Lionel Messi niwe mukinnyi wa mbere mu mateka y'Isi kuva yabaho wabashije kweguka ibikombe byose bikomeye ku Isi mu mupira w'amaguru ndetse n'ibihembo bitangwa ku Isi mu bakinnyi ba ruhago.
Mu ijoro rya keye tariki 08 Gicurasi 2023 nibwo rutahizamu w'ikipe ya Paris Saint Germain yo mu gihugu cy'u Bufaransa akaba na kapiteni w'ikipe y'igihugu ya Argentina yaraye yegukanye igihembo cy'umusiporotifu mwiza w'umwaka mu mikino yose ikinwa ku Isi cya Laureus World Sports Awards akaba ari bihembo byatangiwe mu gihugu cy'u Bufaransa.
Rutahizamu Lionel Messi yaje no gushyikirizwa igihembo cyawe ikipe y'igihugu ya Argentina yahembwe nk'ikipe nziza y'umwaka nyuma yo kwegukana igikombe cy'Isi cyabereye muri Qatar itsinze ikipe y'igihugu y'u Bufaransa ku mukino wa nyuma.
