I Replayed Messi’s Entire Career

Lionel Messi has had a legendary career, surely if we started it over today he wouldn’t be able to do it again? I’ve used a custom database on Football Manager to put 16-year-old Lionel Messi on Barcelona starting in… 2024. He would go on to play for more than 20 years all over the world, but wait, I’ve said to much, it’s video watching time.
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[@brendanchoo7507]

Messi's face at 16 is what happens when you load a newGAN pack after a youth intake and one of the youth recruits gets a 40 year old looking ai dude as his picture

[@EpicRenegade777]

i got a 16 year old winger in and the dude was balding and looked like hed spent his entire life in the trenches

[@owenchong2490]

@@EpicRenegade777average eastern european wonder kid

[@aristaeus2514]

The problem is that Messi should have more than the max potential in game. The game itself had to rebalance the attributes because of Messi back in the day, downgrading every other player because Messi changed what a 20 meant.

[@denja964]

thats crazy yuno

[@peter3155]

true tho

[@sergeantsupreme4395]

I mean unless he's a maximum in every stat I don't think so

[@peter3155]

@@sergeantsupreme4395 in most attacking stats he was the best, that is something to admit

[@tapeab1e]

@@sergeantsupreme4395 His dribbling alone should be like a 25.

[@bobjuh]

The guy must have a 21 for loyalty, in my FM20 save that I am still playing he stayed with Barcelona his whole career, became under 19 manager with Gijon and stayed with them until he retired at age 72

[@RyanJones-nv5pq]

Messi with a great FM Career of 229 goals in 604 games, Just 245 short of what he did in real life in 84 less games

[@thatissomeBS]

Ahem, I think you mean 'fewer' games.

[@blocky_8799]

​@@thatissomeBS Is this really that important? I'm genuienly asking as a non native english speaker

[@AllenBustamante17]

@@blocky_8799 no. it isn't. guy above is a nerd

[@crossy6398]

Sooo... we just gonna ignore the fact that Messi was stuck in the Icons list, but Juan Ravelo was listed as a LEGEND?

[@spoder22]

Probably because he won two ballon d’ors

[@MarianoGallicchio]

and what about Iniesta?

[@budou2323]

"HE WAS WANTED BY... chelsea...." had me a chuckle🤣

[@hughhavercroft]

We need a series of these videos.

[@hughhavercroft]

I would love to see how a CR7 or Zlatan or even someone like Hazard would do

[@Thebassmaster6969]

Tom has a bunch of this premise on his channel

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

Actually disappointed that the only plot twist in his new career was a loan to Australia !

[@pascal6871]

Wow i didnt know the game was so realistic that even the ballon dor is simulated to be complete fraud

[@Niko6957]

Penaldo fans be like

[@mariusztrynkiewicz4862]

@@Niko6957Pessi dog

[@vegeta8659]

​@@Niko6957let them cry thats all they have left

[@tlr1837]

Always crying The ballon dor is voted. Messi was voted. Simple. No need to cry over something like this.

[@pascal6871]

@@tlr1837 Katar was also voted to be the best place to play the WM. Just because it's voted doesn't mean it's not a bunch of corrupt frauds

[@turtlebs1948]

Honestly crazy just how good realife messi was because even with a perfect player in fm you cant get the stats messi created in real life

[@kawper4425]

As a PSV fan, I was questioning if that was a PSV kit in the thumbnail, because I could hardly believe it 😅

[@fraserwilson4366]

You should do more vids like this with players like Ronaldo, Neymar, Luis Suarez, Rooney etc and see what happens with their careers :) Would be cool to see what happens

[@MattMcMatt]

Very fun video, love the concept! Thanks for putting in the work to simulate all this. I wonder how other 16 year olds from yesteryear would do today?

[@j.349]

Do this again but with Ronaldo AND Messi

[@sarahparkinson3021]

ZEALAAAAAND!!! You have a HUGE head!!! Love you ❤

[@marinmilevoj4829]

I'd love more of similar things!

