Lionel Messi Biography

Lionel Messi is one of the most renowned and successful footbal player of the world. In his life, he overcame his lack of money, physical limitations, and disadvantaged upbringing to become the greatest football player in history. There are a lot of people who blame their financial situation and says it prevented them from taking action, that I lacked the means to advance, or that I was physically insufficient and was not qualified for the position.

Those who regularly blame their luck by inventing all sorts of excuses and accepting what occurs in life as God’s will. But this superstar footballer was different from all. He beat all the odds of his life and aimed to be one of the most celebrated footballers worldwide, and he succeeded.

Lionel Messi, one of the world’s greatest football players, is an example I gentle conduct. Friends, Messi’s life story is also one of a person who overcomes all the challenges on his path.

Some information about Lionel Messi is as follows –

Lion Messy Early life

Messi started playing football as a boy and in 1995 joined the youth team of Newell’s Old Boys (a Rosario-based top-division football club). Messi’s phenomenal skills garnered the attention of prestigious clubs on both sides of the Atlantic. At age 13 Messi and his family relocated to Barcelona, and he began playing for FC Barcelona’s under-14 team.

He scored 21 goals in 14 games for the junior team, and he quickly graduated through the higher-level teams until at age 16 he was given his informal debut with FC Barcelona in a friendly match.

Lion Messy Club play

In the 2004–05 season Messi, then 17, became the youngest official player and goal scorer in the Spanish La Liga (the country’s highest division of football). Though only 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 metres) tall and weighing 148 pounds (67 kg), he was strong, well-balanced, and versatile on the field. Naturally left-footed, quick, and precise in control of the ball, Messi was a keen pass distributor and could readily thread his way through packed defenses.

In 2005 he was granted Spanish citizenship, an honour greeted with mixed feelings by the fiercely Catalan supporters of Barcelona. The next year Messi and Barcelona won the Champions League (the European club championship) title.

Messi’s play continued to rapidly improve over the years, and by 2008 he was one of the most dominant players in the world, finishing second to Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo in the voting for the 2008 Ballon d’Or. In early 2009 Messi capped off a spectacular 2008–09 season by helping FC Barcelona capture the club’s first “treble” (winning three major European club titles in one season): the team won the La Liga championship, the Copa del Rey (Spain’s major domestic cup), and the Champions League title.

He scored 38 goals in 51 matches during that season, and he bested Ronaldo in the balloting for both the Ballon d’Or and FIFA’s world player of the year by a record margin. During the 2009–10 season Messi scored 34 goals in domestic games as Barcelona repeated as La Liga champions. He earned the Golden Shoe award as Europe’s leading scorer, and he received another Ballon d’Or (the award was known as the FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2010–15).

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Lionel Messi Net worth

He left FC Barcelona in August 2021 to join Paris Saint-Germain, leaving the only professional home he had ever known. Lionel Messi Net worth  at Barcelona were substantially higher than previously thought, according to a contract leak from January 2021; he was eligible for up to $165 million in annual pay and bonuses. In this article we will tell all about Lionel Messi Net worth, his family etc so scroll a little down to know more about Lionel Messi.

He agreed to a $20 million yearly sponsorship contract in March 2022 with the fan interaction app Socios. In 2019, he established his own apparel brand and opened the Messi Store, his first store. He also has a lifetime agreement. The best soccer player in the world, Lionel Messi, is an Argentinian-born professional athlete. The valuation of Lionel Messi net worth  is $600 million.

Lion Messy International career

Despite his dual citizenship and professional success in Spain, Messi’s ties with his homeland remained strong, and he was a key member of various Argentine national teams from 2005. He played on Argentina’s victorious 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squad, represented the country in the 2006 World Cup, and scored two goals in five matches as Argentina swept to the gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Messi helped Argentina reach the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals, where the team was eliminated by Germany for the second consecutive time in World Cup play.

