Lionel Messi, captain of the world-winning Argentinian football team, has received the World Sports Star of the Year Award under the BBC Sports Personality. The British media BBC gave this award to Messi in 2022. The 35-year-old Messi led Argentina to the World Cup title after 36 years in Qatar on Sunday. Argentina won the title for the third time by defeating France in the penalty shootout in the final, and Messi performed brilliantly.
This is Messi’s first World Cup title. Messi, who plays professional football for the French club Paris Saint-Germain, also won the Golden Ball at the Qatar World Cup. Messi scored 7 goals in 7 games in this World Cup. He scored in 6 out of 7 matches and scored 2 goals in the final.
After winning the World Cup, Messi has been included in the list of the greatest players in the world and has reached the level of Pele and Maradona. Messi won the Copa America for the United States last year. Messi has also won the Ballon d’Or award the most 7 times. He has also won four Champions League titles, 10 La Liga titles, and one French League One title.
Messi played 172 games for Argentina and scored 98 goals. Messi has scored a total of 793 goals in his career. After winning Argentina’s first title, Messi has made it clear that he will not retire and has said that he wants to continue playing as a world champion player.