Lionel Andrés Messi

1. Lionel Messi
2. Footballer
4. Born: June 24, 1987 (age 27), Rosario, Argentina
5. Height: 1.69 m
6. Partner: Antonella Roccuzzo (2008–)
7. Salary: 16 million EUR (2014)
8. Current teams: FC Barcelona, Argentina national football team
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10. Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He serves as the captain of his country's national football team. 
12. Awards: Ballon d'Or, FIFA World Player of the Year, more
13. Messi was nominated for the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribéry , for a third consecutive year.Ribéry won the award with 36 votes.
14. Barcelona were also defeated in the Copa del Rey final by rivals Real Madrid, although Messi was the top scorer in the competition.

Messi finished his club season with only one trophy, the Spanish Super Cup , as Barcelona finished as runners-up in La Liga , behind Atletico Madrid, who had also eliminated them in the quarter finals of the Champion's League that season.

Messi concluded the season with 41 goals and 15 assists in all competitions, but his 28 league goals in La Liga were not enough for him to defend the Pichichi trophy, which went to Cristiano Ronaldo, who managed 31 goals. On 16 May 2014, Messi agreed a new contract with the Catalan club.
Over at FiveThirtyEight Sports, Benjamin Morris makes a thoroughly convincing case that Argentina's Lionel Messi is the world's best soccer player.As Morris puts it, "Lionel Messi is impossible":

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