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#2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Lionel Messi accomplished what most footballers never achieve in their footballing careers by the young age of 23. He made his Barcelona debut in 2005 at the tender age of 17, and in the next six years, the Argentine claimed 3 UEFA Champions League trophies, 5 La Liga titles, and 2 Club World Cups.
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Messi most recently played a massive part in taking the Catalan giants through to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League, beating Chelsea. Messi has been in sublime touch this season as well, as he has notched 25 goals in the La Liga, as Barcelona looks set to claim another league title. Individually the striker is second in the race for the European Golden Shoe with 50 points.
Only the FIFA World Cup and the Copa America elude the 30-year-old genius and the Argentinian will be itching for a World Cup trophy this year at Russia. For over a decade now, Messi has produced sensational displays and if he does win the Golden Shoe this year, he will be the only player in history, to have won it five times.
