Talk:Lionel Messi/Archive 1

Hormone deficiency
"From the age of 11, he suffered from a hormone deficiency and as his parents were unable to pay for treatment in Argentina, they decided to move to Barcelona, Spain. Shortly after arriving, Lionel tried his luck with a trial at FC Barcelona, despite being only 13 years of age."

His parents could not afford to pay for his treatment and Barcelona offered to pay his medical fees on the condition that they move to Spain and join FC Barcelona. Please change it.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.179.43.34 (talk • contribs) 06:31, 25 February 2006

Mourinho
Why should be circumstancials Mourinho's insidious comments?.

It's like if i would write: "Parreira don't select Ronaldo becouse he's thinking that him is 'fat'"

It's something circumstancial and inappropiate.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.232.30.120 (talk • contribs) 11:11, 4 March 2006

Contract Date Error
His contract is up to 2014 ... Not 2010. Like the article though ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joann 89 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 26 March 2006

Removed sentence
I've removed the sentence:

"Messi was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup."

The reason is that, as of May 14 2006, no list of the Argentina 2006 World Cup Squad has been made public. Remember Messi is still recovering from an injury which could complicate his participation in the World Cup. When and if he is included in such a list, we may reintroduce the sentence I removed again, if nobody minds. Cheers. Raystorm 88.6.21.87 14 May 2006, 14:21 (UTC)


 * Okay now we can reintroduce it. :) List was made public ten minutes ago, and he's in it. Check it out at: http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/camino_al_mundial/es/desarrollo/649017.html. Raystorm 80.39.212.215 15 May 2006, 20:52 (UTC)

Chance to play for Spain's team
Is it true or a rumor that when Julio H. Grondona (AFA's president) knew about Spain's intention of inviting him to play for the Spanish team, he set a friendly match with another national team just to make Messi play (and making him prohibited to play for any other national team according to FIFA's rule).

Rhe br 14:51, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, the rumer exists . Nevertheless, Messi also stated that he always wanted to play for Argentina. Mariano (t/c) 08:38, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Tocalli (youth argentine national team manager) admited in public that he called him in purpose to the youth team for him to play for Argentina instead of Spain. If Grondona had anything to do with setting the match, I dont know, but Tocalli called him with that purpose. 200.117.179.207 (talk) 19:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Lio
Added "Lio" to his nickname, common search engines returns +100.000 hits to "Lio" and Argentine press uses Lio rather than Leo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.88.30.93 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 16 June 2006

Opening Para Cleanup
This is how the opening abstract para goes...

"Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine football player, who currently plays as a second striker for FC Barcelona. He is often touted in the media as 'the new Diego Maradona', along with his fellow youth team mates Javiniho Brytos and Ricardo Jussi, who have also been compared to the great 'Diego Maradona' . This years World cup is a perfect stage for these three players to make a name for themselves for the Argentina National team."

I too hope Javiniho Brytos and Ricardo Jussi does well and go far. But as far as the topic goes, is it appropriate to speak about them as a trio in the description abstract of one of the players? Hope it is appropriate to remove the mention in this context?

--Su30 11:11, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Can already see User:Marianocecowski to have removed the stuff.. so this is done.. --Su30 14:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Not the Youngest Player to Score a Goal for Barca
Lionel Messi is not the Youngest player to score a goal for Barcelona. The Legendary Paulino Alcántara was the youngest player to score a goal for Barca at 15 years of age, 4 months and 18 days. Alcántara holds the record for the youngest player to score a goal and also holds the record for most goals for Barca with an amazing 374 goals in 375 matches. --Ramirez 06:00 am 25 September 2006 (UTC)


 * He's the youngest to score in the league. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.250.78.81 (talk • contribs) 23:21, 20 April 2007


 * he is no longer bojan is by a few months 71.72.228.145 (talk) 21:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, Alcantara scored the first 3 goals of a match they won 9-0 217.151.224.29 (talk) 15:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

