#1 Lionel Messi
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There are very few sports personalities who can capture the imagination of millions of people around the globe. The few who achieve greatness, stay at the top for a brief period or fade away after a few memorable years. But, there’s one player, one enigma, one phenomenon, who has taken the game to the next level, pushed the boundaries, created new records and memories that will last a lifetime for his fans – Lionel Messi.
The story of the Argentine has been told countless times; his initial setbacks, his prodigious talent, him being the centrepiece of a beautiful jigsaw that seamlessly fit in to make something magical, dreamy and unlike anything ever seen in football history.
For many, he’s Mozart on the pitch, for a few others, he’s a miracle from God, and millions wonder of his humanness. The Argentine has already scored 39 goals this season; a number that many teams score in an entire season. Messi has scored over 35 goals every season for Barcelona since the 2008-09 campaign, the pinnacle of his Barcelona career was the 2011-12 season when he scored a mind-boggling 73 goals for the Catalans!
Just the mere sight of the nimble-footed, gazelle-like quickness and the ability of him to do the unthinkable puts fear into opposition defenders.
A scary fact for rival fans and Messi critics is that at the age of 29, the ‘Little Genius’ still has several years to rewrite history and torment oppositions, and truly cement his status as the Greatest of All Time.
“The only bad thing about Ronaldo’s life is Messi. If it was not for him, Ronaldo would be the best player in the world for five years in a row” - Felipe Scolari
