2 days ago marked a decade since Messi broke into the first team at Barcelona. Interestingly a football agent named Josep Maria Minguella discovered Messi on videotape, the agent liked what he saw Messi came down with his family to visit the club and the rest you can say is history. Over the last 10 years Messi has amassed 372 goals in 466 appearances and who knows how many goals he even scored before playing for Barcelona (Probs scored like 300 on his school playground). Messi has broken a whole host of records and pretty much won everything at club level he is by far the greatest player I have seen in my lifetime apart from Ronaldo. A predominantly left footed player,Messi has been blessed with pace, but his dribbling skills are phenomenal constantly being compared to his compatriot Diego Maradona due to them both being of a short stature thus allowing them the low centre of agility. This allows them to change direction, swiftly and instantly at high speeds but still keeping mastery control over the ball. Look no further than youtube to see some of the mesmerising tricks and skills Messi has come up with over the years. Countless number of times he has defenders clutching thin air, eating dust or simply lying down flat on their backside. He will go down as a football great but it hasn’t quite worked for him on the world cup stage even though he was voted as the best player in the last world cup. Here is a list of some of his impressive records ·
- Most goals scored in a year (club): 79 goals[367] ·
- Guinness World Records title for the most official goals in a calendar year: 91 goals (2012) ·
- Only player to finish Champions League top scorer in 4 consecutive seasons (2008/09 - 2011/12) ·
- All time Barcelona top scorer in all games: 389 goals ·
- Youngest player to score 200 La Liga goals: 25 years
Many players can only dream of winning or achieving all that Lionel Andrés Messi has done and at the slender age of 27,He still may have his best years ahead of him. (For a full list of the achievements of Messi check out http://messivsronaldo.net/records.php)
