Lionel Messi

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His full name is Lionel Andrés Messi. He was born in 24 June 1987,
so he is 27 years old. He is just 169 centimetres tall. In 2000 he
moved with his family to Europe. He began playing foolball at
young age and his potential was quickly Barcelona. He is
considered to be one of the best football players of his generation.
Making his debut in the 2004-2005 season, he broke the La Liga
record for the youngest footballer, and also the youngest to score a
league goal.
Messi was the top scorer
with six goals, including
two in the final game of the
2005 FIFA World Youth
Championship. Barcelona
won with Messi’s debut
UEFA Champions League
in 2006. His breakthrougth
season was in 2006-07,
finishing with 14 goals in 26
league games. Perhaps his
most successful season was
in 2008-09 season in which
scored 38 goals to play an
integral part in a treble
winning campaign.
His father, Jorge Messi, was working in
factory. His mother, Celia, was a part-time
cleaner. At the age of 11, he was
diagnosed with a growth hormone
deficiency. The sporting director of
Barcelona signed him after watching him
play.
 Since 2008, when he was 20,
Messi has been in a Messi and Roccuzzo have two sons: Thiago
relationship with Antonella (born 2012) and Mateo (born 2015). To celebrate
Roccuzzo, a fellow native his partner's first pregnancy, Messi placed the
of Rosario. He has known ball under his shirt after scoring in Argentina's
Roccuzzo since he was five 4–0 win against Ecuador on 2 June 2012, before
years old, as she is the confirming the pregnancy in an interview two
cousin of his best friend
since childhood, Lucas weeks later.
Scaglia, who is also a
football player. After
keeping their relationship
private for a year, Messi first
confirmed their romance in
an interview in January
2009, before going public a
month later during a
carnival in Sitges after the
Barcelona–Espanyol derby.
In 2006 he played his first worlds’cup with
his selection, Argentina. He played well but
they didn’t win. In August 2007 he played
America’s cup where Argentina lost in the
final, against Brasil.
After winning the
2009 UEFA Super
Cup, Barcelona
manager asserted that
Messi was probably
the best player he had
ever seen. On 18
September, Messi
signed a new contract
with Barcelona,
running until 2016.
Messi took his goal
tally to six goals in
seven games in La
Liga.
On 19 December, Messi
scored the winner in the
final of the 2009 FIFA
Club World Cup against
Estudiantes. Two days
later, he was given the
FIFA World Player of the
Year award; beating
Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi,
Kaká and Iniesta to the
award. On 17 January
2010, Messi scored his
100th goal for the club in
the 4–0 victory over
Sevilla.
 His friends in the
team have always
claimed that he is a
very good football
player,a very good
person. When he
arrived at the 1st
team they helped
him, now is his shift,
he helped his friends
in the difficult
moments.