Lionel Messi, the Argentinian super talent is celebrating his 27th birthday today and Adidas decided to honour him with a specially made ADIDAS boots.
Messi’s new footwear are a technicolor version of the adizeroTM f50 Messi boots, which the Argentinian wizard is currently wearing at the World Cup in Brazil. Messi is set to wear them in training on Tuesday, ahead of his country’s clash table-topping clash with Nigeria the following day.
According to adidas, only 27 pairs are to be produced in total, with two signed pairs being given away by @TeamMessi on Twitter.
Below is a list of a few of the Superstar’s achievements.
3 Only player to win the Ballon d’Or three years in a row. He is favourite to be named the winner again next month
4 Only player to be European Cup top scorer four years in a row
4 Most goals scored by a player in the Fifa Club World Cup, jointly held with Denilson
5 Only player to score five goals in a Champions League match, against Bayer Leverkusen
7 Number of minutes in which Messi has not scored in 2012 – the 1st, 2nd, 10th, 14th, 15th, 46th and 69th minutes
8 Most La Liga hat-tricks in one season by any player
10 Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in, record jointly held with (Brazilian) Ronaldo and Mariano Martín
10 Most goals scored by a player in the Spanish Super Cup
12 Most goals scored in a year by a player for Argentina, jointly held with Gabriel Batistuta
14 Most goals scored in a single European Cup season, shared with Jose Altafini of Milan in 1962-63
15 Most La Liga hat-tricks by a Barcelona player
15 Away league goals scored by Messi this season, more than every other La Liga club except Real Madrid
17 Most goals scored by a Barcelona player in El Clásico matches
17 Fastest hat-trick by a Barcelona player, 17 minutes against Mallorca
21 Most hat-tricks by a Barcelona player in all competitions
25 Most international goals (ie goals not scored in domestic club football) for club and country in a year, jointly held with Vivian Woodward
50 Most goals scored by a player in a La Liga season. Also won him the 2011-12 Golden Boot
56 League goals scored by Messi in 2012. Only five Premier League teams have scored more – Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton.
56 Most goals scored in the Champions League by a Barcelona player
57 Most goals scored in European competition by a Barcelona player
63 Messi has scored one goal for every 63 minutes played in 2012 for club and country
72 Most club goals scored by a player in a single season, beating Archie Stark’s previous best for Bethlehem Steel in the 1924-25 American Soccer League
74 Most club goals scored by a player in a calendar year
82 Most goals scored by a player in a single season for club and country
86 Most goals scored by a player in a calendar year for club and country, surpassing Gerd Müller for Bayern Munich and West Germany in 1972
91 Total goals scored by Messi in 2012, including five in friendlies for Barcelona
192 Most goals for a Barcelona player in La Liga, beating César Rodríguez Alvarez’s 190
249 Wins by Messi out of 352 matches for Barcelona, 70.7% of his matches
283 Most goals by a Barcelona player in all competitions, beating César Rodríguez Alvarez’s 232.
Additional info by the Guardian, Bleacher Report and Daily Mail.
