20 years of Leo Messi

September 17, 2000, Leo Messi arrived in Catalonia accompanied by his father.

His dream was to sign for Barcelona when he was only 13 years old.

It was not easy, but he finally got on the kids team.

From then it was formed who is probably the best footballer in the world and one of the greatest in history.

20 years later, he has won everything with Barcelona, ​​both collectively and individually.

It is the story of a great champion, who not only achieved, but unimaginably surpassed all the dreams, with which he traveled from Rosario that day.

He was 1.48 meters tall, but the talent was clear, prevailing in his small stature.

From the first contract to the current one, which ends next summer, the history of him and Barcelona has changed.

Two decades of success and records, which we are trying to present step by step through the following info-graphs.

2000 – THE LEGEND BEGINS

2001 – A DAMAGE THAT DID NOT LEAVE CONSEQUENCES

2002 – MESSI WAS ALREADY SYNONY OF GOAL

2003 – HIS FIRST “FRIENDLY” MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING

2004 – OFFICIAL DEBUT WITH RIJKAARD

2005 – AMAZES BARCELONA WITH HIS GAME

2006 – TITLES AND INJURIES

2007 – MESSI’S GOAL IN THE MARADONA VERSION

2008 – MESSI-GUARDIOLA DUET BEGINS

2009 – FIRST OF THE SIX “GOLD BALLS”

2010 – MESSI BREAKS RECORDS

2011 – TITLE COLLECTOR

2012 – 91 SEASONAL GOALS

2013 – GRAY YEAR, BUT WITH TWO INDIVIDUAL TITLES AND TWO COLLECTIVE TITLES

2014 – WHITE YEAR (WITHOUT TROPHY)

2015 – RETURNS TO SUCCESS

2016 – 300 GOALS IN TOTAL WITH BARCELONA IN LA LIGA

2017 – THREE YEARS BEING IMPOSED WITH HIS GOALS

2018 – CLAIED BARCELONA CAPTAIN

2019 – SIXTH “GOLDEN BALL” AND LIVERPOOL

2020 – A YEAR MARKED BY CRISIS


Today Lionel Messi, 33 years old, counts 33 trophies with Barcelona and many, many others individually.

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