The Catalan government will announce the delivery of the Creu de Sant Jordi award to Lionel Messi for his outstanding services in Catalonia.
Messi will receive the Cross of Sant Jordi as a token of appreciation for his achievements throughout his career & the fact that he's spent his whole career with Barça.
The 31-year-old will be the second footballer in history to receive the award. Johan Cruyff received the award in 2006.
The Creu de Sant Jordi (in English 'St George's Cross') is one of the highest civil distinctions awarded in Catalonia (Spain), surpassed only in the protocol by the Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya. It was established by the Generalitat de Catalunya autonomous government by virtue of the Decret 457/1981 de 18 de desembre in 1981.
In total, the award be granted to 29 individuals and 15 organisations for their outstanding services to the region.
"[Messi] is recognised as the best football player of all time," pointed out the Generalitat de Catalunya.
"[He embodies] social attributes as primordial as humility, honesty, learning, creativity, sense of team and respect."
Aritra©Best
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That's Leo Messi for you plz Give sommeee likes..ciz today's my birthday Nd I promised my mom tht I will get Atleast 50+likes..plzz
Mosanya
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Congrats to Messi, he is a incredible player and has done to Barcelona not only to the club but to the people in Catalonia, he is a hero in Spain and has won the hearts for the fans, hope he continues to amaze us with is gifted talent.
Harry_99
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We don’t have any idea how much we r lucky to watch this guy playing
Johnzotal
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You are my hero messi
SunnyGill
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liverpool 1-5 Barcelona final aggregate of both legs road to the ucl 2019 final Forca Barca 🖤🔥 Messi with his peak level performance
Bewbcklmst
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SUCCESS DOESN'T MEAN WHAT YOU HAVE SUCCESS MEANS THAT HOW YOU ACHIEVE. MESSI ALWAYS ACHIEVE ALL HIS REWARDS BY PRACTICING IT MORE AND MORE. HATS OFF TO MESSI
vopacklmz
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My inspiration for football. You’ve made the game so beautiful that those who didn’t like football before are loving it now, I being one of them. Congratulations Messi...
TenzinRapten
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Let me clear the most difficult and important confusion of world football. Some people says cr7 is goat and other says messi as goat. There should be only one 🐐 goat in football so he is cr7. Not messi because he is 🦁 lion. Messi is to the next level and known to be from different planet. There is no confusion to see the winner when the fight goes between lion and goat. U know what I mean?
Jam0
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It’s really upsetting that some Argentinians don’t like him even though he carried the international team on multiple occasions. He should’ve played for Spain because the people from there would respect him more than Argentina and he would have some international trophies. But still Messi is the Goat 🐐