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Lionel Messi's career in numbers
A kid sporting Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi's jersey sits on the pavement outside the Barcelona's Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi waiting for the arrival of Barcelona players to undergo a medical test for Covid-19, on August 30, 2020.
What you need to know:
- Messi launched a stinging attack on Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu, whom he accused of going back on an agreement to let him leave for free at the end of last season.
- Messi is 33 years old and Barcelona's all-time top scorer.
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Factfile on Lionel Messi, after he confirmed on Friday that he would stay with Barcelona:
Full name: Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini
Date of birth: June 24, 1987
Place of birth: Rosario (Argentina)
Nationality: Argentine
Height: 1.70m
Weight: 72 kg
Career
Position: Forward
Club: Barcelona (since 2004)
Argentina: 138 caps, 70 goals
International Honours
2005: U-20 world champion
2008: Olympic gold
Club honours
Champions League: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015
La Liga titles: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Copa del Rey: 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
European Super Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015
Spanish Super Cup: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018
Club World Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015
Individual honours
Ballons d'Or: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019
UEFA's best European player of the season: 2011, 2015
World Cup Golden Ball best player award: 2014
Copa America best player: 2015
Champions League top scorer: 2008/09 - 9 goals; 2009/10 - 8; 2010/11 - 12; 2011/12 - 14; 2014/15 - 10, 2018/19 - 12
La Liga top scorer: 2009/10 - 34 goals, 2011/12 - 50; 2012/13 - 46; 2016/17 - 37; 2017/18 - 34; 2018/19 - 36, 2019/20 - 25
Records
Number of Ballons d'Or: 6
Number of goals scored in La Liga: 444
Record number of goals scored in one season in a major league: 50 (2011/12)
All time top scorer for Argentina: 70 (2006-present)
Number of goals scored in a calendar year in all-competitions: 91 (2012)
Number of goals scored in a season in all competitions: 73 (2011/12)