World's best young player?
Regarded by many as the worlds best young player? Surely that should be, one of the worlds best young players. After all there is also Fabregas, Ronaldo, Rooney, Podolski, Robinho, to name a few that may have something to say about this. UncleTheOne 14:46, 25 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Not only being the best is subjective, being young also is. Mariano (t/c) 07:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Many Football pundits do consider him the worlds best young player.--Killingthedream 18:07, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd say the Golden Boy and the FIFPro make it official. --SatoshiMiwa 10:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree with SatoshiMiwa. He got 3 best world young player awards already (Golden Boy, FIFPro and WorldSoccer) Plus everything he got in the sub-20, Best young player of the Copa America, etc. A player can do no more to be regarded as the best young player of the world. Rooney won 2, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robinho won only 1 and they're older. None of them received the best player of the youth 20 world soccer either, but Messi did. 190.30.162.156 (talk) 19:23, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

How to block special users from posting something stupid?
I want user 88.105.223.100 to be blocked for long term, cause the thing that he is writting here and stupid language, specially non-stoping. I was reading Leo Messi Biography when i saw that "media discribed him as a diver", and how chelsea tried to buy him etc...!!?? I knew what went wrong and i tried to return the page as it was before, and i will for other unnormal things, hoping that this would be my contribution to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CharlieLuciano (talk • contribs) 23:51, 5 November 2006

Buy-out Clause
With regards to saying that Messi has the second highest buy-out clause in a contract, where on earth did the figure for Cristiano Ronaldo come from? In my understanding, buy-out clauses are illegal in British football. 79.66.109.152 23:10, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Messis height
I have heard that on his ongoing treatment he is 1.72 cms by now, do you know if this fact is properly correct? -- Andersmusician  VOTE  03:56, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

French fan site - is it acceptable?
The following has been added to External Links: This is a French fan site. Even though the poster posted as "messi19.iespana.es" it actually redirects to "www.mesi.fr". It is a personal site from a fan somebody adoring Messi. Although it seems to contain some up to date information, it also contains advertising and a button to pay through Paypal to maintain the site. It seems it runs counter to WP:EL, especially #4.3 and #5 but was not 100% sure in this case as several other EL sites in other player's articles suffer from the same issue. I moved it here to gather consensus for a few days. Keep or delete? -- Alexf (t/c) 20:39, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * All about Lionel Messi ( Videos, Photos , News ...) in French , Spanish and English

Contract Length?
I was looking at the contract length, and it says he has one at Barca till 2014. But I looked at an interview he gave to UEFA, and he says I have a 4 year contract, and this was in 2007. Did he sign a new contract since May 4 2007? 68.210.172.241 (talk) 19:51, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Here is the interview:http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/kind=4/newsid=534787.html 72.147.129.200 (talk) 00:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

MESSI ANCESTORY
LIONEL MESSI IS OF ITALIAN DESCENT....YOU COULD ADD THAT HE IS OF ITALIAN DESCENT (YOU COULD TELL BY HIS LAST NAME) Piatti908 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Messi is a right winger.
If you watch his games, you can clearly see he sticks to the right wing and only goes to the middle of the box when needed to shoot or in corners. Also, if you check Barcelona season pages, you can see there he is considered as a RW, and on the field-sketch you can see he is located in the right side of the field. Therefore, I have re-writted his "playing position" to Right Winger. YemeniteCamel (talk) 09:14, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Messi's full name?
Lionel Messi full name is...Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini...(His moms last name is Cuccittini) Please put in his full name...If you want proof go to youtube 130.156.1.198 (talk) 11:48, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * in argentina there are not two last names —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.111.155.216 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 1 March 2009

07/08 Champions League Semi Final Performances
"In both the legs, Messi outshone Cristiano Ronaldo,who was believed to be the world's best player at the time. Messi had just recovered from injury as well."

