Messi

Liones Messi

Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina, the son of Jorge HoracioMessi, a factoryworker, and Maria Celia Cuccittini, a part-time cleaner. His family, fromher father has Italian ancestry because his great grandfather Angelo Messi, who lived in the cityof Ancona, and moved to Argentina in 1883. It has two brothers named Rodrigoand Matias as well as a sister called Mary Sol.39 Also, two of hiscousins ​​(MaximilianEmanuel Biancucchi) are also players. With just five years ago, Lionel Messi took his first steps in Grandoli, a neighborhood club a few blocks from hishome, south of the city of Rosario, Argentina. The club was run by his father, Jorge.40 In 1995, Messi began training in the lower divisionsof Newell's Old Boys, 40 club with which he won the Friendship Cup in Peru in 1997. At the age of 11, was diagnosed with a deficiency ofgrowthhormone. The Club Atlético River Plate, at the time of the First Division Argentinashowed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to payfor treatment, which was priced at $ 900 per month. Carles Rexach, the Barcelona coach, noticed the talent of Messi and he had relatives in Lleida,Spain, being able, with hisfather, starting a viaje.36 Barcelona signed him after watching him play, then offering to pay the expensivetreatments if he was moving to Spain. His family moved to Barcelona where he began playing with youth teams. He currently plays for the Bacelona