The soccer player Lionel Messi, from Paris Saint-Germain, was chosen this Thursday as the best athlete of the year in Argentina, upon receiving the Olimpia de Oro award for the third time, the most important sports award in the country.
At the gala for the 69th edition of the awards, held in Buenos Aires, the Círculo de Jornalistas Desportivos distinguished the 35-year-old player, who on Sunday won the 2022 World Cup with the ‘albiceleste’.
In addition to being named sportsman of the year for the third time, after 2011 and 2021, Messi was also awarded the ‘Plata Olimpia’, which rewards the footballer of the year, and in this particular one he surpassed the competition from Julián Álvarez and the Benfica player Enzo Fernández, who also contributed to Argentina’s victory in Qatar.
In his 17 seasons at FC Barcelona, Messi won 10 Spanish League titles, eight Spanish Super Cups, seven Copas del Rey, four Champions League, three European Super Cups and three Club World Cups, before adding one French League and one Super Cup. France. for Paris Saint-Germain, the club where he is celebrating his second season.
The Argentine international won the Ballon d’Or seven times, as well as being named the best player in a World Cup on two occasions: in 2014, when Argentina lost the final against Germany, and in the last edition, which ended with the victory of the Argentines over France in a penalty shootout, following a 3–3 draw at the end of extra time.
With the ‘albiceleste’, Lionel Messi had already won the Copa América, in 2021, and the first edition of the Finalissima, this year, against Italy, European champions.
Source: TSF
