AI ChatGPT picks the best footballer of the 21st century

Both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are considered as the greatest footballers of all time

The best footballer of the 21st century was chosen by the OpenAI ChatGPT system (worth $29 billion). The life long question and eternal debate of Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi will go on forever, but the AI ChatGPT picked Lionel Messi as the best footballer of the 21st century.

Unquestionably, Argentina's Lionel Messi is the GOAT of modern football. The term "GOAT" stands for "Best of All Time," and Messi is without a doubt the best player to ever play the game of football in the contemporary age. That assertion was furthered by his most recent victory at the FIFA World Cup, in which Argentina defeated France to win the tournament in 2022. The Argentine captain became the only player to score in each of the group stages, round of 16, quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship matches.

The phrase "GOAT" is well known among football fans, and by extension, to sports enthusiasts in the modern period. These days, it may be seen practically everywhere in popular culture.

Even though the acronym GOAT contains the phrase "all time," which is used to imply continuity and conclusion, its application is evidently informal and not absolute. Many football fans, journalists, and professional players and managers all have various ideas on who the game's greatest player (GOAT) is, but there is general agreement that one individual is the GOAT of the current period.

Many people believe Lionel Messi to be the best player of all time or the GOAT in history. He is commonly regarded as the GOAT of football in the current age. The small Argentine is seated next to Pele and Diego Maradona, two footballers who've already long been regarded as the game's greatest players.

It is hardly surprising that Messi belongs in the same discourse given the magnitude of what he has accomplished. Messi has been head and shoulders above everyone for the better part of well over a decade now. He is a record seven-time winner of the Ballon d'Or, the award given to the finest player of the year and the epitome of the contemporary playmaker and ultimate striker.

Messi's talent has caused milestones and history books in football to fall and be destroyed, and even at the age of 35, he still manages to amaze and fascinate the world, demonstrating that he is the best player of the contemporary period.

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Lionel Messi has played for FC Barcelona in Spain for a legendary amount of time and has experienced and triumphed in every aspect of club football. He not only has the most goals scored in the existence of Barcelona, but he also holds the La Liga record for goals scored and assists. Messi has won the LaLiga on ten separate occasions and has broken various match statistics in Spain.

As the top goal scorer in Europe, Messi has won the European Golden Shoe six times and the Ballon d'Or seven times. In addition, he has won Europe's most successful club championship four times, and is also is second-highest goal scorer in Champions League history with Barcelona.

Due to budgetary constraints, Messi was forced to quit Barcelona in 2021. He then joined Paris Saint-Germain in France, where he claimed Ligue 1 in just his first season. In 2021, after guiding La Albiceleste to victory in Brazil, Messi earned his first senior national title with Argentina for the first time in his international career.

He had already won an Olympic medal in Beijing in 2008, and after Argentina's Finalissima victory against reigning European Champions Italy in 2022, he later added a second trophy to his collection.

Moreover, Messi has placed second in the FIFA World Cup final and won the tournament's golden ball in 2014. In addition, he and Argentina lost back-to-back Copa America finals in 2015 and 2016. Despite these defeats, the Argentine is the player in international football with the second-highest number of titles, trailing only his former colleague Dani Alves.