Origins of the Legendary Lionel

This video shows you how the Legendary Lionel Messi that we all know and love rises to his success

Luis Andres Lionel Messi Cuccitini is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for the Spanish club Barcelona. He was born on the 24th of June 2018 in Rosario, Argentina. Messi's achievments include:

Top goalscorer IFFHS World's Best Top Division Scorer: 2012, 2013, 2017 IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer: 2011, 2012 FIFA Club World Cup: 2011 Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17 Copa América Silver Boot: 2016

"Goal of the Season" Copa América Best Goal: 2007 Nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016

Top assist provider

• La Liga: 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
• UEFA Champions League: 2011–12, 2014–15
• Copa del Rey: 2015–16, 2016–17
• Copa América: 2011, 2015, 2016

Inclusions for team of the season or tournament

Awarded by international football federations

FIFA FIFPro World XI

	Player	Apps	Years	Club(s)
1	Lionel Messi	11	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Barcelona
	Cristiano Ronaldo	11	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Manchester United, Real Madrid
3	Andrés Iniesta	9	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	Barcelona

Other

• UEFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
• UEFA Champions League Player Rater Team of the Season: 2010–11
• UEFA Champions League Player Rater Team of the Week: MD1/2010–11, MD8A/2010–11, MD10/2010–11, MD11/2010–11, MD12/2010–11
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014
• Copa América Dream Team: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016

Spain

La Liga Awards

Season	Category
	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2014–15	Claudio Bravo (Barcelona)	Dani Alves (Barcelona) Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia) Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Jordi Alba (Barcelona)	Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla) Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona) James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
2015–16	Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)	Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid) Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Marcelo (Real Madrid)	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Luis Suárez (Barcelona)

Other

• ESM Team of the Year: 2014–15
• L'Équipe Team of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017