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In 2024, US-based sports company ESPN named Messi the greatest player of the 21st-century. [12] Messi's club career began with Barcelona, where he rose through the youth ranks, making his first-team debut in 2004. Over the next years, Messi became the club's all-time leading scorer, amassing numerous domestic and international accolades.
Best Player of the 21st Century by The Independent: 2019 [86] [87] Best Player of the 21st Century by FourFourTwo: 2022 [88] Best Player of the 21st Century by ESPN: 2024 [89] Best Player of the last 25 years by FourFourTwo: 2020 [90] [91] Best Player of the Decade (2010–2019) by Sporting News: 2019 [92] [93]
During the year 2012, Messi became the second player to be top scorer in four Champions League campaigns. [96] [97] Messi became the top goalscorer in Barcelona's history at 24 years old, overtaking the 57-year record of César Rodríguez's 232 goals with a hat-trick against Granada. [98]
FIFA Player of the Century was a one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greatest football player of the 20th century, announced at the annual FIFA World gala, held in Rome on 11 December 2000. [1] Diego Maradona and Pelé were joint winners of the award. [2] [3]
Franz Beckenbauer, elected Best European Player for the 1956–1990 period. On 24 April 1990, before the 1990 FIFA World Cup, IFFHS gave out an award for the best European player taking into consideration players who were voted in the shortlist of the France Football's Ballon d'Or from 1956 until 1989. [40]
The 23–player men's shortlist was announced on 3 January 2024. [39] The players chosen were Thibaut Courtois as goalkeeper, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias and John Stones as defenders, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Jude Bellingham as midfielders, and Lionel Messi, Vinícius Júnior, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé as forwards. [40] [41]
Messi is the only player to win the award with three different teams and also the only one to win it while playing outside Europe, [20] [21] as well as being the player with the most podiums, finishing in the top-three a record fourteen times. [4] Three players have won the award three times each: Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 December 2024. English-language football magazine World Soccer Cover of the October 2024 issue Editor Stephen Fishlock Categories Football Frequency Monthly Circulation 331,000 (Jan–Dec 2013) Founded 1960 Company Kelsey Media Based in Farnborough, Hampshire, UK Language English Website worldsoccer ...