Who Is The Current Best Player And Why?
With soccer being a world wide phenomenon and being played in so many places around the world, it is hard to find one player who is the best and stands out above the rest. The European countries that are involved in the world’s best leagues often are home to the worlds best players. Right now, there is a pretty consensual number one player in the world, few others have even been considered on the same level as the Barcelona striker Lionel Messi.
Entering professional soccer at age 14, he was the best player in the Barcelona youth camp and since then he has broken multiple records and has held multiple trophies.The full explanation can be found at http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/587/copa-america/2011/07/11/2571087/argentinas-sergio-batista-praises-fantastic-lionel-messi The 24 year old Argentine received multiple FIFA player of the year nominations by age 21 and has won three straight. At his young age, he has already won 5 Spanish League Titles, 3 UEFA Champions League Titles along with countless amounts of award nominations. He has scored more goals in the UEFA Champions League in the past 3 seasons than any other player.
The list goes on and on about Lionel Messi, considered by many to be the best player to ever touch the pitch. Barcelona was lucky to find him and he is contracted to stay there until at least 2014.