FC Barcelona’s player Lionel Messi has been named Huawei global ambassador. The partnership with Lionel Messi showcases the brand’s alignment with people and brands that demonstrate, and strive towards its shared value of connecting greatness.

• Huawei believes that sports are a great way in which people enrich their lives and that is why our commitment towards sports in general, is so strong.
• In the India market Huawei completed 16 successful years and has associated with cricket, a sport which resonates the Huawei brand value, by sponsoring RCB in the Indian Premier League.
• Huawei shipped 108 million smartphones in 2015 and became the third-largest player after Apple and Samsung.
• The company has set a target of growing its smartphone sales by 300 per cent this year.
• Messi is also global brand ambassador for Indian auto major Tata Motors. 
• In recent months Huawei has launched a series of blockbuster products like the Huawei Nexus 6P and Honor 7, which were amongst the top ranked phones of 2015. 

Did You Know?

• Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina.
• Messi was not very healthy and nutritious in his childhood days like the other boys around. He was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency which was stopping his normal growth rate at a tender age of 11.
• Messi inherited the No. 10 Barca jersey from another great footballer Ronaldinho in the summer of 2008.
• One of Lionel’s nicknames is “The Flea” due to his speed and agility.
• Messi is also the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.