MOSCOW, Aug 31 World chess champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen named the Argentine striker «Paris Saint Germain» by Lionel Messi the greatest footballer of all time. «Who is the best footballer? I think it's pretty hard to name anyone other than Messi for his all-round play. He predates the Ronaldo era at Real Madrid. I always «I liked Ronaldo, but I always thought Messi was better. I've been to quite a few matches in Madrid, they always helped me a lot there,» Carlsen said on a podcast on the YouTube channel of artificial intelligence researcher Lex Friedman. I was once asked during an interview: «Who is my favorite player?». I answered that someone else. I think then I said that it was Isco. It was something like: «Okay, take two. Now you say «Ronaldo». So for them it was very important, but for me it was not so important, «added Carlsen. Messi is a seven-time winner of the Golden Ball. He played for the Spanish Barcelona for almost his entire career. The Argentine is the champion of the blue- pomegranate» in the number of official matches played (778) and goals scored (672). As part of Barcelona, Messi became the champion of Spain 10 times, won the Spanish Cup seven times, won the Champions League four times. In August 2021, Messi joined PSG «, with which at the end of the season he became the champion of France. Ronaldo is a five-time winner of the Golden Ball, a five-time winner of the Champions League, European champion in 2016. He played for the Portuguese Sporting, English Manchester United, Real Madrid, Italian » Juventus».
