Full Name: Lonel Andres Messi CuccittiniBorn: 24 June 1987
Country: Argentina
Length: 169 cm
Weight: 67kg
Foot: Left
Club: FC Barcelona
Lionel Messi uses a lot of body movements. He has extremely good dribbling skills and as a defender it’s difficult to defend him. He can pass more than three defenders at ones. His shots are very good and he can shoot from every distance. In a minimum of space he shoots perfectly the ball in the right corner. We have placed the best tricks of Messi on this site and many more.
Lionel Messi Greatest Skills 2015
June
On 7 June, Barcelona announced the transfer of right-wing Aleix Vidal from fellow La Liga outfit and 2015 UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla. The player will join on a 5-year deal with a transfer fee of 18 million euros plus variables. On 9 June, the club announced that right back Dani Alves is set to stay at the club after signing a contract renewal for two years with an option for another year. On 10 June, Barcelona announced that the presidential elections will take place on Saturday 18 July 2015, after Josep Bartomeu resigned as president to qualify for re-election. On 25 June, Barcelona announced La Masia graduate Gerard Deulofeu was transferred to English side Everton for a reported fee of €6 million. The player returned to Merseyside after spending the 2013–14 season on loan there under fellow Spaniard manager Roberto Martínez.July
On 3 July, Barcelona announced that another La Masia graduate, Martín Montoya, would join Italian side Internazionale on a season-long loan with an option for a second. On 6 July, Barcelona announced the signing of Turkey national team captain Arda Turan from Atlético Madrid for €34 million. The player will join on 1 January 2016 after the FIFA transfer ban is lifted. On 18 July, Josep Bartomeu was elected president of Barcelona for the next six years with the third most votes in the club's history. On 21 July, Barcelona kicked-off the preseason with a 1–2 victory over Major League Soccer champions Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2015 International Champions Cup. Goals from Luis Suárez and Sergi Robertosecured the win in front of a crowd of 93,226 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. On 23 July, Barcelona were fined €30,000 by UEFA for fans waving pro-Catalan independence banners at the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final. The club maintains its respect for the sanction, yet does not agree with it and its legal services will consider the possibility of questioning the fine at a later time. On 25 July, Barcelona were defeated by English side Manchester United with a scoreline of 1–3 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The lone goal came from Rafinha in the 89th minute of play. On 28 July, Barcelona were defeated in penalties by Chelsea at FedExField in Landover, Maryland. Goals from Luis Suárez and Sandro Ramírez were enough to earn the regular time draw; however, the team lost in penalties 4–2 to end their United States Summer Tour.
August
On 2 August, Barcelona finished their pre-season tour with a visit to Fiorentina at the Artemio Franchi in Florence. The match ended with a 2–1 loss to the Catalans and the lone goal coming from Suárez. Three days later, on 5 August, Barcelona took on Italian club Roma in the 50th edition of the annual Joan Gamper Trophy. The game ended 3–0 to the Catalan club with goals coming form Neymar, Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitić. As a result of winning the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League the previous season, the team was eligible to compete in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup versus 2014–15 UEFA Europa League winner Sevilla. The game took place on 11 August at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena inTbilisi, Georgia, and ended 5–4 in favor of Barcelona, with a brace from Messi and Pedro scoring the winner in extra time. With the win, Barcelona becomes the club with the most international trophies in Europe with 19 international titles. On 12 August, UEFA announced Messi, Suárez and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo as the finalists for the 2014–15 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. On 14 August, Barcelona were soundly defeated by Athletic Bilbao 4–0 in the first leg of the 2015 Supercopa de España in San Mamés.On 17 August, Barcelona failed to win their second trophy of the season after a 1–1 draw in the second leg of 2015 Supercopa de España. The lone goal from Messi was not enough to overturn a four-goal deficit from the first leg. On 20 August, Pedro joined Premier League champions Chelsea for €27 million, rising to €30 million on variables, ending his 11-year association with Barcelona. On 23 August, Barcelona kicked off the 2015–16 La Liga season with a 0–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao in Bilbao. This was the third meeting between the two teams in the last nine days that included the two legs of the 2015 Supercopa de España. On 27 August, Barcelona were drawn into Group E of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League with Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. Roma, and Belarusian champions BATE Borisov. At the same event, Messi was crowned the 2014–15 UEFA Best Player in Europe for the second time in his career. On 29 August, Barcelona played their first match at home against Málaga which ended in a 1–0 victory. Thomas Vermaelenscored the only and his first goal for the club.
