Top 10 goal scorers of different countries In this post we will see the top 10 goal scorers of all time in international football from different countries. 1. Cristiano Ronaldo At first place we have Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal. He has scored 128 goals in 206 appearances. 2. Ali Daei At second spot we have Ali Daei from Iran. He has scored 108 goals in 148 appearances. 3. Lionel Messi At third place we have Lionel Messi from Argentina. He has scored a total of 106 goals in 181 matches. 4. Sunil Chhetri At fourth place we have Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri. He has scored 94 goals in 151 matches. 5. Mokhtar Dahari At place number five, we have Mokhtar Dahari from Malaysia. He has scored 89 goals in 142 appearances. 6. Ali Mabkhout Coming at sixth spot, we have Ali Mabkhout from United Arab Emirates. He has scored 85 goals in 114 matches. 7. Romelu Lukaku Now we have Romelu Lukaku from Belgium. Number of goals scored by Romelu Lukaku is equal to the goals of Ali Mabkhout but has ta
Introduction
In this post, we will be reading about the one of the greatest football player of all time, Lionel Messi. We will be reading about Lionel Messi's Biography,life style, net worth, family, football world cup records, his house, nationality, main sources of income, height, weight, date of birth, shirt or jersey number, full name and more.
Lionel Messi
- Lionel Messi is the highest paid athlete in the world. He has made around $127 million in the past one year according to forbes.
- He lives in Spain.
- His club, FC Barcelona pays him around $80 million in a year.
- Lionel Messi has also signed a lifetime deal with Adidas in 2017 that pays him $12 million in a year.
- He lives in a house in Castelldefels which is a mountain village present just outside Barcelona. The house consist of a garden, swimming pool and a football pitch.
- Lionel Messi also owns and maintains his childhood home which is present in Argentina.
- He also owns a private plane.
- Lionel Messi is married to Antonella Roccuzzo in 2017 and now he is having three childrens, Thiago, Mateo and Ciro.
- Messi is having his own non profit, 'The Lionel Messi Foundation' which helps vulnerable childrens throughout the world.
- His shirt number is '10'.
- Date of Birth of Lionel Messi is 24 June, 1987 and he was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
- Nationality of Lionel Messi is Argentine.
- His height is 5 feet 6 and 1/2 inches and his weight is around 65 kg.
- Hair and eyes colour of Lionel Messi is dark brown.
- Net worth of Lionel Messi is approximately $800 Million as of 2019.
- His full name is Luis Lionel Andres Messi.
- Messi was diagnosed with growth harmone deficiency which was stopping his normal growth and his parents were not able to afford his treatment.
- Messi`s family arranged a trial with Barcelona in September 2000 where the team director was impressed so much by Messi that although he was not having any paper, he wrote Messi`s first contract on napkin.
- Initially, Lionel Messi used to be a reserve boy due to this his teamates thought that he was mute.
- Messi got selected in "Baby dream team" which was Barcelona's greatest ever youth team. In the very first season with this team i.e in 2002-03, Messi was the top scorer with 36 goals in 30 matches.
- Lionel Messi was the third youngest player to start for Barcelona whereas he was the youngest player to score a goal for the club.
- Once during a conversation with his teammates, Ronaldinho told them that Messi will be even better than himself and also he called Messi as his little brother.
- In 2006 FIFA world cup held in Germany, Messi became the youngest player to represent Argentina national football team.
- Messi became the sixth youngest player to score a goal in FIFA world cup.
- Messi scored his first hat-trick on 10th March 2007.
- He scored 47 goals in all competition in 2009-10 which is equals to Ronaldo's club record from 1996-97.
- Lionel Messi got the captaincy of Argentina national football team in August 2011.
- Messi is the first player to score 5 goals in a single champions league fixture.
- He became the all time top goalscorer in Barcelona's history by overtaking Cesar Rodriguez at an age of 24.
- Messi scored 73 goals in all competitions in 1972-73 Bundesliga season surpassing Gerd Muller's 67 goals. After this, Messi sent Muller a number 10 Barcelona's tshirt signed with respect and admiration after breaking his 40 years old record.
- Messi got Guinese world record title for most goals scored in a calender year.
- Messi won FIFA Ballond'Or as a record fourth time, becoming first player to do so.
- In his first world cup as captain, he led his team to final but they lost the final against Germany.
- Messi has scored his fastest hat-trick in just 11 minutes.
- On 16 september 2015, Messi became youngest player to make 100 appearances in UEFA champions league.
- In 2016, Messi won fifth time the FIFA Ballond'Or.
- He is the fastest player to score 100 goals in UEFA champions league.
- Lionel Messi has won 4 golden boots in his career.
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