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Lionel Messi Country: Argentina Club Team: Barcelona Position: Forward Age: 22 NATIONAL TEAM 41 appearances, 13 goals WORLD CUP 2006: 3 app, 1 goal video profile

Lionel Messi is the best pound-for-pound soccer player in the world, and perhaps of all time. At 22, Messi has won just about everything there is to win, both individually and in club soccer. Missing is any sort of hardware with Argentina, aside from an Olympic gold medal. read more (Top 50 players article from FIFA.com / photo by sportsillustrated.cnn.com)