Surely this is opinion, and not written in an encyclopedic fashion anyway?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.238.112 (talk • contribs) 18:52, 15 July 2008

He now wears #10
someone fix that. 76.109.81.30 (talk) 02:23, 25 July 2008 (UTC)


 * hes not its only a pre season random numbers--Innuendo1899 (talk) 07:03, 25 July 2008 (UTC)


 * While it's true that they are pre-season numbers, I don't agree with you on them being "random". Ronaldinho was the former 10 for Barça and was sold to Milan, and there are no other plans for Guardiola to come up with a different #10. So it's safe to assume Messi will be #10. Guido.scalise (talk) 12:07, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Put international career as one
As opposed to splitting it chronological into u20 world cup, copa america etc.

thoughts?

92.5.81.176 (talk) 20:26, 2 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed, and now done. 92.3.153.159 (talk) 06:07, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

International Goals are now added
I've just added Leo's international goals.. please add the stadiums..

Gracias Fernando Alejandro Nadal (talk • contribs) 07:52, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Playing Style
Usually their is a section called Playing Style in articles about the big names. Anyone care to write one? :-) 83.90.210.234 (talk) 10:41, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Fix his assists
He has 3 assits in the copa del rey this season, yet in the chart they are shown as 0 65.34.241.184 (talk) 01:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Career Success
It says in the paragraph about the 06-07 season that Messi has not had a very successful football life. There are a couple of reasons why I don't really like this phrase - first of all, it's an opinion, and secondly, it's wrong. I assumed this must have been based on his goal return but if you look at his stats he scores almost every other game for FC Barcelona and one in three for Argentina. Not to mention the numerous assists he contributes. Maybe "Messi has not had a very successful football life" could be reconsidered? 217.41.26.110 (talk) 21:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Good point. It was an extra part added to another sentence and doesn't really make any sense. I restored the original sentence. srushe (talk) 21:42, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Opening para
The opening para desperately needs three things which i have added, but keeps getting removed

My version is

"Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Though only 21, Messi is widely considered one of the best football players in the world, having featured as one of the finalists in the FIFA World Player of the Year award over the last few years. His dribbling, playmaking ability and stunning individual goals has drawn comparisons to football legend Diego Maradona. Indeed, Maradona himself declared Messi his 'successor'.[2] Messi was selected as both the FIFPro and World Soccer Magazine Young Player of the Year for three years running from 2005–2008."


 * 1) Being widely considered one of the best in the world is NOT an opinion, but rather a fact IF backed by FIFA awards
 * 2) Messi's accomplishments for his age need to be mentioned, hence i add "Though only 21...
 * 3) Why Messi is compared to Maradona needs to be mentioned, ie. because of dribbiling, playmaking and stunning individual goals..(Getafe+ many more)
 * 4) The original profile as it was, was awkward.. as it just said who messi was and then compared him to maradona, with no intermediate commentary... Further gramatically, the use of the semicolon, without the word Indeed, as i have added, made the sentence sound grammatically incorrect

122.162.66.16 (talk) 17:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

The Opening Paragraph Debate
MY OPENING PARAGRAPH (122.162.66.16):

"Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Though only 21, Messi is widely considered one of the best football players in the world, having featured as one of the finalists in the FIFA World Player of the Year award over the last few years. His dribbling, playmaking ability and stunning individual goals has drawn comparisons to football legend Diego Maradona. Indeed, Maradona himself declared Messi his 'successor'.[2] Messi was selected as both the FIFPro and World Soccer Magazine Young Player of the Year for three years running from 2005–2008."

SILLYFOLKBOY DELETES MINE AND PUTS HIS

"Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Messi is considered to be among the best young football players in the world, having been selected as both the FIFPro and World Soccer Magazine Young Player of the Year for three years running from 2005–2008. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to football legend Diego Maradona. Indeed, Maradona himself declared Messi his 'successor'.[2]"

MY ISSUES WITH SILLYFOLKBOYS CHANGES

I have some very fundamental issues with some of your comments and your removal of my edits on Messi in the intro. I would appreciate your reply, and if we are not in agreement then lets put our issues for a vote by others. Caps shown is to clarify my point, and should not be considered as rudeness or shouting

1. You write, "Messi is considered to be among the best young football players in the world, having been selected as both the FIFPro and World Soccer Magazine Young Player of the Year for three years running from 2005–2008. "

I write "Though only 21, Messi is widely considered one of the best football players in the world, having featured as one of the finalists in the FIFA World Player of the Year award over the last few years. His dribbling, playmaking ability and stunning individual goals have drawn comparisons to football legend Diego Maradona..... "

DO YOU GENUINELY BELIEVE MESSI IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST "YOUNG" PLAYERS IN THE WORLD AS OPPOSED TO ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. HIS TOP RANKING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS IS TESTAMENT TO THAT. AND THAT AWARD IS NOT FOR YOUNG PLAYERS IT IS FOR ALL PLAYERS...