September
On 1 September, Barcelona and English side West Ham United agreed on the loan of Alex Song for a second successive season. On 13 September, Barcelona traveled toVicente Calderón to face Atlético Madrid after the FIFA international break. The host took the lead with a goal from Fernando Torres, but goals from Neymar Jr and substitute Messi, completed the comeback and notched a 1–2 victory. Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen made his La Liga debut after only appearing in the Champions League and Copa del Rey last season. On 16 September, Barcelona open their European campaign with a 1–1 draw against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico, with the goal coming from Suárez in the first half. The match ended on a sour note for the squad after Rafinha left the pitch on a stretcher with a leg injury after a tackle from Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan. The next day, the team released a statement that the player had tear the right Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and is likely to miss the rest of the season. On 20 September, Barcelona defeated Levante at home by a 4–1 scoreline with a brace from Messi to stay undefeated in league. Three days later in Balaídos in Vigo, Barça were soundly defeated 4–1 byCelta Vigo to suffer their first league defeat and drop out of first place on the table. On 26 September, Barcelona were able to bounce back at home with a 2–1 victory over newly promoted Las Palmas. The match was marred with the costly injury to Messi, who suffered a tear in the Medial collateral ligament (MCL) of his left knee. The injury will keep the star player out for approximately 6–8 weeks. On 29 of September, Barcelona defeated Bayer Leverkusen in come from behind fashion with a 2–1 victory. The visitors took the lead in the 22nd minute with a corner kick goal from defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos. In the 80th minute, Sergi Roberto leveled the score and two minutes later, Suárez completed the comeback to keep Barça at the top of Group E. For the second straight Champions League match, Barça lose a key player to injury. This time, captain Andrés Iniesta went down with a hamstring injury in his right leg that will keep him out 3–4 weeks.
October
On 3 October, Barcelona was defeated by Sevilla FC with 2-1, Barça fall at the Sánchez Pizjuán for second loss in last three league games; Neymar scores on second-half penalty kick, Unai Emery beats Barcelona for first ever time as a manager.
November
On 21 November, Barcelona thrashed Real Madrid 0-4 in the season's first Clásico match played at the Santiago Bernabéu. Luis Suárez scored a brace while Neymar and Andrés Iniesta also got in the scoresheet, later, Lionel Messi played his first match as a substitute after recovering from his two-month injury. On 24 November, Barcelona beat Roma 6-1 in the Champions League with Barcelona wins Group E.
December
On 14 December, in the draw for the round of 16 of 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona will face Arsenal FC as the group E winner. On 20 December, the club won a record third FIFA Club World Cup title after defeating Argentine side River Plate 3-0 in the final. Suárez scored a record five goals in the tournament including two goals in the finaland a hat trick in the semi-final. He was awarded the Adidas Golden ball, given to the best player of the tournament. On 30 December,Barcelona beat Real Betis with a 4-0 victory, Luis Suárez bags second-half double after Lionel Messi, in his 500th game, scores and Betis help out with an own-goal. By scoring 180 goals in 2015 in all competitions, Barcelona set the record for most goals scored in a calendar year, breaking Real Madrid's record of 178 goals scored in 2014.
January
On 11 January 2016, Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a record fifth time in his career. Luis Enrique's Barcelona has finished an incredibly demanding January with nearly perfect statistics. Just the draw at Cornella El Prat in the first game of the year has held them back in 2016.
