Historical clue formulations

• Golden Ball winner at the 2022 FIFA World Cup — 2024-09-25
• Soccer star Lionel — 2024-06-03
• Record holder for most games played in the FIFA World Cup (26) — 2024-02-18
• Time's 2023 Athlete of the Year — 2024-01-14
• Soccer's Lionel ___ — 2023-12-11
• International athlete who twice made Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world — 2022-08-31
• Professional soccer player with the most goals for a single club (Barcelona) — 2021-09-21
• Soccer superstar nicknamed "La Pulga" ("The Flea") — 2021-09-19
• Soccer great with a statue in Buenos Aires — 2021-03-31
• Longtime star of F.C. Barcelona — 2020-12-17
• Soccer superstar Lionel — 2020-11-17
• Five-time winner of FIFA's player of the year award — 2019-07-12
• Soccer superstar Lionel — 2019-04-12
• FIFA star ejected from 65-Across — 2019-02-03
• Soccer superstar Lionel — 2018-10-12
• Soccer superstar Lionel — 2017-05-17
• Argentine footballer — 2017-03-02