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“Lionel Andrés Messi”

Lionel Andrés Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina, son of Horacio Jorge Messi, a factory worker, and Maria Celia Cuccittini a part-time cleaner. His family, from his father has Italian ancestry because of his great-grandfather Angelo Messi, who lived in the city of Ancona, and moved to Argentina in 1883. Hehas two brothers named Rodrigo and Matias also a sister called Mary Sun also two of his cousins ​​(Maximilian Emanuel Biancucchi) are also players. With just five years, Lionel Messi took his first steps in Grandoli, a neighborhood club a few blocks from his home south of the city of Rosario, Argentina. The club was run by his father, Jorge. In 1995, Messi began training in the youth ranks atNewell's Old Boys club that won the Friendship Cup in Peru in 1997. At age 11, was diagnosed with a deficiency of growth hormone. Club Atletico River Plate, Argentina's First Division, showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for treatment, which was priced at $ 900 per month. Carles Rexach, the Barcelona coach, noticed the talent of Messi and he had relatives inLleida, Spain, being able, with his father on a trip. Barcelona signed him after watching him play, then offering to pay for expensive treatments if he moved to Spain. His family moved to Barcelona where he began to play with youth teams.
Plays as a striker for FC Barcelona in the Primera Division in Spain, and the Argentina football team, which is also captain.

Since 2009 is considered by manysporting bodies, by several players, coaches and the media in general as the best player in the world. He received the award for Best Player of the FIFA Golden Ball in 2009. It is also the first winner of the FIFA Golden Ball from 2010 covers both awards. For your skill and playing style have compared it to football legend Diego Armando Maradona, who said the same Messi as his successor. Messi hasbroken several records with FC Barcelona, ​​since it is the third leading scorer in club history and is among the 10 foreign players with more games played with the Blaugrana shirt. In addition to the national of Argentina, since 2005 also has the Spanish.

Leo Messi started playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by the Football Club Barcelona. Rosario left whenI joined the Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys moved to Europe at age 13 with his family, where the Barcelona offered to pay the costs of its hormonal disease (900 USD per month). He made his first team debut for FC Barcelona in December 2003 in a friendly match against FC Porto coached by Jose Mourinho. However his debut in official party arrived the following year, in the 2004/2005 season in aleague match against RCD Espanyol. Messi this season became the youngest player in Barcelona in a game of First Division Spanish League (16 years). Barcelona went on to win the league 2004/05 and the following year the club managed the double by winning the Champions League 2005/06 UEFA. His breakthrough came in 2006/07, where it became part of the picture holder, scored a hat-trick in El Clasicoagainst Real Madrid, ending the season with 14 goals in 26 games. The 2008/2009 season was his breakthrough as world player of the moment, Barcelona get the treble this season, and Messi scored a total of 38 goals. In 2009/2010 scorers Messi got some historical records, scoring 47 goals all season, of which 34 were in league competition. This ended up taking the Golden Boot and matching the recordscorer Ronaldo in the season 1996/1997.

Messi is a prominent player in the Argentina, where he currently serves as Team Captain. In 2006 he became the youngest player in the Argentina to attend a World Cup, which won second place in the Copa America 2007. In 2008, the Beijing Olympics, won his first international honor, a Gold Medal

Hat-tricks games he scored 3 goals or more:

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