Messi owns a huge fortune

Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina and began playing football as a child. At the age of 13, he and his family moved to Spain so he could play for FC Barcelona’s under-14 team.

According to Parade, in a 2010 interview, Messi said he chose Barcelona because they were the only club that offered to pay for his growth hormone therapy. Messi had previously been diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency, or GHD, and two prominent Argentine clubs, River Plate and Newell’s Old Boys, had refused to pay for his treatment.

At Barcelona, ​​Messi struggled to establish himself and made his debut for the Spanish giants at the age of 16 in a friendly against José Mourinho’s Porto on 16 November 2003.

At 17, he became the youngest player to play in Spain’s La Liga and a year later, he won the Champions League with Barcelona. To date, the 2022 World Cup winner has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best male footballer eight times.

Messi is aiming to become a billionaire in the sports industry.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Lionel Messi has an estimated net worth of $850 million in 2025. This is the fortune the Argentine star has accumulated over his more than two decades of playing for the Argentina national team, Barcelona, ​​PSG and now Inter Miami.

At 37, Messi is still one of the most impressive sports earners, with his net worth rising from $650 million in 2024 to $850 million just a year later. With Messi still going strong in his sports career and earning millions from endorsement deals (including a lifetime deal with Adidas), it’s entirely possible that the 37-year-old could soon reach billionaire status in the sports industry.

According to Sportico’s estimates from 2023, Messi has earned $1.2 billion in salary, bonuses and endorsements throughout his professional career.

Currently, Messi is the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer with a guaranteed annual salary of $20.4 million (though he certainly earns much more than that).

Previously, Messi signed a contract with Inter Miami in 2023 until the end of the 2025 season. According to the disclosure, Messi’s contract has a total value of up to $ 150 million from salary, bonuses and shares at Inter Miami.

What areas does Messi invest in?

In addition to his salary, Lionel Messi earns a large amount of money from advertising and sponsorship contracts. In 2021, Forbes reported that Messi earned $33 million from his various sponsorship contracts, with companies such as Adidas, Gatorade, and Pepsi.

In 2022, the publication raised this figure to $65 million when Messi had advertising sponsorship contracts with a series of famous names such as Adidas, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Apple, Bitget, Cirque du Soleil, Gatorade, Hard Rock Cafe Inc., Konami, Lowe’s, Mastercard, PepsiCo, Royal Caribbean Group.

Messi owns a huge car collection

Adidas has sponsored Messi since 2006, but the real money comes from a lifetime deal he signed in 2017, worth an estimated $1 billion. The deal includes a revenue-sharing clause that gives Messi a percentage of all shirt sales, along with other accessories. He launched his own clothing line and opened his first retail store, the Messi Store, in 2019 in Barcelona.

One of Messi’s investments is the MIM Hotels chain. He reportedly owns six luxury four- and five-star hotels across Spain.

In addition to hotels in Spain, Messi likes to spend money on dozens of luxury cars. According to Goal, his collection includes a Pagani Zonda Roadster – worth $4 million, a Pagani Zonda Tricolore (worth $2 million), a Ferrari F430 Spyder, a Dodge Charger SRT8, a Maserati Gran Turismo and many others.

Messi was also rumored to have bought a 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Spider Scaglietti in 2016 for $36 million, but an Instagram post showing him holding a toy car appeared to mock and possibly deny the rumor.

Like many other millionaires, Messi travels by private jet, estimated to cost $15 million.