Leo Messi is an Argentine professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team.
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Widely recognised as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won seven Ballon d’Or awards, six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team.
Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including 10 La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions Leagues.
With Argentina’s national team, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Messi has scored over 798 senior career goals for club and country and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).
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How many FIFA best awards has Lionel Messi won?
World Cup champion Lionel Messi has won seven FIFA best player awards.
On February 27, 2023, Messi beats Mbappé to secure the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years. Becoming the first player, male or female, to win the awards seven times, breaking a tie with six-time best women’s player Marta of Brazil.
Messi won the World Cup at his record-equaling fifth attempt.
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