winner of the award with 6 wins.