Born and raised in central Argentina, he was born on 24th June 1987,Messi w
as diagnosed with agrowth hormone deficiency as a child. At age 13, he relocated to Spain to join Barcelona, who agreed to pay for his medical treatment. After a fast progression through Barcelona's youth academy, Messi made his competitive debut aged 17 in October 2004. Despite being injury-prone during his early career, he established himself as an integral player for the club within the next three years, finishing 2007 as a finalist for both theBallon d'OrandFIFA World Player of the Yearaward, a feat he repeated the following year. His first uninterrupted campaign came in the 2008 – 2009 season, during which he helped Barcelona achieve the firsttreblein Spanish football. At 22 years old, Messi won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award by record voting margins.Three successful seasons followed, with Messi winning three consecutive FIFA Ballons d'Or, including an unprecedented fourth. His personal best campaign to datewas the 2011–12 season, in which he set the La Liga and European records for most goals scored in a single season, while establishing himself asBarcelona's all-time top scorerin official competitions in March 2012. He again struggled with injury during the following two seasons, twice finishing second for the Ballon d'Or behindCristiano Ronaldo, his perceivedcareer rival. Messi regained his best form during the 2014–15 campaign, breaking the all-time goalscoring records in both LaLiga and theChampions Leaguein November 2014,[note 3]and led Barcelona to a historic second treble.An Argentine international, Messi is his country's all-time leading goalscorer. At youth level, he won the2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, finishing the tournament with both the golden Ball and Golden Shoe, and anOlympic gold medal at the2008 Summer Olympics. His style of play as a diminutive, left-footeddribblerdrew comparisons with compatriotDiego Maradona, who declared the teenager his successor. After making his senior debut in August 2005, Messi became the youngest Argentine to play and score in a FIFA World Cup during the2006 edition, and reached the final of the2007 Copa America, where he was named young player of the tournament. As the squad's captain from August 2011, he led Argentina to three consecutive finals: the2014 World Cup, for which he won the golden Ball, and the2015and2016 Cop as América.
Early Life of Lionel Andrés Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario as above, the third of four children of Jorge Messi, a steel factory manager, and his wife Celia Cuccittini, who worked in a magnet manufacturing workshop. On his father's side, he is of Italian and Spanish descent, the great-grandson of immigrants from marche and Catalonia, and on his mother's side, he has primarily Italian ancestry.Growing up in a tight-knit, football-loving family, "Leo" developed a passion for the sport from an early age, playing constantly with his older brothers, Rodrigo and Matías, and his cousins,Maximiliano and Emmanuel Biancucchi, both of whom became professional footballers.At the age of four he joined local club Grandoli, where he was coached by his father, though his earliest influence as a player came from his maternal grandmother, Celia, who accompanied him to training and matches.He was greatly affected by her death, shortly before his eleventh birthday; since then, as a devout Catholic, he has celebrated his goals by looking up and pointing to the sky in tribute of his grandmother."When you saw him you would think: this kid can't play ball. He's a dwarf, he's too fragile, too small. But immediately you'd realise that he was born different, that he was a phenomenon and that he was going to be something impressive."—Newell's Old Boys youth coach Adrian Cori shares his first impression of the 12-year-old Messi.A lifelong supporter of Newell's Old Boys, Messi joined the Rosario club when he was six years old. During the six years he played for Newell's, he scored almost 500 goals as a member of "The Machine of '87", the near-unbeatable youth side named for the year of their birth, and regularly entertained crowds by performingball tricks during half-time of the first team's home games.However, his future as a professional player was threatened when, at age 10, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. As his father's health insurance covered only two years ofgrowth hormone treatment, which cost at least $1,000 per month, Newell's agreed to contribute, but later reneged on their promise. He was scouted by Buenos
Aires club river Plate, whose playmaker,Pablo Aimar, he idolised, but they were also unable to pay for his treatment due to the country'seconomic collapse
Lionel Andrés"Leo"Messi(Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel ˈmesi]He is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only player in history to win five FIFA Ballon d'Orawards, four of which he won consecutively, and the first to win three European Golden Shoes.He has won 29 trophies with Barcelona, including eight La Ligatitles, four UEFA Champions Leaguetitles, and five Copas del Rey. Both a prolific goalscorer and a creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most official goals scored in LaLiga(349),a La Liga season and a club football season in Europe, as well as those for most assists made in La Liga and the Copa América. He has scored over500 senior career goals for club and country. Lionel Messi with Barcelona during theUEFA Super Cup in August 2015.
Personal Information
Full name:-Lionel Andrés Messi
Date of birth:- 24th June 1987(30 years @2017)
Place of birth:-Rosario, Argentina
Height:- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position:- Forward
Country:- Argentina
Club:- Fc Barcelona
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