Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Celebrated Name: Lionel Messi
Real Name/Full Name: Lionel Andrés Messi
Gender: Male
Age: 36 years old
Birth Date: 24 June 1987
Birth Place: Rosario, Argentina
Nationality: Argentine, Spanish
Height: 1.7 m
Weight: 72 kg
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Married
Wife/Spouse (Name): Antonella Roccuzzo (m. 2017)
Children: Yes (Thiago Messi Roccuzzo, Mateo Messi Roccuzzo, Ciro Messi Roccuzzo)
Dating/Girlfriend
(Name):
N/A
Profession: Footballer
Net Worth in 2024: $450 million
Last Updated: March 2024

Lionel Messi is a footballer from Argentina who professionally plays as a forward in a Spanish club known as Barcelona. He also plays for the Argentina national team. Lionel Messi is famous for being the best player in the world and appearing in the field most frequently in the world.

Maybe you know about Lionel Messi very well But do you know how old and tall is he and what is his net worth in 2024? If you do not know, We have prepared this article about details of Lionel Messi’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start.

Early Life

Lionel Messi was born in 1987 on 24th June. His place of birth is Rosario in Argentina and was born amongst four children. His father was Jorge Messi, who was a manager at a steel factory. Lionel mother is Cecilia Cuccittini who was a staff of magnet manufacturing industry. Messi’s father ancestry background is Spanish and Italian. His fore-parents are Catalonia and Marche. Cecilia Cuccittini has ancestry background of Italian.

Lionel grew up in a united family that loved football, where he developed a great interest in football at an early age. He mostly played with his elder brothers Matias and Rodrigo as well as Maximiliano and Emanuel Biancucchi who were his cousins. This young later became professional football players.

Messi became a member of Grandoli local football club where his father was the coach. His initial encouragement to his career came from his maternal grandmother known as Cecilia. She used to go with him to the training and matches. Her death was a drawback to this hike in a career as she died when Messi was about ten years. He usually commemorates her death in every goal he kicks in by looking up the sky for tribute.

Messi upholds the Catholic faith, where the Christians believe in life after death.

Personal life

Messi has been in a relationship with Antonella from Rosaria from 2008 up to now. Their relationship started when Messi was twenty years. They had grown together and came to know each other when Messy was five years. Antonella was a cousin of his childhood friend by the name Lucas Scaglia who also played football.

The two kept their relationship incognito for a year but later confirmed their togetherness in January 2009. They then went public a month later. Before that, he has linked to Macarena Memos in a love relationship. Also, there was Luciana Salazar who was once his lover.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on 24 June 1987, Lionel Messi is 36 years old as of today’s date 28th March 2024. His height is 1.7 m tall, and weight is 72 kg.

Career

Messi Lionel joined Rosario football club at the age of six where he scored nearly 500 goals. Later, he was diagnosed with the deficiency of growth hormone. Messi played for Barcelona for seasons but shone brightly during the fourth one. That is when he hiked with the club.

He was promoted to Juveniles A- team and scored over ten goals in eleven matches. While there, he shone well enough to capture the interest of the technical staff of Barcelona C.

Lionel Messi afterwards joined the club. He received his first professional contract in 2004 on 4th February which continued for eight years. Messi scored his first senior goal in 2005 on 1st May against Albacete.

Awards & Achievements.

Lionel Messi has won five Ballon d’Or Awards. Four out of these have been seized consecutively. He also holds four European Golden Shoes Awards. Messi has received twenty-nine trophies with Barcelona in different tournaments.

Net Worth & Salary of Lionel Messi in 2024

Lionel Messi Net Worth 2019As of March 2024, Lionel Messi has an estimated net worth of around $450 million. He has accumulated this net worth through professional football career since his childhood. He has signed many contracts with the team gaining much wealth from the same. He has been playing with the Barcelona C team since 2004. Before that, he was a member of other teams. His salary is $45 million.

Lionel Messi carries a considerable net worth from his career as a football player. He was encouraged to the profession by his grandmother. Ironically, she had to be the one despite the fact that his family was full of football players. This maintains the fact that old is gold as this aged woman identified the talent of the small boy. Additionally, she acted smart by taking Messi to the field for matches.

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