Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer who was born in June 24th 1987. He is currently 23 years old. Lionel is considered to be one of the footballers around and plays for the FC Barcelona and is on the Argentina national team. Lionel has received honors in many different fields. For Argentina he has won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2005 and in 2008 he won an olympic gold medal. Some of his individual... read article
The nominees have just been announced, here's the full list: Xabi Alonso (Spain), Daniel Alves (Brazil), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Diego Forlan (Uruguay), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Julio Cesar (Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Maicon (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Muller (Germany), Mesut Ozil (Germany), Carles Puyol (Spain), Arjen Robben (Holland), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Holland), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain). The following five are the bookmakers' favorites to win the trophy.
FIFA have announced the three nominees and all three are Barcelona players: Xavi, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta. The winner will be announced on January 10th.
An unbelievable goal by Lionel Messi again tonight inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 win at home over Stuggart and helped them make the final stages of the Champions League again. Was his goal tonight the best of the campaign so far?
Lionel Messi has been in sensational form for Barcelona over the past few months and there is no doubt the little Argentine will be hoping to carry that form into Tuesday night's game at the San Siro when Barca face Inter Milan in the 1st leg of their Champions League semi-final. Will Messi get on the scoresheet? Vote now!
FIFA 2010 in South Africa is going to see a lot of players in spotlight. Some of them for their goalscoring and amazing game. Here are some of the players that are regarded as best. Who do you think is good enough to get the golden ball?
There has been much debate in recent weeks as to who is the best player in the world. Ronaldo, Messi and Rooney have all been in sensational form and you could make a claim for all three of them but now it's time for you to make your vote. Who's it going to be?
