ULionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (owazalwa ngo-24 Ngonhlangulane 1987) ungumdlali webhola likanobhutshuzwayo wase-Argentina odlala njengomdlali oholayo futhi engukaputeni weqembu le-I-Major League Soccer I-Inter Miami neqembu lesizwe lase-Argentine. Ubhekwa kabanzi njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu emlandweni, UMessi ubeke amarekhodi amaningi Ukuhlonishwa komuntu ngamunye awuthola kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe webhola likanobhutshuzwayo, kufaka phakathi amaBallons d'Or ayisishiyagalombili, amaGolden Shoes ayisithupha aseYurophu, kanye nokubizwa njengomdlali ongcono kakhulu emhlabeni yI-FIFA izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili. Ngonyaka 2025, waqokwa njenge-All Time Men's World Player yi-IFFHS.
UMessi ungumdlali ohlonishwa kakhulu emlandweni webhola likanobhutshuzwayo, njengoba anqobe Izindondo zamaqembu awushuminane nesithupha. [Umbhalo waphansi amathathu] amarekhodi akhe ahlanganisa imigomo eminingi onyakeni wekhalenda (amashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nanye), imigomo eminingi yeqembu elilodwa (amakhulu ayisithupha namashumi ayisikhombisa IBarcelona), imigomo eminingi eLa Liga (amakhulu amane namashumi ayisikhombisa nane), imigomo eningi yeNdebe Yomhlaba ye-FIFA (amashumi amabili), kanye nama-assists amaningi ebhola likanobhutshuzwayo lomhlaba wonke (amashumi ayisithupha nanye). UMessi ufake imigomo engaphezu angamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunyr neshumi yomsebenzi wakhe futhi wanikeza ama-assist angaphezu kuka-410 kuleli qembu nezwe, okuholele ekufakeni imigomo engaphezu kuka-1,320 - ingqikithi ephakeme kakhulu emlandweni womdlalo.
Ngonyaka 2004, uMessi waqala ukuncintisana neBarcelona eneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa. Kancane kancane wazibonakalisa njengomdlali obalulekile kuleli qembu, futhi phakathi nenkathi yakhe okokuqala engaphazanyisiwe ngo-2008-09 wasiza IBarcelona ukuba ithole i-trible yokuqala ebhola likanobhutshuzwayo lase ndaweni yaseSpain. Lokhu kwaholela ekutheni uMessi anqobe i-Ballon d'Ors yokuqala kwezine ezilandelanayo, futhi ngenkathi ka nyaka 2011-12 wayesebeke irekhodi laseYurophu lezinhloso eziningi enkathini futhi wazibonakalisa njengomdlali ophambili weBarcelona. Phakathi nenkathi yonyaka 2014-15, lapho aba khona umshayi webhola ophambili kunabo bonke e-La Liga, wahola i-Barcelona emdlalweni wesibili ongokomlando, wathola i-Ballon d'Or yakhe eyesihlanu.
UMessi waqokwa njengekaputeni weqembu iBarcelona ngonyaka ka 2018. Ngenkathi edlala kuleli qembu, wanqoba izintambo ezingama shumi amathathu nane eziyingqopha-mlando, kuhlanganise neziqu eziyishumi ze-La Liga kanye nama-I-UEFA Champions Leagues amane. Izinkinga zezezimali eBarcelona zaholela uMessi ukuba ahambe ngonyaka ka 2021 futhi asayine neParis Saint-Germain, lapho anqoba khona isiqu se-Ligue 1 kabili futhi wanikezwa i-Ligue 1' Foreign Player of the Year ka-2022-23. Ujoyine iIqembu 1-Major League Soccer i-Inter Miami ngonyaka ka 2023 futhi wahola ekunqobeni kwabo kokuqala kwe-MLS Cup ngonyaka ka 2025, ngesikhathi esifanayo ewina Imiklomelo ye-MVP ye-league ngo-2024 nango-2025.
UMessi ungumdlali wezwe wase-Argentina, ungumdlali oholayo weqembu lesizwe futhi ungumdlali ophumelela kakhulu. Eminyakeni eminingana ngemuva kokuqala kwakhe ngonyaka ka 2005, wanqoba indondo yegolide kuma-Olympics ehlobo ngonyaka ka 2008. Esebenzisa ubokaputeni ngonyaka ka 2011, wahola i-Argentina emidlalweni emithathu elandelanayo yeNdebe Yomhlaba ngonyaka ka 2014, i-Copa América ka-2015 ne-I-Copa América Centenario, konke okwahlulwa. Ngemuva kokumemezela ukuthatha kwakhe umhlalaphansi ebhola likanobhutshuzwayo lomhlaba wonke ngonyaka ka 2016, wabuyela ukuzosiza i-Argentina ukuba ifanelekele ngonyaka ka 2018 World Cup. UMessi wayeyinhloko ekuqedeni isomiso seminyaka engamashumi amabili ayisishiyagalombili se-Argentina ngokunqoba I-Copa América ka-2021. Ngonyaka ka 2022, wahola i-Argentina ekunqobeni INdebe Yomhlaba, okokuqala kwezwe eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu nesithupha. UMessi wathola isiqu sakhe sesithathu esikhulu samazwe ngamazwe ngemuva kokuthi i-Argentina inqobe I-Copa América ka-2024.
