Awards & Winners

Lionel Messi

Date of Birth 24-June-1987
Place of Birth Rosario
(Argentina, Santa Fe Province, Rosario Department, Greater Rosario)
Nationality Argentina, Spain
Also know as Atomic Flea, Leo, Messidona, La Pulga Atomica, El Mesías, Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi, Leo Messi
Profession Football player
Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He serves as the captain of his country's national football team. By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year, in 2009, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. He followed this up by winning the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010, and then again in 2011 and 2012. He also won the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. At the age of 24, Messi became Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions. At age 25, Messi became the youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga's matches. Commonly ranked as the best player in the world and rated by some commentators, coaches and players as the greatest footballer of all time, Messi is the first football player in history to win four FIFA/Ballons d'Or, all of which he won consecutively, as well as the first to win three European Golden Shoe awards. With Barcelona, Messi has won six La Ligas, two Copas del Rey, five Supercopas de España, three UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups and two Club World Cups.

Awards by Lionel Messi

Check all the awards nominated and won by Lionel Messi.

2013


Pichichi Trophy
LFP Best Forward
LFP Best Player

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
FIFA Ballon d'Or
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year
Best International Athlete ESPY Award

2012


FIFA Ballon d'Or
Best International Athlete ESPY Award
Onze d'Or
Pichichi Trophy
Trofeo EFE Best Ibero-American Soccer Player of the Spanish League
World Soccer Player of the Year
LFP Best Forward
LFP Best Player

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
FIFA Ballon d'Or
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year
Best International Athlete ESPY Award

2011


FIFA Ballon d'Or
LFP Best Forward
LFP Best Player
Trofeo EFE Best Ibero-American Soccer Player of the Spanish League
World Soccer Player of the Year
Onze d'Or

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
FIFA Ballon d'Or
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year

2010


Pichichi Trophy
Trofeo EFE Best Ibero-American Soccer Player of the Spanish League
FIFA Ballon d'Or
La Liga Foreign Player of the Year

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
FIFA Ballon d'Or
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year

2008


World Soccer Young Player of the Year

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
FIFA World Player of the Year

2006


World Soccer Young Player of the Year

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year