More trophies

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Catalonia Cup - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2005
FC Barcelona - - Spain - Ramon de Carranza Trophy 2005
Joan Gamper trophy - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2006
Beckenbauer Cup - FC Barcelona - Germany - 2007
Joan Gamper trophy - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2007
Catalonia Cup - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2007
Joan Gamper trophy - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2008
Joan Gamper trophy - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2010
Audi Cup - FC Barcelona - Germany - 2011
Joan Gamper trophy - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2011
Trophy Paris - FC Barcelona - France - 2012
Catalonia Cup - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2013
Joan Gamper trophy - FC Barcelona - Spain - 2013
Chang Champions Cup - FC Barcelona - Thailand - 2013
CIMB Challenge Cup - FC Barcelona - Malaysia - 2013
Individual distinctions
Golden Ball
2009
FIFA World Player of the Year
2009
Golden Boot
2010.2012
FIFA Ballon d'Or
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
UEFA European Player
2011, 2015
Pichichi Trophy
2010, 2012, 2013
Top scorer of the LFP
2015

International tournaments

Copa Mundial de Fútbol Juvenil — Selección de Argentina — Países Bajos — 2005
Liga de Campeones — F. C. Barcelona — París — 2006
Oro en los Juegos Olímpicos — Selección de Argentina — Pekín — 2008
Liga de Campeones — F. C. Barcelona — Roma — 2009
Supercopa de Europa — F. C. Barcelona — Mónaco — 2009
Mundial de Clubes — F. C. Barcelona — Emiratos Árabes Unidos — 2009
Liga de Campeones — F. C. Barcelona — Londres — 2011
Supercopa de Europa — F. C. Barcelona — Mónaco — 2011
Mundial de Clubes — F. C. Barcelona — Japón — 2011
Liga de Campeones — F. C. Barcelona — Berlín— 2015

Domestic trophies

Liga española — F. C. Barcelona — 2005
Supercopa de España — F. C. Barcelona — 2005
Liga española — F. C. Barcelona — 2006
Supercopa de España — F. C. Barcelona — 2006
Copa del Rey — F. C. Barcelona — 2009
Liga española — F. C. Barcelona — 2009
Supercopa de España — F. C. Barcelona — 2009
Liga española — F. C. Barcelona — 2010
Supercopa de España — F. C. Barcelona — 2010
Liga española — F. C. Barcelona — 2011
Supercopa de España — F. C. Barcelona — 2011
Copa del Rey — F. C. Barcelona — 2012
Liga española — F. C. Barcelona — 2013
Liga española — F. C. Barcelona — 2015
Copa del Rey — F. C. Barcelona — 2015

Hobbies and tastes

One of his favorite hobbies is to play with the PlayStation. Especially likes football game and it seems that is almost invincible, as his companions. His favorite dish is the chicken to the Neapolitan: fillets breaded chicken breast, covered by a layer of tomato sauce, a few slices of ham, au gratin with cheese. But who will prepare your mom, not those served in restaurants.

Love life

He met his partner, Antonella Roccuzzo, at age 9, she was 8, and is a cousin of his best friend. Thiago Messi Rocuzzo her firstborn, was born on November 2, 2012 in Barcelona, and Matthew, her second child, the September 11, 2015.

Goals and importance

1996/1997 season.
Argentina national team Messi wore the captain's armband in different parties. In 2006 he became the youngest player in the team to attend a World Cup, with which he won the runner-up in the Copa America 2007. In 2008, at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Messi won a Gold Medal.

He has been compared with Diego Maradona, who declared him as his successor. In addition to Argentina nationality, since 2005 it has also Spanish. On January 9, 2012 he received the 'Golden Ball FIFA 2011', in a ceremony held at the Palacio de Congresos de Zurich, after overcoming in the vote to teammate Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid striker, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Lionel Messi received the October 29, 2012 the Golden Boot, the award recognizes the top scorer in the European leagues. The 50 goals scored in 37 games in the 2011-2012 season makes him the second time in the continental scorer, something already achieved two seasons ago, when he scored 34 goals.

On January 7, 2013 Leo Messi conquest fourth consecutive Golden Ball. He did it to overcome the final vote Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta and moves over to Marco van Basten, Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini, the other players They had three awards.

In June 2013 Messi paid to the Spanish Tax Agency ten million euros in additional income tax returns for their image rights for fiscal years 2010 and 2011. He made this payment voluntarily after a court in Gava (Barcelona ) imputed him with his father for having defrauded more than four million euros to the tax authorities between 2006 and 2009 for his image rights.
It has its own foundation in charge of supporting underprivileged children to fulfill their dreams; it is also an international ambassador for UNICEF.

The July 13, 2014, along with his team, he played Germany in the final of the World Cup in Brazil lose the goal by Mario Götze 114 minutes. " Messi was chosen by FIFA for the World Cup Golden Ball as the "Best Player of the Tournament".

The June 6, 2015 won its fourth European Cup after beating Juventus in Berlin; then rising to 26 degrees and more becoming the Argentine champion in history. Barcelona won three trophies this season. La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League, in that order.

FC Barcelona

Messi debuted in the first team of FC Barcelona in December 2003 in a friendly match against FC Porto coached by Jose Mourinho, although his debut in official party arrived the next year in the 2004/2005 season, in a league match against RCD Espanyol, becoming the youngest Barcelona in a game of Divisiónde the Spanish Primera Liga (16) player.

The club won the league 2004/05, and the following year's UEFA Champions League 2005/06. In the 2006/07 season Leo Messi became part of the starting lineup, marked a hat-trick in El Clasico against their great rivals Real Madrid, ending the season with 14 goals in 26 games. The 2008/2009 season was crowned the best player in the world and get the triplet Barcelona. Messi scored a total of 38 goals.