Player Rating No.100: The "Messiah" of Barcelona and Argentina - Lionel Messi

Hello everyone, welcome to - Daily Player Rating! You could be the judge and rate one player every day at 10:30 CET. The results will be declared in the form of Fut Card tomorrow. We released the rating of Kepa Arrizabalaga yesterday. He got 82 total points with highest 87 in reflexes in addition to 89 in managing (what a talented manager). The detailed results are as follows:

Now let's welcome the No.100 guest in our ratings - Lionel Messi!

Cast your vote from 6 dimensions - Pace, Dribbling, Shooting, Passing, Physicality and Tenacity ( 5 is the highest and 1 is the lowest ). The Final points = Total points of 6 dimensions /6 * 20.

Reminder: Ratings could be changed according to the positions in the field (like shot for strikers and save for goalkeepers).

Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as the greatest player of all time, Messi has won a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards, four of which he won consecutively, and a record five European Golden Shoes.

Born and raised in central Argentina, Messi was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency as a child. At age 13, he relocated to Spain to join Barcelona, who agreed to pay for his medical treatment. After a fast progression through Barcelona's youth academy, Messi made his competitive debut aged 17 in October 2004. His first uninterrupted campaign came in the 2008–09 season, during which he helped Barcelona achieve the first treble in Spanish football. At 22 years old, Messi won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award by record voting margins.

Three successful seasons followed, with Messi winning three consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or, including an unprecedented fourth. During the 2011–12 season, he set the La Liga and European records for most goals scored in a single season, while establishing himself as Barcelona's all-time top scorer in official competitions in March 2012. The following two seasons, Messi finished twice second for the Ballon d'Or behind Cristiano Ronaldo, his perceived career rival. Messi regained his best form during the 2014–15 campaign, breaking the all-time goalscoring records in both La Liga and the Champions League in November 2014 and leading Barcelona to a historic second treble.

An Argentine international, Messi is his country's all-time leading goalscorer. His style of play as a diminutive, left-footed dribbler drew comparisons with compatriot Diego Maradona, who declared the teenager his successor. After making his senior debut in August 2005, Messi became the youngest Argentine to play and score in a FIFA World Cup during the 2006 edition and reached the final of the 2007 Copa América, where he was named the young player of the tournament. As the squad's captain from August 2011, he led Argentina to three consecutive finals: the 2014 FIFA World Cup, for which he won the Golden Ball, and the 2015 and 2016 Copas América. After announcing his international retirement in 2016, he reversed his decision and led his country to qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Let's take a look at Messi's fantastic hat-tricks in Champions League:

Guess who will be our guest tomorrow?