Lionel Messi was born on 24 June 1987. He is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Liga team Barcelona and Argentina national team.
Career:

In 2005, Lionel Messi Argentina to the title in the under-20 World Cup, scoring on a pair of penalty kicks to propel the team over Nigeria. In recent years, Messi has become one of the game’s highest paid players, earning an estimated $18 million a year. In 2009, he steered Barcelona to Champions League, La Liga and Spanish Club titles and took home the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
Palmares:
With Barcelona:
– Champions League (3)  : 2006, 2009 and 2011
– Championship of Spain (5) : 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and  2011
– Vice-champion : 2007 and 2012
– The king’s Cup (2) :  2009 and 2012
– World clubs Cup(2) : 2009 and 2011
– Super cup of the UEFA (2) : 2009 et 2011
– Super cup of Spain (5) : 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011
With the National team of Argentina :
– Junior World Champion 2005.
– Quarter finals of the Football world Cup 2006  (6th)
– Finalist of the Copa America en 2007.
– Golden medal at the summer Olympic Games of 2008
Sponsors :
-Since 2006, he was under contract with Adidas
-March 2011, The French football revealed that the footballer has gathered more annual income with a total of 33 million of Euros (10 million as salary, 4 million as premium and 19 million as income from adverts. He went above David Beckham (30,4 million) and Christiano Ronaldo (30 million).
-From 2009 to 2011: The Japanese editor Konami and his famous football game Pro evolution Soccer has used his image on the cover of the game and in the adverts.
-November 24, 2011, he signs a contract with Electronic Arts, Messi becomes the headline of FIFA street videos . games

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