Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi

Lionel Andres Messi was born in Rosario/Argentina (24 of June of 1987), his parents

are Jorge Horacio Messi and Celia María Cuccittini, he also have two brothers

Rodrigo and Matias Messi and one sister Maria Sol Messi.

Leo at the age 5 years start to demonstrate abilities to the soccer he always go

to see his brothers training at the “Newell’s Old Boys” academic, one day in a

training the club was missing one player for the match so they told Messi if he

want to play ( that’s the moment when all change) Messi was the youngest but

he just touch the ball and start to do incredible things, in that the club ask if

was possible if can train with them and some days latter he start to train, every

match they played they won but not like 2-1 it was like 8-0 it was so power that

team leader by Messi that they know like (La maquina del 87) but the club start

to feel worried about the height of Messi because at the age of 9 years his

height was of 1,29 meters, they went to the doctor that told that his hormones

wasn’t function well so he have to inject a medicine that help him grow all the

days he inject the medicine in the legs during 2 years but the family cant pay it

more because was a cost of 1,500 dollars every month, they went for help at

the club at first time they have the money to pay the medicine but some

months later they can’t do it, so the family start to go to new clubs for help like

“River Plate” to a show day, he enter almost at the end of the match but when

he touch the ball “River” told him that they want him in his club, his father told

him that if they want him they have to talk with “Newell’s” because he was

playing there “River” don’t like the idea so they prefer to lose him, but they

don’t knew that in that moment was traveling a European Manager that knew

that was a little boy in Rosario/Argentina that was a god with the soccer ball,

he ask Messi to go for some days to Barcelona to show his talent, they accept

to do it so all the family went to Barcelona, at the show time the president of

FC Barcelona was very Impress about how Messi play so they told them that

they want him but they will give them the reason after some months, so Messi

and his family went again to Argentina to wait the reason, two months later in

Barcelona the president was talking that he wants to have Messi so in that

moment he took a napkin and start to write that he would pay for all the rights

of the player and he sign the napkin one month later in 2000 and only with 13

years old Messi sign his first contract. He has to wait 3 years to play a game

with the first line up of Barcelona he enter at the half of the game, it pass one

year to be at the first line up of the club. He has been playing at Barça since

2003 to today, he is ranked at best player of the world by FIFA (Fédération

Internationale of Football Association ), he has won in his carrer=

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13

• Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12; Runner-up 2010–11

• Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013; Runner-up 2012

• UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11

• UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006

• FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011

Argentina

• Olympic Gold Medal: 2008

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005

Runner-up:

• Copa America: 2007

Third place:

• U20 South American Youth Championship: 2005

Individual

• FIFA Ballon d'Or (4): 2009,2010, 2011, 2012. Created in 2010.

• World Soccer Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2012.

• World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013.

• Onze d'Or (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.

• Goal.com Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2013.

• European Golden Shoe (3): 2010,

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