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Lionel Messi

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q17355204&amp;oldid=2560461772" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Cup Golden Ball · dated 2014-07-13
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q16844931&amp;oldid=2548038895" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inter Miami CF · from 2023-07-15
Sports team: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q2346842&amp;oldid=2556327984" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FC Barcelona C · from 2003 · to 2004
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q19969187&amp;oldid=2527629129" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador · from 2010
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q2291862&amp;oldid=2562217554" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA Ballon d&#39;Or
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q483020&amp;oldid=2545104651" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Paris Saint-Germain FC · from 2021 · to 2023

Wikidata describes Lionel Messi as Argentine association football player (born 1987).

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English Wikidata description, retrieved 2026-11-05 UTC. This is a starting point; independent biography review is pending.

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