Leo lowdown

The facts and figures behind Lionel Messi's Barcelona career, which could be coming to an end after the player asked to leave the club on Tuesday:

Full name: Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini

Date of birth: June 24, 1987

Place of birth: Rosario (Argentina)

Nationality: Argentine

Height: 1.69 meters

Weight: 72 kilograms

Career

Position: Forward

Club: Barcelona (since 2004)

Argentina: 138 caps, 70 goals

International honors

2005: Under-20 world champion

2008: Olympic gold

Club honors

Champions League: (2006, 2009,2011, 2015)

La Liga: (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010,2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)

Copa del Rey: 2009, 2012, 2015,2016, 2017, 2018)

European Super Cup: (2009-2010,2011-2012, 2015-2016)

Spanish Super Cup: (2005-06,2006-07, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12,2013-14, 2016-17, 2018-19)

World Club: (2009-10, 2011-12,2015-16)

Individual honors

Ballons d'Or: (2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2015, 2019)

UEFA's best European player of the season: (2011, 2015)

World Cup Golden Ball best player award: 2014

Best Copa America player: 2015

Top Champions League scorer: 2008-09(9 goals); 2009-10(8);2010-11(12); 2011-12(14); 2014-15: (10); 2018-19(12)

Top La Liga scorer: 2009-10: (34);2011-12(50); 2012-13(46); 2016-17: (37); 2017-18(34); 2018-19(36);2019-20(25).

Best player at an Olympics: 2008

Best player at Under-20 World Cup: 2005

Records

Most Ballon d'Or awards: 6

Most goals scored in La Liga: 444

Most goals scored in one season in a major league: 50(2011-12)

All-time top scorer for Argentina: 70 (2006-19)

Most goals scored in a calendar year in all competitions: 91(2012)

Most goals scored in a season in all competitions: 73(2011-12)

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