This is Messi net worth, year per year

Lionel Messi was born and raised in Rosario, the third largest city in population in his native Argentina. His father worked in a factory and his mother cleaned offices. He was always a good soccer player but suffered from hormonal deficiency that affected his growth. So much so, that he had to be injected daily.

At the age of 13, Messi traveled to Spain and signed his first professional contract with FC Barcelona. An important term of the contract was that the club agreed to continue paying for medical treatment, thus easing the burden on the family. The little player made rapid progress within Barcelona's youth program and made his debut for the big team at the age of 17 in 2004.

Lionel Messi, who currently plays with number 30 at Paris Saint Germain, receives 40 million euros net for each season. His signing contemplates, for the moment, the next two years plus an optional third. In addition, he will charge a transfer bonus of 30 million euros.

This salary exceeds the 35 million per year that the striker earned at Barça before his contract was broken due to the Financial Fair Play. And it also makes him the highest paid player in Paris Saint-Germain, a title that until now fell to Neymar, who receives 36.8 million euros per year according to the French newspaper.

Lionel Messi: What is his estimated Net Worth?

The total assets of Lionel Messi, according to Forbes, stands at 400 million euros. Joining the French team, his new salary and the transfer bonus will add to the multimillion-dollar fortune of the Argentine player. Until now he earned a total of 70.8 million euros a year net, an amount that included his salary at Barça, his sponsorships for various brands and the benefits obtained from different investments. 

Lionel Messi: Extras sponsor's income

Messi has worked with sponsorships with brands such as Huawei, Hawkers, Gatorade, Pepsi, MasterCard or Adidas. It was precisely with this last brand that he signed a life contract in 2017. That is, it will be sponsored by the sports firm for as long as it remains active as an athlete. Although it has not been officially revealed how much Adidas pays him for the sponsorship, rumors estimate that the Argentine receives about 10 million euros a year.

Lionel Messi: Luxury home and car complexes he own's

Messi knows very well how and where to invest his money. The vast majority of his investments are focused on the real estate and gastronomic market in companies in his hometown, Rosario, Argentina. In this way, the footballer bought the Aqualina building, with 40 floors and whose apartments are valued at one million dollars each. In 2010 it also acquired the Azahares residential complex, located in a private neighborhood of Rosario, valued at 27 million dollars.

Regarding his private properties, Messi has a house in the Bellamar urbanization of Castelldefels that he bought in 2009 for four million euros. A price that currently must be much higher since the forward spent a whopping 10 million euros on renovations.

He also has a wide collection of luxury cars, including a Ferrari 335 Sport Spider Scaglietti, a Cadillac Escalade, an Audi Q7, an Audi R8 Spyder, a Ferrari F430 Spider, a Porsche Panamera, a Lexus LX 570 or a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. In addition, the Argentine bought a private jet in 2018 for $ 14 million.