#1 Lionel Messi
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There was no doubt whatsoever about who would be number one in this list! Lionel Messi is the greatest player of his generation and arguably in the history of the beautiful game. He has won the Ballon d'Or 5 times which is a record.
Messi was a boyhood fan of Newell’s Old Boys and he joined the club’s youth academy at the age of six. When he was 10 years old, things took a turn for the worse as he was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency.
Three years later, he was offered a lifeline as Catalan giants Barcelona offered to meet the expenses of his treatment. He moved to Spain and progressed through the youth ranks at the club and broke into the senior team.
Messi is the all-time leading scorer in La Liga and he holds numerous records such as scoring the most number of goals in a season and the most number of goals in a calendar year. He is Argentina’s leading goal scorer having scored 56 goals in 114 appearances.
The one summit that Messi has failed to conquer is putting an end to his nation's long wait for a major trophy, but one would feel he still has enough time left in his career to do so.
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