UCL Player Profile #1: Lionel Messi
UCL Player Profile #1: Lionel Messi Full Name: Lionel Andrés Messi Birth Place: Rosario, Argentina Nationality: Argentinian DOB: 24th June 1987 UCL Debut: 7th December 2004 vs Shakhtar Donetsk (aged 17) UCL Titles: 4 (2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2014/15) Goals: 129 (120 - Barcelona, 9 - PSG) First UCL Goal: 2nd November 2005 vs Panathinaikos Last UCL Goal: 25th October 2022 vs Maccabi Haifa Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest ever player to grace the game, and he was one of the greatest to ever play in the Champions League, smashing for records in his prime well helping Barcelona to four Champions League titles between his tenure at the club from 2004 to 2021. As always, all good things come to an end, as Messi had to say goodbye to his boyhood club, shocking the football world tremendously. However, Messi wasn't done with the Champions League, as he made a move to Paris Saint Germain in the summer of '21. Moments of magic plus a forward trio ...