Argentina Captain Lionel Messi has turned 37 today.
Born in Rosario, Argentina, the legendary footballer has won eight Ballon d’Or awards, six European Golden Boot and was named the World’s best player for record eight times by FIFA.
The Argentine legend made his club debut as a senior at FC Barcelona at the age of 17. He played for the Spanish Club for 17 years in which he won 10 La Liga titles, 4 Champions League titles and 7 Copa del Rey. He is la Liga’s all-time top scorer with 474 goals.
Lionel Messi made his international debut in 2005 for Argentina. He is Argentina’s top scorer with over 100 goals and also played the maximum number of matches for the national team.
Messi won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2008 Summer Olympics with Argentina but after that he and the national team started facing defeats.
Messi and Argentina lost four finals – 3 Copa America finals (2007, 2015 and 2016) and 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. After the 2016 Copa America finals defeat, Messi…