5 players you didn't know played with Lionel Messi

#2 Lilian Thuram

Thuram played the final two years of his professional career at Barcelona

One of the best defenders France have ever produced, Lilian Thuram also played alongside Messi at the dusk of his illustrious career. The Frenchman, who won the Word Cup and Euros with France, was at Barcelona during the last two years of his playing career and during that time, just as Messi started dominating the world of football.

Thuram, a versatile defender who could play either centre-back or right-back, played just 58 games for Barcelona when Frank Rijkaard was the manager of the Catalans. The 2006-07 season saw Messi become a regular in the starting XI, and was showing glimpses of becoming the legend he is today.