Twenty-one Years Ago, Lionel Messi- One Of The Greatest Players, Arrived In Barcelona

Young Lionel Messi joined Barcelona FC on November 16, 2023. He played in a friendly match against Porto for the first time.

Lionel Messi, a young football prodigy who captivated the world with his skill, was welcomed to Barça twenty-one years ago. It is already a landmark 21 years later for Barcelona.

The best player to ever don the iconic jersey—and most likely any football jersey in existence—was Lionel Messi.

Messi participated in the team’s very first game. When Leo Messi entered as a substitute in a game, he was only 16 years old.

He was substituted for Fernando Navarro in the 71st minute by coach Frank Rijkaard. There was already a great deal of anticipation about the La Masia boy.

It’s interesting to note that nobody foresaw Messi becoming one of the best football players in the world at the time.

Messi has guided Barcelona through its most illustrious era and won an unprecedented eight Ballon d’Ors. Along with Argentina, he has won the Copa América and the World Cup.

During his 17 seasons in the blaugrana jersey, Messi scored an astounding 672 goals, a simply astounding 0.86 goals per game, and set a club record with 778 appearances.

Along with having the most titles and victories, the Argentine star is the football player with the most games played.

He was the standout player for the Barça team that won the treble in 2008–09, and he went on to set the record for winning all six major trophies in the same year.

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Messi continues to break and set records to this day. There might never be another player in football history quite like him.

At Barça, he won three Club World Cups, four Champions League titles, and ten league titles. It goes without saying that this was yet another all-time record; he also won the Golden Shoe as the top goalscorer in Europe six times.

The Messi-Barça tale ended in the summer of 2021, and he is currently playing for Inter Miami in France after spending two seasons at PSG in France he is now playing for Inter Miami in the United States.