February
On 10 February, Barcelona's Copa del Rey draw with Valencia saw Luis Enrique's side set a new club record for unbeaten games - beating Pep Guardiola's 2011 vintage with their 29th game without a loss. On 17 February Lionel Messi made yet more history by scoring his 300th and 301st goal in La Liga and the first player ever to do so, On the same match, Luis Suárez made up for a penalty miss with his 24th league goal of the season as Barça beat Sporting Gijón 3-1. On 23 February, Barcelona win over Arsenal FC with a 0-2 victory in London, Leo Messi scored twice in a feverishly paced encounter, including the 10,000th goal in club history. On 25 February, Barcelona extend their alliance withUNICEF through to 2020, the club will increase its annual donation to the charity from 1.5 million euros to 2 million euros.
March
On 3 March, Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano with a score of 1-5, Rakitic and Arda Turan scored once each and Messi netted a hattrick. Barça set an all-time record run for 35 games unbeaten in Spanish football, previously held by Real Madrid's 1988/89 side managed by Dutchman Leo Beenhakker as coach. On 8 March, the club announced that the Espai Barça jury unanimously selected the bid by Nikken Sekkei + Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes as the winner of the tender for the design of the new Camp Nou. On 16 March, Barça defeated Arsenal 3-1 (5-1 aggregate) in the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, to gain access to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the ninth straight season, and set a new club record for ten consecutive Champions League wins at Camp Nou. On 18 March, in the draw for the quarter-finals of 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona will face Atlético Madrid. On 24 March, FC Barcelona's legend player and coach Cruyff died of his illness aged 68, surrounded by his family in Barcelona, club mourns him with flags at Camp Nou placed at half-mast.
April
On 2 April, Real Madrid won the second El Clásico match of the league season with a 1-2 victory away, and FC Barcelona's unbeaten record was broken after 39 matches. Players, directors and supporters remembered Johan Cruyff in the form of a video, a mosaic, a minute's silence and applause before the game. On 5 April, Barcelona defeated Atlético Madrid at home in the first leg 2-1, after Luis Suárez's two goals in the second half reversed their early one-goal deficit. Barcelona lost 1-0 at Anoeta Stadium to Real Sociedad on 9 April in La Liga after a goal from the latter club early on. On 13 April, Atlético Madrid defeated Barcelona 2-0 (3-2 on aggregate) in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, and the title holders were knocked out. On 17 April, Barcelona suffered their third consecutive loss of the competition as they were out-played by Valencia CF in a 1-2 home defeat, despite Messi's second-half strike, his 450th goal for the club. On 20 April, Barcelona shook off their recent poor form to absolutely thump Deportivo de La Coruña in a 0-8 away victory, with Luis Suárez scoring four and getting three assists to keep his side in the title race. They continued this form three days later by beatingSporting Gijon 6-0, with Suárez bagging four goals again, two of them penalties; Messi and Neymar scored the other two. On 30 April, Barcelona defeated Real Betis with 0-2, Goals from Rakitic and Suárez seal win at Betis to keep Barça top of Liga.
May
On 8 May 2016, Barcelona thrashed Espanyol 5-0 in the season's last home match. Everyone inside Camp Nou played their part in the spectacular pre-game mosaic which bore the message ‘Som-hi tots’ (‘Let’s go everyone’) and also in the minute’s silence in memory of the recently passed away Manel Vich, the voice of Camp Nou for almost 60 years. On 14 May 2016, FC Barcelona sealed their sixth La Liga title in eight years with an emphatic 0-3 win over Granada. Two strikes from Luis Suárez in the first half and another late in the second helped the Catalans achieve the club's 24th league success, and confirms the Uruguayan’s status as the division’s top marksman with 40 goals. On 21 May 2016, FC Barcelona and NIKE, Inc. have extended their current sponsorship deal. On 22 May, FC Barcelona pull off 2–0 extra time victory over Sevilla for their second domestic title of the season and 28th Copa del Rey of all-time. On 27 May, FC Barcelona and Sergio Busquets are set to renew his contract for five seasons, until 30 June 2021.
Kit
Supplier: Nike / First Sponsor: Qatar Airways / Second Sponsor: UNICEF / Third Sponsor: Beko (worn only in La Liga, Copa del Rey and friendlies)