At the 2014 World Cup, Messi put on a dazzling display, scoring four goals and almost single-handedly propelling an offense-deficient Argentina team through the group stage and into the knockout rounds, where Argentina then advanced to the World Cup final for the first time in 24 years. Argentina lost that contest 1–0 to Germany, but Messi nevertheless won the Golden Ball award as the tournament’s best player. During the 2016 Copa América Centenario tournament, he netted his 55th international goal to break Gabriel Batistuta’s Argentine scoring record.

Other activities and legal issues

Off the field, Messi was one of the biggest athletic stars in the world. In addition to earning a football salary that was frequently, with Ronaldo’s, one of the two largest athletes’ salaries in all professional sports, he was an extremely successful product pitchman, notably for the sportswear company Adidas.

In 2013 Messi and his father (who handled his son’s finances) were charged with tax fraud and accused of using overseas shell companies to avoid paying €4.2 million in Spanish taxes on endorsement earnings. Despite subsequently paying €5 million to the Spanish state, the pair were nevertheless ordered to stand trial on the charges in 2016.

In July of that year, Messi and his father were each given suspended 21-month prison sentences (first-time offenders in Spain are given suspended sentences if the duration is under two years) and were fined €2 million and €1.5 million, respectively.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Biography

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo. He has many nicknames, too, like Ronnie, CR, CR7, Cris, C. Ronaldo, The Sultan Of The Stepover, Ron, and Rocket Ronaldo. Ronaldo. Ronaldo was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, and his childhood was very tough as he belonged to a very poor family. His mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, she was worked as a cook, whereas his father, Jose Dinis Aveiro, was a gardener. Ronaldo comes from a very warm background. He grows up with his sibling.  Ronaldo has three siblings one brother and two sisters, Hugo Aveiro, Katia Aveiro, and Elma Aveiro.

At the age of 14, Cristiano Ronaldo started building an interest in football, and his family supported him in building his career as a sportsman. Cristiano Ronaldo was a Portuguese Footballer and was also the captain of Portugal’s National team. he has so many awards in which he has four golden shoes, including the FIFA Ballon d’Or, and in 2021, he broke the men’s scoring record.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Family

Cristiano Ronaldo and his wife Georgina met in 2016 for a very long time, and they have been living together since their dating times. When it comes to Ronaldo’s family, he is a very protective man and loves them a lot. He is a caring husband and a father of five children. In the year 2022, he shared a post on his Instagram account that Ronaldo and his wife Georgina were expecting twins, but he lost his son.

Now Christiano Ronaldo has three daughters and two sons, Eva Maria Dos Santos, Alana Martina Dos Santos, and Bella Esmeralda, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, and Mateo Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo’s Wife and Children are also very famous due to him. Last year in 2021, Christiano Ronaldo moved to his new million-pound mansion with his family, which is in the United Kingdom.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Wife and Children

Ronaldo is the father of six kids. He had his first child, a son, on June 17, 2010, in the United States. He has full custody of the child and, in accordance with their agreement, has not made the mother’s identity known to the public. Irina Shayk, a Russian model, and Ronaldo’s five-year relationship came to an end in January 2015.

Cristiano Ronaldo Net Worth

Cristiano Ronaldo is a very famous Portuguese footballer and the captain of Portugal’s National team. The net worth of this very famous and successful football player Cristiano Ronaldo Net Worth is 115 million. According to the trade magazine, Ronaldo is also the first team sport athlete to earn $1 billion in career earnings in 2020. Apart from his profession, he earns a lot from brand endorsement.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Cristiano Ronaldo