2. I WROTE "HIS DRIBBLING, PLAYMAKING AND STUNNING INDIVIDUAL GOALS HAVE DRAWN HIM COMPARISONS WITH MARADONA ..."

INDEED. PLEASE FOLLOW THE HISTORY OF THE ARTICLES AFTER BOTH MESSI'S HAND OF GOD GOAL... AND MESSIS GETAFE GOAL WHERE HE DRIBBLED PAST THE WHOLE TEAM EXACTLY LIKE MARADONA DID.. THAT IS THE POINT WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA UNIVERSALLY STARTED SCREAMING MARADONA.. THEREFORE STUNNING INDIVIDUAL GOALS INDEED.. THAT IS SO COMPLETELY AND FUNDAMENTALLY NOT SUBJECTIVE.. IT IS A FACT.. A PART OF MARADONAS FAME, WAS HIS STUNNING DRIBBLING AND INDIVIDUAL GOAL ABILITIY.. MESSI DOES JUST EXACTLY EXCACTLY THAT, AND IT IS NOT MY OPINION, PLEASE SPEND 5 MINUTES RESEARCHING THAT FACT...AND IT HAS BEEN REPEATED CONSISTENTLY.. INCLUDING JUST A WEEK BACK AGAINST MALAGA, AND HIS PLAY SETUP AGAINST VENEZUELA TWO DAYS AGO.. I HAVE SEEN MOST GAMES OF HIS AND READ ALL ARTICLES..

evidence 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzXsdZJ5AQ evidence 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcG1wjzsmXQ

3. FINALLY I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE YOU DELETE MY COMMENTS ON THE FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS.. AND TALK ABOUT A RELATIVELY LESS IMPORTANT YOUNG WORLD SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD..????? AND THE CONTINOUS COMMENTS ON BEST "YOUNG" PLAYER IS REALLY REALLY REALLY NOT HOW 99% OF THE WORLD SEE'S IT.. HE IS SEEN AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.. NOT ONE OF THE BEST YOUNG PLAYERS IN THE WORLD..

cheers

122.162.66.16 122.161.23.241 (talk) 10:39, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * First of all, capital letters isn't really helping clarify your point; if that was the case then I'm sure all international relations would be conducted in caps. It's not the case, so don't do it. Secondly, perhaps you should read No original research: Wikipedia is only a reflection of real world sources, and you should use them to back up your statements. Thirdly, I think "playing style and ability" comparable to Maradona is even more of a complement than any hyperbole about a single goal that he scored against Getafe: Messi is more than that. Besides, talking about "stunning individual goals" makes you sound like a tabloid writer at best, and a besotted fifteen-year-old at worst.
 * Fourthly, I noted the young player of the year awards because those are the ones he's actually won and it represents that he is a young player; this is only the beginning of his career, hopefully he'll go on to achieve much more. Finally, when you state "best player in world" you are arguably including every living player, past or present. Such comparisons across generations are inherently flawed, and frankly you're are not going to get sources saying "Messi is as good as or better than Pele, Maradona, Beckenbauer, Zidane, Ronaldo, Cruyff, etc etc". I think the current, fully referenced, wording paints a more accurate, neutral picture. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 13:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Fair enough.. certainly, my initial change, your edits, my comments on your edits, and the product there right now is far better, accurate and relevant than the posting which was there seemingly for years.. where it had two lines.. " Messi is a football player from blah blah blah.. and he is Maradona's successor" 122.161.23.241 (talk) 18:12, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed it is. It's fun this collaboration schtick! Why not sign up for an account and help out on a regular basis? Sillyfolkboy (talk) 18:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Redressing bias
While re-writing the lead I noticed various instances of bias and POV in the body. Here are just some examples:


