Born on June 24, 1987, Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He serves as the captain of his country’s national football team.
By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year, in 2009, he won his first Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. He followed this up by winning the inaugural FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2010, and then again in 2011 and 2012. He also won the 2010-11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. At the age of 24, Messi became Barcelona’s all-time top scorer in all official club competitions. At age 25, Messi became the youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga.
Commonly ranked as the best player in the world and rated by some in the sport as the greatest of all time. Messi is the first football player in history to win four FIFA/Ballons d’Or, all of which he won consecutively, as well as the first to win three European Golden Shoe awards. With Barcelona, Messi has won six La Ligas, two Copas del Rey, five Supercopas de España, three UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups and two Club World Cups.
Messi is the first and only player to top-score in four consecutive Champions League campaigns, and also holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored in the competition. In March 2012, Messi made Champions League history by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match. He also matched José Altafini’s record of 14 goals in a single Champions League season. Messi set the European record for most goals scored in a season during the 2011-12 season, with 73 goals. In the same season, he set the current goals coring record in a single La Liga season, scoring 50 goals.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who was top scorer for India in a practice match against Derbyshire in England?
2. For which team Kedar Jadhav played in IPL-7?
3. Who won the men’s doubles title in the Wimbledon Championship at London?
4. How many runs Amit Sharma scored against New Challengers Club in the ongoing 1st Titu Memorial Cricket Tournament on July 2, 2014?
5. Who is Arvinder Singh Micky?
Answers of the last week:
1. Cheteshwar Pujara 2.Kings XI Punjab 3. Saina Nehwal 4. 95 runs 5. Joint secretary, JKCA Jammu wing and J&K’s former Ranji trophy cricketer.
The best entry of this week was received from Rajat Sharma, H No 337, Ward No 37, Krishna Vihar, Janipur Colony, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Tushar Mahajan, 55 Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu.; Sanjay Dhar, R/o Lane No-1, H-No 3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu.; Ishan Gupta of Mishriwala, Jammu; Satish Kumar of New Plots, Jammu and Ravinder Singh of Nanak Nagar, Jammu.
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