Lionel Messi, is the highest paid athlete in the world with 127 million dollars (112.5 million euros)
He is an Argentine footballer who also has Spanish nationality since 2005
Frequently considered the best player in the world and one of the best of all time
measures 1.70 meters and weighs 67 kilograms
Born and raised in the city of Rosario, at the age of 13 he settled in Spain, where Barcelona agreed to pay for the treatment of the hormonal disease that he had been diagnosed with as a child.
