Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and was named the world's best player for a record eight times by FIFA. Until 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 34 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles, and the UEFA Champions League four times. With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals (474), hat-tricks (36), and assists in La Liga (192). He has the most international goals by a South American male (106). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and the most goals for a single club (672).
Bojan Krkić Pérez, also known as simply Bojan, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger.
Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo and the Chile national team. His displays during his time at Juventus led him to be nicknamed Il Guerriero, Rey Arturo and La Piranha by the Italian press due to his hard-tackling and aggressive, tenacious style of play.
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed "El Pistolero", he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation. Individually, he has won two European Golden Shoes, an Eredivisie Golden Boot, a Premier League Golden Boot and a Pichichi Trophy. He has scored over 500 career goals for club and country.
Roberto Guana is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Ezequiel Iván "Pocho" Lavezzi is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, his most important attributes were his pace, hardworking style of play, technique, creativity, and dribbling ability; although he was usually deployed as a winger, he was also used as a second striker or as an attacking midfielder on occasion.
Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini, is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward.
Dominique Sossorobla Malonga is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Icelandic club Þór Akureyri.
Ezequiel Matías Schelotto is an Argentine-Italian footballer who plays for Italian Serie D side Barletta. A versatile player on the right flank, he started his career as a winger and was later converted into a full-back.
Marco Parolo is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Giuseppe De Feudis is an Italian former footballer.
Maurizio Lauro is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a left back.
Grégoire André Defrel is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Sassuolo.
Paulo Exequiel Dybala is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Serie A club Roma and the Argentina national team. He is noted by sports journalists for his dribbling, speed, and goal-scoring ability.
Antonino Ragusa is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group C club Messina.
Pablo Carmine Maffeo Becerra is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Mallorca.
The 2018–19 season was Futbol Club Barcelona's 119th season in existence and the club's 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. Barcelona was involved in four competitions after winning the double of La Liga and the Copa del Rey in the previous season.
