MY FAVOURITE SPORTSMAN

MY FAVOURITE
SPORTSMAN

PREPARED BY: NITHYASREE PURUSOTHAMAN
CLASS: 5 ZAMRUD

MY
FAVOURITE
FOOTBALLER

IS MESSI

PLAYER OF
BOTH

SPANISH
CLUB

BARCELONA
AND THE

ARGENTINA
NATIONAL

TEAM

BIODATA

•Full name: Lionel Andrés Messi
•Date of birth: 24 June 1987
•Place of birth: Rosario, Argentina
•Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
•Position(s): Forward

• 2003–05: Rise to the first team CLUB
• 2005–08: Becoming a starting eleven player CAREER
• 2008–09: First treble

• 2009–10: First Ballon d’Or

• 2010–11: Fifth La Liga title and third Champions League

• 2012: A record-breaking year

• 2013–14: Messidependencia

• 2014–15: Second treble

• 2015–16: Domestic success

• 2016–17: Fourth Golden Boot

• 2017–18: Domestic double and a record fifth Golden Boot

• 2018–19: Barcelona captain, tenth La Liga title, and a record sixth
Golden Boot

• 2019–20: A record sixth BallOn d’Or

• August 2020: Desire to leave Barcelona

• 2020–21: Most goals scored for a club and most appearances for
Barcelona

INTERNATIONAL
CAREER

• 2004–05: Success at youth level
• 2005–06: Senior and World Cup debuts
• 2007–08: Copa América final and Olympic gold
• 2008–11: Collective decline
• 2011–13: Assuming the captaincy
• 2014–15: World Cup and Copa América finals
• 2016–17: Third Copa América final, retirement, and return
• 2018: World Cup
• 2019–present: Copa América third-place

SALARY

8.3 million euros per month

With a gross monthly salary of 8.3 million euros per month
according to L'Equipe (86.9 million euros gross per year),
Messi is the highest paid footballer on the planet, far ahead
of his eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus in Turin

(4.5 M EUR gross per month), or in front of the star
strikers of PSG Neymar

AWARDS

FAMILY

• LIONEL ANDRES MESSI
• ANTONELA ROCCUZZO (wife)
SONS
• CIRO MESSI ROCCUZZO
• MATEO MESSI ROCCUZZO
• THIAGO MESSI ROCCUZZO

THANK YOU