• He was named after the US President Ronald Reagan who was the favorite actor of his father.
• In an interview, Ronaldo said that he grew up in poverty and shared a single room with his siblings.
• When he was 14 years old, he had the feeling to become a semi-professional footballer and his mother encouraged him to pursue his career in football.
• He was expelled from the school after throwing a chair at his teacher.
• In his childhood, Ronaldo was diagnosed with Racing Heart (a condition in which heart rate exceeds the normal resting rate).
• He became Manchester United’s first-ever Portuguese player when he signed during the 2003-2004 season.
• When he signed the Manchester United, he became the most expensive player (his transfer fee 12.24 million euros) in the English Soccer history.
• In Manchester United, he requested jersey number 28 but received jersey number 7 (previously been worn by legends like David Beckham, Eric Cantona, George Best).
• For Alex Ferguson (Ronaldo’s manager in England), Ronaldo said, “He’s been my father in sport”.
• For Manchester United, Ronaldo scored his first goal with a free-kick.
• On 12 January 2008, Ronaldo scored his first hat-trick for Manchester United against Newcastle United.
• on 7 July 2008, he underwent ankle surgery and remained out of action for 10 weeks.
• When he scored a 40-yard strike goal against Porto, he called it the “best goal he had ever scored”.

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Mithali Raj Biography

Born 3 December 1982 in Jodhpur of Rajasthan, Mithali Raj is an Indian right-hand batter. Presently, she is the captain of Indian Women’s Cricket team in Tests and ODIs. She is often considered as one of the best women cricketers in the world who took Women cricket to the peak. She is the only women cricketer in the world who has scored more than 10,000 runs in International matches. She is the first women cricketer to complete 20 years in International cricket.

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Mithali Raj Networth

Mithali Raj has a net worth of $4.9 million dollars or INR 36 crore in 2023. The legendary batter is one of the highest-paid women cricketers in the world right now. Her annual income is approx INR 4 crore. She gets INR 3.2 lakh per One Day Internationals and INR 4.6 lakh per Test match from BCCI.

Mithali Raj Family

• Mithali Dorai Raj was born on 3 December 1982 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
• Mithali’s father Dorai Raj was an Airman (warrant officer) in the Indian Air force. Her mother’s name is Leela Raj.
• She started cricket coaching & practice with her brother from her school days.

Mithali Raj Career

Domestic Career

• During her play for Railways in the domestic competition, she played with stars like Purnima Rau, Anjum Chopra & Anju Jain for Air India.

International Career

• Mithali made her ODI debut on 26 June 1999 against Ireland and scored a cracking 114 runs in her debut match.
• On 14 January 2002, she made her Test debut against England at Lucknow, India. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be a dream debut and she was run-out for a duck.
• On 17 August 2002, at the age of 19, in her third Test, she broke Karen Rolton’s record of the world’s highest individual Test score of 209*, scoring a new high of 214.

• Mithali was ill with a strain of typhoid during the CricInfo Women’s World Cup in 2002 and left out of the team.
• Raj led India to their first World Cup final in 2005, in South Africa, where they met Australia in the finals and lost the match.
• Mithali Raj led the Indian team to the finals in the 2005 Women’s Cricket World Cup where the team lost to Australia.
• In August 2006, she led the side to their first-ever Test and Series victory in England.
• Raj made her T20 debut on 5 August 2006 against England, scoring 28 off 37 balls.
• In September 2019, Mithali Raj has retired from T20I Cricket.

Mithali Raj Achievements and records 

• She is the second women cricketer to score more than 5000 runs in ODI matches.
• Mithali became the first female cricketer to win the “Wisden Indian Cricketer of Year” award in 2015.
• Mithali is the first woman cricketer who scored 7 consecutive fifties in ODI. Overall, Javed Miandad is the only player ahead of Mithali who scored 9 consecutive fifties.
• Mithali holds the record for the 2nd highest scores in women’s test cricket with 214 runs.
• She is the highest run-scorer in ODIs i.e. 6888 runs. She surpassed Charlotte Edwards of England with 5992 runs.
• During India’s series against New Zealand in 2019, she became the first woman to play 200 ODI matches.
• Mithali is the first captain to lead India to the ICC ODI World Cup final twice – 2005 and 2017.
• She became the first player to score 6,000 runs in WODIs in July 2017.
• She is the first Indian and 5th female cricketer to score more than 1,000 World Cup runs.
• Mithali became the first Indian Woman batter to score 2000 runs in T20I cricket.
• Mithali Raj becomes the first Indian woman cricketer and second internationally to complete 10,000 runs across all formats.

