Messi’s net worth is $400 million, according to estimates
While the soccer star has earned his fortune, it has gotten him in trouble with the authorities. In 2016, he and his father were sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud in Spain. They defrauded the country out of the equivalent of $4.5 million between 2007 and 2009 by concealing earnings from image rights in tax havens in Belize and Uruguay, a court ruled.
Messi was just 13 when he moved to Spain to begin playing for Barcelona’s junior teams. In 2005, he became the youngest player to score for Barcelona, though that record has since been broken.
While the soccer star has earned his fortune, it has gotten him in trouble with the authorities. In 2016, he and his father were sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud in Spain. They defrauded the country out of the equivalent of $4.5 million between 2007 and 2009 by concealing earnings from image rights in tax havens in Belize and Uruguay, a court ruled.
Messi was just 13 when he moved to Spain to begin playing for Barcelona’s junior teams. In 2005, he became the youngest player to score for Barcelona, though that record has since been broken.