[@tomtik101]

Maybe this is stating the obvious, but this video is more like a simulation of Messi's career had he been an actual HUMAN. Also keeping in mind that (iirc) SI has said in the past that he and CR7 cannot actually be recreated in the match engine without it outright breaking.

[@SteveAustin-zv1nn]

Those attributes for Messi at the beginning are FARRR too low. Balance of 1? 1!? Shouldn't have started with those attributes. All kinds of wrong.

[@Logan10216]

I get he had good balance but messi didn't score for 7 months so realistic that majority of his stats are low, I do agree that balance should of been higher tho

[@SteveAustin-zv1nn]

@@Logan10216 Those attributes are never going to get to what Messi's were in real life or indeed, later FM's. Finishing, dribbling, balance would all be 19/20.

[@jacaueenlasumba8528]

His first FM season stats are shit to begin with as they didn't even properly scout him, had him as right footed etc. should of started with his second season

[@n1troni]

Yes! if you look at cr stats for cm01/02 he is far far superior

[@ZealandonYT]

They are Messi’s actual attributes from football/championship manager when he was 16 Felt like the fairest way to do it

[@andraskurucz839]

I mean it would be a shame to not do a Ronaldo one, wouldn't it?

[@Niko6957]

Who?

[@jord.an6123]

Messi in the A-Liga hype

[@AshManTV92]

16:35 Juan Ravelo was a legend at Barca too!

[@n1troni]

Do ronaldo next! Eden hazard would also be fun

[@Sasquatch10]

Hazard would stay inthe french ligue because of Uber Eats

[@jeromewashere7448]

Bro Messi scored 50 goals in a season 5 times this man was not real😭😭😭

[@nathaniellee924]

Could you do sergio aguero next, feel like people have forgotten his name and I would love to see where he goes

[@Point8ofaSecond]

A Liga mens paving the way of champions like we are doing irl. Warra league. Nestory coming for all the crowns

[@hampter4995]

We need more, do one for ronaldo for the other half of us football fans, also for players like Henry, Maradona etc.

[@kurtaerts1630]

imagine this timeline with George from RAFC winning the CL

[@maxlivingstone9087]

pls replay marco reus's caerer Z.

[@LiamGervaise]

Yes maybe he won’t be so injured 😔

[@maxlivingstone9087]

@@LiamGervaise ye lol

[@VKS_ice]

Can't wait to see you remaking Ronaldo Fenomeno career

[@theangrykbdist]

Zealandissmmmmmmmmsssss... It's been three days man

[@Msyfr]

The day that saka wins a ballon d or, hell will freeze over 😂

[@DuduPRT]

5:18 Is that a Gyökeres reference?

[@bigbendum8403]

Now do one for Cristiano Ronaldo !

[@EugeneFields-im2ep]

Love your creativity, it's inspiring!

[@ZealandonYT]

Thank you definitely real person!

[@kalebfromthe704]

​@@ZealandonYTsuch a believably real person

[@redmystery100]

Make this a series bro lol do Ronaldo next

[@fiizt6938]

you should do ronaldo, neymar next

[@stephenhahn8284]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic next!

[@brunoactis1104]

Knowing how beautifully everything turned out throughout his whole career, this video makes me depressed for some reason.

[@Skyfallen21]

How does one just simulate in FM?

[@toffeechad8413]

His acceleration and pace werent the same as real life. give that messi 20 acceleration and 18 pace then its a game changer.

[@franciscomarcelino1251]

Sorry friend but Messi never had the equivalent to 18 pace in real life

[@nicolascinquepalmi5849]

@@franciscomarcelino1251 yes he had

[@franciscomarcelino1251]

@@nicolascinquepalmi5849 Salah has 16 and there is never a world where Messi is faster than Salah

[@nicolascinquepalmi5849]

@@franciscomarcelino1251 You never saw Messi in his early-mid years

[@Lukygus]

@@franciscomarcelino1251 wtf little kids disrespecting the goat omg

[@thehumbleninja9062]

Nice idea, would be better to do it with the greatest of all time if you do it again!

