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Simon Mugford, Author
Series: Icons
Imprint: Welbeck Children's Books
Publication date: September 24, 2026
Category: Football / soccer (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781839553660
Get up close with the GOAT of international football! This fun guide to Messi’s career is packed full of amazing photography. Find out how Messi started his journey in professional football, read all about the teams he’s played for, and follow him all the way to his amazing international success as a World Cup winner. It’s full of cool trivia, essential stats and stunning photography from Messi’s greatest moments on the pitch.
Simon once worked at the Science Museum in London, where he flew paper aeroplanes and made giant bubbles for children. Now he writes and edits books about things like dinosaurs, ice hockey, thunderstorms and llamas. He lives in Kent with his wife and daughter, a cat and two tortoises.