 * 1) a seemingly telepathic relationship with Ronaldinho that earned him a standing ovation from the 70,000-odd Camp Nou faithful.,
 * 2) Once again, El Clásico saw Messi in top form,
 * 3) Messi also proved the "new Maradona" tag was not all hype

There is important and true information in there but it should be either cited from a reliable source (stating who said what), or rewritten in a less tabloid manner. For example (1) could easily be written as "Fans at the Nou Camp gave Messi a standing ovation upon his substitution, as his composure on the ball and link-up play with Ronaldinho had paid dividends for Barcelona."

Poor writing and off-topic information also exists: e.g.
 * 1) Messi carried out his recuperation in native Argentina. During this period there were rumours of interest in the player from Internazionale.
 * 2) Also, other columnists from Barcelona-based newspapers El Mundo Deportivo and Sport began asking for the Ballon d'Or to be given to Leo Messi this year. This observation was also made by world football legends Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruijff.
 * 3) Coach José Pekerman controversially left Messi on the bench

Such information should be reduced, removed, sourced, or rewritten. I'll look to do some of this myself but if it persists then this article will fully deserve a big ugly POV tag. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 19:39, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I have tried to address some of the POV, off topic info and sports journo type prose. If you think there is any more that needs to be removed/reworded give me a shout. King of the  North   East  20:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * It looks like you've addressed all the problems I've mentioned. This is much appreciated KOTNE! I was expecting this suggestion to lie here for at least a couple of weeks but you've really impressed me with your tenacity to "de-POV" the article. Previously, some parts of the article were indistinguishable from the works of a fansite. You've made some good changes. Well done. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 22:17, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Winning the Champions League
I may be wrong, but as far as I was concerned players only "win" the Champions League and get a medal if they are in the match-day squad for the final, which Messi wasn't against Arsenal in 2006 due to injury. Also in 2004/2005, Messi did not play enough games for a La Liga title medal. Therfore, if this can be verified, both should be removed from his individual honours. CJM MUFC (talk • contribs) 23:48, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Club Performance Stats
Are the stats right? 24 + 6 = 30 goals... right?? Not 16...--Vindicta (talk) 12:54, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Spanish nickname
Messi's hormone deficiency treatment is probably the reason for his nickname in spain -- "La pulga" -- conveying the meaning "flea". -- Thomas Schmidt - cesimbra (talk • contribs) 07:42, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

PES
Is it notable enough to include the fact that he's on the cover of PES 2009 and PES 2010? Spiderone (talk) 15:44, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

How to make this a GA
Does anyone know what needs to be done? Spiderone (talk) 17:02, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * If no one objects I'll nominate it Spiderone (talk) 17:11, 3 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Give me some time to make corrections, if necessary, as I'm busy fixing Kisnorbo's article Spiderone (talk) 16:24, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Messi's position
I added striker to his playing position as he has played as a striker through the middle on numerous occasions including the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final. San1140 (talk • contribs) 19:12, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Peer review
Peer review/Lionel Messi/archive1

If anyone can help me address these issues it'd be great:

Talk:Lionel Messi/GA1

Spiderone (talk) 16:59, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Someone fix please
"Scored 2 goals versus Seattle Sounders FC in a friendly"

Why is that notable? Spiderone (talk) 08:07, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

What's the point of saying IN THE FIRST SENTENCE that Messi is of Italian descent?
What's the point of saying in the first sentence that a person born in the Americas is of some European descent? The vast majority of people in either Anglo-America or Latin America is of European descent; in particular, Italian-Argentines make up about 60 percent of the Argentine population.

In the other hand, the Italian ancestry of Messi can be deduced from his last name, and I don't see in the first sentence of the article about Eisenhower that he was an American president of German descent, or in the 1st sentence of the article on JFK that he was a president of Irish descent, although the proportion of German-Americans (17 %) or Irish-Americans (12 %) is much lower than that of the Italian-Argentines (60 %).

