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Most World Soccer Player of the Year awards: 6 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2022) Most World Soccer Young Player of the Year awards: 3 (2006–2008) Most The Guardian Best Footballer in the World wins: 6 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022) Most FourFourTwo Best Footballer of the Year awards: 8 (2009–2012, 2015, 2017–2019)
Tactically, Messi plays in a free attacking role; a versatile player, he is capable of attacking on either wing or through the centre of the pitch. His favoured position in childhood was the playmaker behind two strikers, known as the enganche in Argentine football, but he began his career in Spain as a left-winger or left-sided forward. [248]
His remarkable goal-scoring ability, masterful ball control, high level passing and playmaking as well as his outstanding dribbling skills has earned him recognition as one of the greatest and most iconic players in football history. In 2024, US-based sports company ESPN named Messi the greatest player of the 21st-century. [12]
Lionel Messi Argentina FW Barcelona [45] September: 2018: Lionel Messi Argentina FW Barcelona [46] October: 2018: Luis Suárez Uruguay FW Barcelona [47] November: 2018: Tomáš Vaclík Czech Republic GK Sevilla [48] December: 2018: Antoine Griezmann France FW Atlético Madrid [49] January: 2019: Iñaki Williams Spain [c] FW Athletic Bilbao
Most goals scored in a calendar year: 91 – Lionel Messi, 2012 [24] [25] [26] [note 11] Most goals scored in a football season: 107 – Ernst Wilimowski, 1940–41 [32] Most club goals scored in a football season: 96 [note 12] – Fred Roberts, 1930–31 [33] [34] [note 13] Most goals scored by a defender in a calendar year: 27 – Daniel ...
The Herons, as Inter is nicknamed, took 32 points from 15 matches with Messi absent — or 2.13 points per game, nearly identical to their average in the 18 matches Messi has played.
Lionel Messi made his long-awaited debut with Major League Soccer side Inter Miami with a flourish only the world’s top player could produce.
Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022.