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Section size for Lionel Messi (25 sections)
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Early life	12,256	12,256
Career	269	32,222
Club career	20	30,573
Barcelona	24,751	24,751
Paris Saint-Germain	2,979	2,979
Inter Miami	2,823	2,823
International career	1,380	1,380
Player profile	21	51,555
Style of play	24,871	24,871
Reception and comparisons to Diego Maradona	16,808	16,808
Comparisons with Cristiano Ronaldo	9,855	9,855
In popular culture	27,716	27,716
Personal life	20	23,664
Family and relationships	9,438	9,438
Philanthropy	12,252	12,252
Tax fraud	1,954	1,954
Career statistics	24	17,264
Club	11,547	11,547
International	5,693	5,693
Honours	14,217	14,217
See also	1,148	1,148
Notes	374	374
References	1,499	1,499
External links	8,110	8,110
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Add source

@PeeJay: Hi! I see the source of information in subsection 2022–23 under Club career has not been added by anyone. Hope you will do this. Thanks!!! Hongkytran

Does it count the charity match of June 13 of 2009

In June of 13 of 2009 messi played with a athletic Madrid kit for a charity match and idk if that counts like a game and if I does count that means tha he played for athletic Madrid 2A02:587:2D10:B300:A454:A04E:BFC6:FC95 (talk) 14:26, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was a charity match, so it does not count. Mazewaxie (talk • contribs) 10:58, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 August 2024

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Hello everyone, main image on the English Wiki page of Lionel Messi has a very low resolution. (cropped)

Please

Change: Lionel-Messi-Argentina-2022-FIFA-World-Cup (cropped).jpg

To: Lionel-Messi-Argentina-2022-FIFA-World-Cup sharpness.jpg

both are the same image but with different resolutions* THIAGOW13 (talk) 21:53, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit extended-protected}} template. From what I can see, you just upscaled the image using AI. I think "lower-quality but accurate" is better than "less accurate but higher-quality" here. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 01:23, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add record two golden ball awards in lead

Should be mentioned in the lead 2A02:14F:17B:50D1:942:1155:F2E7:D18B (talk) 20:31, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Messi "completed" football

The lead should include the markable achievement of Messi as the only player in history to "complete football" by winning every major team and individual title with both club and country. 2A02:14F:17B:50D1:942:1155:F2E7:D18B (talk) 20:36, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]