Lionel Messi, born on June 24th, 1987, born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, is an Argentine football player. Messi joined the Barcelona Club in 2000. In 2005, the Argentine youth team won the World Youth Championship, and Messi won the Golden Globe Award and the Golden Boot Award. On April 18, 2007, Messi copied Diego Diego Maradona's five World Cup goals against Getafe in the semi-final of the King's Cup. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Messi won the gold medal with the Argentine Olympic team. At the end of 2009, he was elected European Footballer and World Footballer.
In the 2008-2009 season, Messi led the team to win the La Liga championship, the King's Cup and the Champions League. 20 1 1, Messi won the first FIFA Golden Globe Award and also won the European Footballer of the Year. In 20 13, he won the European Golden Boot trophy for the third time with 46 league goals. On 20 14, Messi participated in the 20 14 World Cup in Brazil with Argentina. 20 14 World Cup in Brazil, won the second place in the World Cup.
20 14, 13 On February 20th, Messi was awarded the 20 13 World Professional League Top Shooter Award by IFFHS? . 2065438+In August 2005, he was elected the best player in the European Super Cup.
On August 27th, 20 15, the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League group match and the award ceremony for the best player in Europe were held in grimaldi Convention Center in Monte Carlo, and Messi won the best player in Europe.
20 16 65438+ 10/2, Messi won the FIFA Golden Globe Award in 20 15, winning a record five times.
In June of 20 16, Messi officially announced his withdrawal from the Argentine national team after losing three consecutive finals (20 14 World Cup, 20 15 America's Cup and 20 16 America's Cup). ? On August 13, the Argentine national team officially announced that Messi, the top star who had previously withdrawn from the national team, had officially returned.
In 20 16, Messi and jorge messi, who were in charge of their finances, were sentenced to 2 1 month imprisonment for allegedly evading taxes in Spain amounting to 4 1 10,000 euros. They were convicted of three counts of fraud and fined millions of euros for using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal their income.
During the trial, Messi insisted that he knew nothing about his finances, saying that he "only focused on playing football". However, the Spanish Supreme Court held that it was "illogical" for people with high incomes not to know that they had to pay taxes.
In the Supreme Court trial, Messi's sentence was reduced from 2 1 month to 15 months because his father paid part of the tax. However, foreign media said that Messi and his son are unlikely to go to prison. According to Spanish regulations, imprisonment of less than two years can be executed outside the prison.