Lionel Messi (Leo Messi) is an Argentine footballer who also holds Spanish nationality since 2005.
Messi plays as a striker for F. C. Barcelona, the Spain Primera Division, and the Argentina national football team, of which he is the captain.
Since 2009 is considered by many international sports bodies, former players, coaches, athletes and the general press as "the best player in the world."
On Thursday January 24, 2013 the President
of FIFA, Joseph Blatter, it also highlighted the best in the world.
Leo Messi received the award for Best Player of the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2009.
By obtaining the fourth consecutive Golden Ball, Messi managed to surpass the record of Michel Platini and in turn obtaining recognition for the fourth time as a top player in the world by FIFA.
By his skill and playing style as compared with Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi as his "successor".
Messi has broken several records with FC Barcelona, as is the top scorer in club history, the fifth leading scorer in the Primera Division Spain and the foreign player with most appearances in the FCB.
