Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team.

Training and gym work.

Records
As of March 2018
World
Most (FIFA) Ballons d’Or 5 (2009–12, 2015) (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)[589]
Guinness World Record as top goalscorer for club and country in a calendar year 91 goals in 2012[146]
Longest goalscoring run in a domestic league 21 matches, 33 goals in 2012–13[160][159][590]
Only player to win more than one FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball[545]
Most appearances in the FIFPro World XI 12 times (2007–2018) (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)[591]
Continental
Most European Golden Shoes 5[530]
Top goalscorer in all club competitions in a calendar year 79 goals in 2012[citation needed]
Top goalscorer in a club season 73 goals in 2011–12[citation needed]
Most goals scored in a European CupChampions League game 5 goals (shared with 13 other players)[592][593]
Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League group stages 65 [594]
Most hat-tricks scored in the UEFA Champions League 8 (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)[595]
Youngest player to make 100 appearances in the UEFA Champions League 28 years, 84 days in 2015[596]
Top goalscorer in the UEFA Super Cup 3 goals (shared with Arie Haan, Oleg Blokhin, Gerd Müller, Rob Rensenbrink, François Van der Elst, Terry McDermott, and Radamel Falcao)[597]
Top assist provider in the Copa América 11 assists[598]
Most goals scored in CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers 21 goals (shared with Luis Suárez)[389]
Spain
Most Best Player in La Liga awards 6 (2009–13, 2015)[599]
Most Best Forward in La Liga awards 7 (2009–13, 2015, 2016)[599]
Top goalscorer in La Liga 412 goals[600][601]
Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga 34[602] (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)
Top assist provider in La Liga 166 assists[603]
Top goalscorer in the Supercopa de España 13 goals[328][604]
Top goalscorer in a La Liga season 50 goals in 2011–12[605]
Most hat-tricks scored in a La Liga season 8 in 2011–12 (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)[328]
First player to reach 300 La Liga goals; only player to reach 350 La Liga goals.[606][246]
Most opposition teams scored against in La Liga history 36[607][608]
Argentina
Argentina all-time top goalscorer 65 goals[609][610][611]
Top goalscorer for Argentina in a calendar year 12 goals in 2012 (shared with Gabriel Batistuta)[328]
Only Argentine player to score against every CONMEBOL nation[612]
Youngest player to play for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup 18 years, 357 days in 2006[298]
Youngest player to score for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup 18 years, 357 days in 2006[298]
Youngest player to reach 100 caps for a country under CONMEBOL’s jurisdiction 27 years, 361 days in 2015[613]
Most Footballer of the Year of Argentina awards 11 (2005, 2007–13, 2015–17)[614][615][616][617]
Barcelona
Top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League 108 goals[602][618][619]
Top goalscorer in European competitions 111 goals[602][618]
Top goalscorer in international competitions 116 goals[602][618]
Top goalscorer in official competitions 591 goals[602][618]
Top goalscorer including friendlies 625 goals[602][618]
Most hat-tricks scored in all competitions 41[602]
Most goals from free-kicks 39[239][620][621]
Most goals scored from penalty kicks in La Liga 51[622]
Top goalscorer in El Clásico 26 goals[note 5][623]
Top goalscorer in the Athletic–Barcelona clásico 24 goals[624]
Top goalscorer in the Derbi barceloní 21 goals[625]