After graduating from La Masia, FC Barcelona youth system, Messi made his senior professional debut in 2004 and has played for the Spanish giants all through his career so far.
Messi s contract ran out with the club in the summer of 2021 but the Argentine is very close to sign a fresh contract with the club which will keep him at the Catalan club for five more years.
The Barcelona superstar gas appeared in 778 matches for the club. At Camp Nou, he has won every major trophy including the La Liga 10 times and the Champions League four times.
Another club and Spanish football legend and Messi s former teammate Xavi Hernandez is the second most-capped Barcelona player of all time.
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Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona vs Real Sociedad - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - May 20, 2018 Barcelona s Andres Iniesta after the match REUTERS/Albert Gea/Files Asharq Al-Awsat
Former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta has promised his glittering career won t be cut short by the thigh injury that has left him facing four months on the sidelines.
The World Cup-winning Spanish midfielder, 36, said he planned to be back for his Japanese club Vissel Kobe next season after undergoing surgery in Barcelona on a ruptured tendon.
Iniesta suffered the injury in the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League, where he helped Vissel reach the semi-finals before they were knocked out on Sunday.
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