Odysseys in Sports: Soccer Stars

Lionel Messi

Exceptional ball control. Vision. Unmatched ability to score impossible goals. Lionel Messi is an undisputed all-time great of world soccer. The all-time top goal scorer for Spanish giant Barcelona, Messi has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards and set too many soccer records to name. Messi engineered and captained Argentina's victories in the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This action-packed, photo-driven biography, geared toward early high school readers, kicks up interest in the extraordinary career of the man who may well live through history as the 21st century's most dominant player.