In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year.
Shortly thereafter, he became an established member of Argentina's senior international team.
Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals, including two in the final game. In the following 2009-10 campaign, Messi scored 47 goals in all competitions, equalling Ronaldo's record total for Barcelona. Perhaps his most successful season was the 2008-09 season, in which Messi scored 38 goals to play an integral part in a treble-winning campaign.
His breakthrough season was in the 2006-07 season he became a first team regular, scoring a hat-trick in El Clásico and finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games. Major honours soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's debut season, and won a double of the league and Champions League in 2006. Making his debut in the 2004-05 season, he broke his team record for the youngest footballer to score a league goal. He left Rosario-based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. Messi began playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. He has scored over 750 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals ever by a player for a single club. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), a La Liga and European league season (50), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (8), and most assists in La Liga (192), a La Liga and European league season (21) and the Copa América (17). Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions Leagues. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record six Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team. Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who captains the Argentina national team and plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
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