The personal signing of footballer Lionel Messi

Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini is an Argentine footballer, who has been the captain of the Argentine national team since 2011. The 2022 World Champion. A player of the MLS club Inter Miami.

He plays as a striker. Messi is the top scorer in the history of Barcelona and the Argentine national team. As a member of Barcelona, Messi has won ten Spanish champion titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, six Spanish Cups, eight Spanish Super Cups, three European Super Cups and three World Club Cups. As part of the national team, Messi became the Olympic champion in 2008, the silver medalist of the 2014 World Championship, and the 2022 world champion. During his career, Messi won the Golden Ball Award seven times — the best player in the world at the end of the year.

The Argentine started playing football at the age of five at an amateur club coached by his father. At the age of 8, Messi moved to the school of a professional club — Newells Old Boys. At the age of 11, Lionel was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency, which requires expensive treatment. At the age of 13, Barcelona scouts became interested in Messi. At the screening, the young footballer impressed the director of the club so much that Messi was offered payment for treatment and the family's move to Spain. So Messi became a graduate of the Barcelona football academy. He has been playing for this club since he was 17 years old.