Mithali Raj Awards

• She was honored with the “Arjuna Award” in the year 2003 for her prolific performances in the sport.
• She received the prestigious “Padma Shri” Award in the year 2015.

• In 2015, Mithali was named in Wisden Indian Cricketer of the year.
• In 2017, she became the Vogue Sportsperson of the Year.
• Youth Sports Icon of Excellence Award for 2017.
• She was named as one of the players in ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year in December 2017.
• Listed on BBC 100 Women list in 2017.
• In November 2020, Raj was nominated for the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for women’s ODI cricketer of the decade.

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Viswanathan Anand Biography

In World Chess Championship, Viswanathan Anand is a five-time winner. He is a versatile player and chess Grandmaster who dominated the world of chess for six years from 2007 to 2013. He is the only chess player who had won the world championship playing in Match, Tournament and Knockout formats.

He was born on 11 December, 1969 in Tamil Nadu, India. He has also earned a nickname “Lightning Kid”. He inspired generations to pursue chess game as the career. No doubt before Viswanathan Anand, nobody till now received commercial attention as an Indian Chess player.

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Viswanathan Anand: Career and Journey of Chess Tournaments

In 1991, he won the Reggio Emilia tournament, finishing ahead of world champion Garry Kasparov and former world champion Anatoly Karpov. Do you know that for the first time, a non-Russian had emerged to become world chess champion?

– In 1991, his first attempt to win FIDE’s World Chess Championship ended when he lost quarter-finals to Karpov.

– In 1995, Viswanathan Anand in the PCA World Chess Championship played against Garry Kasparov and lost the match.

– He cleared the candidates round by defeating Michael Adams in 1998 and faced the reigning champion Karpov in the World Chess Championship finals.

– In 2000, he won his first title in World Chess Championship and beat Alexei Shirov.

– In 2002, he lost in the semi-finals to Russia’s Vassily Ivanchuk.

– In 2003, Viswanathan Anand won the World Rapid Chess Championship.

– In 2006, he became the fourth player in history to cross 2800-mark in ELO ratings.

– In 2007, he won the double round-robin tournament against most of the best players in the world.

– He won the World Championship in 2008 against Kramnik.

– In 2010, he won World Chess Championship against Veselin Topalov.

– In the 2012 World Chess Championship, he won against Boris Gelfand who was the winner of 2011 Candidates Matches.

– In 2013, World Chess Championship, Anand lost the game and winner was a 22 year old Magnus Carlsen who was the winner of the 2013 Candidates Tournament.

Let us tell you that he first earned the nickname of the “Lightning Kid” in India due to his quick tactical calculations and won numerous “speed chess” titles. In 1998, he had published a collection of his games, Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess and expanded it with new games in 2001.

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Viswanathan Anand Awards & Achievements

• Earned the title of International Master (the youngest Indian to achieve the feat at that time) after winning the Asian Junior Championship in 1985
• Bestowed with the highest sporting honour Arjuna Award in 1985
• Earned the title of Grandmaster in 1988
• National Citizens Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1987
• Awarded the fourth highest civilian honour “Padma Shri” by the Government of India in 1987
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by the Government of India in 1991
• Six times winner of “Chess Oscar” which he earned in 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008
• Honoured with the third highest civilian award “Padma Bhushan” by the Government of India (2000)
• Rated as World No.1 chess player in 2007
• Bestowed with the second highest civilian award “Padma Vibhushan” by the Government of India in 2007
• World Champion from 2000 to 2002 (FIDE) and from 2007 to 2013
• Bestowed with the “Global Strategist Award” by NASSCOM in 2011
• Entitled as the “Indian Sportsperson of the Year” and “Indian of the Year” in 2012

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