UMessi uye wasekela inkampani yezingubo zemidlalo i-Adidas kusukela ngonyaka ka 2006. Ubekwe njengomdlali okhokhelwa kakhulu emhlabeni yI-Forbes ngonyaka ka 2019 nango nyaka ka2022, futhi wayephakathi kwAbantu abangu-100 abanethonya kakhulu emhlabeni ngonyaka ka 2011, 2012, nonyaka ka 2023. Ngonyaka ka 2020 nangonyaka ka 2023, waqokwa njengoLaureus World Sportsman of the Year, umsubathi wokuqala weqembu wezemidlalo owathola umklomelo. Ngonyaka ka 2020, uMessi waba ngumdlali webhola likanobhutshuzwayo wesibili nomdlali weqembu lesibili ukudlula u- $ 1 billion ngemali etholwa. Ngonyaka ka 2026, wavela ohlwini lwe-World's Billionaires okokuqala ngqá enenani elilinganiselwa ku- $ 1.1 billion. Ngemuva kokufika kwakhe nomthelela ebhola likanobhutshuzwayo e-United States, uMessi waqokwa njengoMdlali Wonyaka we-Time ngonyaka ka 2023, futhi wanikezwa iMedali YaseMongameli Yenkululeko ngumongameli wase-US UJoe Biden ngonyaka ka 2025.
Ukuphila kwasebuntwaneni
ULionel Andrés Messi wazalwa ngoNhlangulane 1987 I-Rosario, eSanta Fe Province, ingane yesithathu ezinganeni ezine zikaJorge Messi, inhloko yomnyango we-Acindar pressed steel maker I-Villa Constitución, nomkakhe uCelia Cuccittini, owayesebenza endaweni yokukhiqiza kazibuthe. Abazali bakhe bahlangana besebancane esifundeni saseRosario esiseningizimu Mpumalanga yeLas Heras, lapho uMessi ngokwakhe akhulela khona kamuva, futhi washada lapho uJorge Messi eqeda inkonzo yezempi eButhweni Lezempi lase-Argentina ngo-1978. Ngasohlangothini lukayise, uMessi ungowozalo lwase ndaweni yase Italy naseSpain, umzukulu wabafuduki abavela esifundeni sase-I-Adriatic Marche enyakatho-phakathi nendawo yase Italy (isibongo sakhe sivela e-I-Porto Recanati), futhi ohlangothini lukanina unokhokho base-Italy ngokuyinhloko. Ekhulela emndenini onobunye, othanda ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo, "uLeo" wakha uthando ngalomdlalo kusukela esemncane, edlala njalo nabafowabo abadala, uRodrigo noMatías, nabazala bakhe, UMaximiliano no-U-Emanuel Biancucchi, bobabili ababa abadlali bebhola likanobhuthuzwayo abaqeqeshiwe.
Lapho eneminyaka emine, uMessi wajoyina Iqembu lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo lendawo i-Abanderado Grandoli lapho ayeqeqeshwa khona nguyise. Ukhokho wake, uCelia, wayehamba naye ekuqeqesheni nasekushayeni. Wathinteka kakhulu ngokufa kwakhe, ngaphambi nje kokuba ahlanganise iminyaka eyishumi nanye. Kusukela lapho, njengomKatolika ozinikele, ugubhe imigomo yakhe ngokubheka phezulu futhi akhombe esibhakabhakeni ekuhlonipheni ugogo wakhe.
Umsebenzi Wentsha
UMessi waqala ukudlala eqenjini lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo laseRosario iNewell's Old Boys lapho eneminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala; wayezoba umsekeli wokuphila konke weqembu. Phakathi neminyaka eyisithupha ayedlala i-Newell's, wafaka imigomo ecishe ibe nguamakhulu amahlanu, futhi wayeyilungu le- "The Machine of '87", iqembu lentsha elingabanqotshwa eliqanjwe ngonyaka wokuzalwa kwabo. UMessi wayevame ukujabulisa izixuku ngokwenza amaqhinga ebhola phakathi nesikhathi, lapho Iqembu lokuqala leNewell lidlala imidlalo yasekhaya. Umlingiswa wakhe wokubhala imigomo ekhulayo wayengumdlali waseBrazil URonaldo, uMessi ambiza ngokuthi "umdlali ongcono kakhulu engake ngababona".
Ikusasa likaMessi njengomdlali oqeqeshiwe lasongelwa lapho, eneminyaka engu-10, kwatholakala ukuthi une-growth hormone deficiency. Waqala ukwelashwa ngama-hormone okukhula eneminyaka ayishumi nanye; nokho, umshuwalense wezempilo kayise wahlanganisa iminyaka emibili kuphela yokwelashwa, okubiza okungenani ama-peso angu-1,000 ngenyanga. I-Newell yavuma ukunikela, kodwa kamuva yaphika isithembiso sayo. UMessi wahlolwa yiqembu laseBuenos Aires I-River Plate, umenzi walo we-playmaker UPablo Aimar ayemthanda. Kwacatshangwa ukuthi uMessi wehluleka ukusayina neRiver Plate ngenxa yempilo yakhe ebuthaka; nokho, engxoxweni ka-2019, wembula ukuthi iRiver Plaque yayifuna ukumusayina ngemuva kokufaka imigomo emine ekuhlolweni, futhi yaze yanikeza ukukhokhela ukwelashwa kwakhe, kodwa uNewell wenqaba ukukhipha ikhadi lakhe lomdlali, evimbela ukudluliswa.
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