[@vegeta8659]

Thats what he did

[@barretoleandroariel]

It's because it was generated as an attacking midfielder not as forward, no season with over 30 goals

[@jord.an6123]

Messi feeding through balls to j-mac *chefs kiss*

[@Kaspisify]

Lol at the balance of 1. Like, what?

[@Akun-eg9rl]

I need young messi and Ronaldo in the same team

[@BoxinSquare_]

Good video but i think if Messi's freekick ability was higher from the start he could score more goals

[@bananaslamma35]

It's kind of crazy how I've seen quite a few similar concepts, and in almost all of them, Messi does relatively poorly compared to how he did in real life. Also a 16 years old Messi being on sale for 90k is hilarious. Can't help but imagine the faces of everyone who passed on the 90k USD Messi when he's worth a thousand times that in just a couple years, and ten thousand times that at the peak of his career (given how transfer inflation is going, I suspect that's not even gonna be record breaking in 2034 because of petro-dollar sponsors)

[@ameen2664]

Messi is messi because he grew from a sextuple winning team

[@andrefernandes6489]

How many times can zealand say leonel messi in one video😅

[@hzqfrhn1317]

Kuala Lumpur, RAHHH🦅🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

[@Jlevens]

as a psv fan messi the door is open if u want to join us

[@Dynamic_Pear]

Shoutout to the A-league. The greatest league in the world!

[@JaCKDaNiiELsLP]

now do the same with old new messi bojan

[@shadowrayhaan4051]

Imagine Ronaldo career restarted 😅

[@ilovebasketballfromaustral9624]

bro followed the story of wilt chamberlain

[@noob7411]

How do you get the zealand skin?

[@akunwanneprosper7016]

He's Zealand

[@debomode7932]

I need a Ronaldo one

[@zakariaferr]

Quite underwelming carrer for messi's standards

[@shahir1395]

La Masia being La Masia....

[@Fishweed]

Now do Zlatan ^_^

[@Cronk2446]

Can you do one for Ronaldo?

[@higgnkfe]

Scoring is so depressed in FM

[@densless280]

Choose his profile face in-Game accordingly to his age with real life photos. Would be more realistic dive into career replay

[@td5361]

Wenger called Messi the greatest player of all time when he was 23, that should tell you everything you need to know

[@kaustubh.tripathi]

Crazy that messi lost balon d or to messi regen 😅😂

[@brunobernardicoutinho1741]

His balance was 1...?

[@dpw140]

Do a Thomas Müller.

[@adrianized]

Let's not forget that Mexico beat the USMNT 3-0 at the 2036 Copa America. How the greats have fallen.

[@henriquehbk]

Do Neymar Career

[@dillondurry4428]

A-League is Goated

[@bdhvcsdkvsdgh]

World Cup 2034 was in......India?

[@aaronclarke4308]

he got less than a third of his overal goals in real life, in a game lol

[@cloverisfan818]

Do ronaldo next

[@anonymoose4161]

Messi basically had neymars career lmao

[@elitavendale7167]

16 yr olds are born in 07?????

[@scottmiles6625]

Please do CR7’s

[@kieronparr3403]

Do cr7 whynot?

[@lungabiyela9081]

Messi was better than that at 16. Just take a look at FM 2005.

[@emrek7475]

How is iniesta not a legend lol

[@nocapson4420]

Yoo I’m kinda early

[@damjanmilanovic2431]

Do the same with Cristiano Ronaldo.

[@Xi4V]

E

[@RallyRevolutionFN]

This is not realistic because the 25 and 24 year old messi scored 59 goals in 38 games in the league, but the messi in the video between age 21 to age 25 scored 57 in the league which is why it's not realistic

[@Middagetten]

It’s a simulation not supposed to be .realistic

[@Msyfr]

How can you simulate growth hormones?😂

[@vendetta697]

This video is so stupid. Leo it 21 years was 1 one fast players in the world.

[@thearrousedaardvsrk]

20 views in 1 minute, fell off z...

[@ZealandonYT]

More views than a whole video normally gets tbf

[@mlg_dog420]

who the fuck is juan ravelo

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

A Barca youth player that was generated by the game