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Lionel Messi

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Soccer Player

The Resume

    (June 24, 1987- )
    Born in Rosario, Argentina
    Forward/winger for FC Barcelona (2004 - ) and the Argentinan national football team (2005 - )
    Winner of the Ballon d'Or for European Footballer of the Year (2008, 2009)
    FIFA World Player of the Year (2009)
    FIFA Ballon d'Or winner (2010)
    Member of the gold medal-winning Argentinian football team at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Why he might be annoying:

    He had to face intense scrutiny while playing for a top team in Spain as well as the Argentinian national team.
    His small size can be deceiving at times.
    He was once romantically linked to a model when she was 14.
    He has appeared in ads for Adidas.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He has been compared with Diego Maradona. Maradona himself approves of this comparison, naming him his successor in Argentinian football lore.
    As of 2010, between his salary and endorsement deals, he earned $44 million, the most of any soccer player.
    In 2010 he became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
    He was named among Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World (2011).

Credit: whiff boy


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 22 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 66 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 106 Votes: 42.45% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 34 Votes: 55.88% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 36 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 55 Votes: 41.82% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 155 Votes: 52.90% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying