Lionel Messi is an Argentine soccer player. He currently captains and plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national football team as a striker.

Lionel Messi, whose real name is Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, was born in Rosario, June 24, 1987. Lionel Messi's father is Jorge Messi and his mother is Celia Cuccittini.

In 2017, Lionel Messi married a woman named Antonella Roccuzzo who was his childhood friend. He was also blessed with 3 children named Thiago Messi, Mateo Messi Roccuzzo and Ciro Messi Roccuzzo.

As a child, Lionel Messi joined the Grandioli football club at the age of 4 years. Then he moved to Newell's Old Boys club at the age of 6 years from 1995 to 2000.

During Lionel Messi at Newell's Old Boys, he has contributed 500 goals at that time. In 2000, he moved to Spain to go to Barcelona and started his junior career at FC Barcelona's La Masia academy.