Sebasbronzini (talk) 22:00, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


 * ✅ Spiderone  08:16, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Stop changing Messi's assists for 09/10 (He has 4 as of 22 Sept NOT 2)

 * 1) Pedro in Super cup
 * 2) For Keita Vs Atletico
 * 3) Won Alves the free kick Vs Atletico
 * 4) Ibrahimovic from a cross after a set piece situation Vs Racing

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.18.20 (talk • contribs) 22:11, 22 September 2009

Messi has played 3 league matches not 4 as of Sept. 22
(He missed the first league match [Sporting Gijon] to join Argentina prior to the Sept. qualifiers)


 * 1) Getafe (Entered in the second half)
 * 2) Atletico Madrid
 * 3) Racing Santander

Source: https://www.goal.com/en/match/36626/barcelona-vs-sporting-de-gijon/lineup-stats

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.55.93.106 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 23 September 2009

FC Feud
Can we come to some sort of agreement about whether it's "Barcelona" or "FC Barcelona"? Spiderone 19:31, 1 October 2009 (UTC)


 * ok 168.184.223.86 (talk) 17:13, 8 October 2009 (UTC)


 * No the having FC displayed. It is not done in other football teams (for a number of reasons), and Barcelona is not the exception. Digirami (talk) 09:31, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Messi's recent awards
Messi have won more significant awards, apart from awards mentioned in his page. He have recently won two LFP Awards: Best Striker and Best La Liga Player of the season 2008/09. He also was awarded Best Player of 2009 by the "Four Four Two" Magazine. I Think that at least LFP Awards should be mentioned in his page, because they are pretty important.

Messi was also chosen to FIFA Team of The Year 2008. This award is included for instance in Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi page, so there is no obstacles to put it here as well.

Patrinho10 (talk) 15:34, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Someone please add this to Messi;s Awards:
 * Messi has won 2 prizes at the LPF (Spanish Professional Football League) awards ceremony held in Madrid on Monday night 26 OCT.
 * He has won :
 * LFP Best player 2008-09 &
 * LFP Best Striker 2008-09
 * —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.5.143.201 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 4 November 2009

Messi's position
Messi's real position is Second Striker (SS) usually on the right side, however Messi can play both sides and is also capable of playing center forward.

The SS position is in between the forward and midfield

His position should say Second Striker and Center Forward!

Simba1409 (talk) 00:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)


 * So you think it should be listed as Striker/Winger like Thierry Henry? Messi certainly plays on the wing a large part of the time, so I think it would be wrong to remove the "winger" notation, though I wouldn't argue with adding the striker part. (As a side note, I don't think he's a "second striker" per se because, like Henry, he plays on a 3-man front that shifts constantly, meaning at all times Messi is prone to moving around from position-to-position, often occupying all parts of the midfield and attack throughout a single match) Isaiah (talk) 16:54, 10 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay then some should change it to Striker/Winger. I said second striker because he acts like one in ways but as you said he is on the wing for most of the time. He has played in the Center, as it states on his profile at the Barcelona website that he can play both sides and in the middle. Someone must add striker! Simba1409 (talk) 21:19, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Please correct number of goals scored for FC Barcelona
In information box in top right, the number of goals scored for Barcelona needs to be fixed. Currently says "70," but as of 6 February, Messi has scored 103 goals for Barcelona, I believe, in all competitions. See his career statistic for details. --Lulletc (talk) 13:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The infobox details domestic league appearances and goals only and there is a note at the bottom of the infobox to indicate this is the case. Camw (talk) 13:48, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Why shouldn't the infobox also include Champions League and other goals--some of which, in the case of Messi, have contributed to important titles, like the World Club Championship and various Supercups? Is there a specific justification for this? Lulletc (talk • contribs) 16:19, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * This is the same for every single player infobox and is done for consistency across all pages. Camw (talk) 23:03, 7 February 2010 (UTC)