Lionel Messi, the Barcelonean forward footballer on 29 October 2012 won Golden Boot Award. Messi won the award in recognition to his record 50 goals scored in the Europe’s domestic football league in the last session. To win the award he scored 4 more goals than Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish league star.
This is the second Golden Boot award for Messi, as he won his first Golden Boot Award in the year 2010 after scoring 34 goals during Argentina International to help Barcelona win the league title. He is also in the list of the favorites to win the 2012 Ballon d’Or for the World’s best player.
About Lionel Messi
The Flea is the nickname given the Messi for his uncanny abilities of dribbling the ball through defenders. The 25 year old is an Argentine Footballer and a captain to the national team of Argentina and fourth footballer to win three Ballons d’or. He is also the second player to win three Ballon’s d’Or consecutively.
Some of the Records by his name
• He scored 73 goals, the highest number of goals in a season in all the competitions and broke the European record of 67 goals made in the year 1972-73 by Bayern Munich's Gerd Mueller
• By scoring 14 goals he became the person to score maximum goals in European Cup season; this record is jointly shared with Jose Altafini
• With 8 hat-tricks, he became the person to score maximum La Liga hat-tricks in one season
• With 15 hat-tricks, he became the person to score maximum La Liga hat-tricks overall
• His triump with 21 hat-tricks made him the person to score maximum hat-tricks in all competitions overall
• 4 awards of as a top scorer in European Cup and he shares this position with Gerd Muller
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