Luis Lionel Andres Messi or Leo Messi is a professional footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and Argentina national team. He is considered as one of the greatest footballers of all the time.
About:
Messi was born on 24th June 1987 in Rosario, Argentina. As a child, Messi would accompany his two older brothers when they played football with their friends, undaunted by the older children. At the age of 8 he was recruited to join the youth system of Newell’s Old Boys, a club based in Rosario.
Remarkably smaller than most boys in his age group, Messi’s doctors eventually diagnosed him with hormone deficiencies that stunted his growth. Messi’s parents, Jorge and Ceclia, decided to have their son treated with nocturnal growth hormone injections, although paying several hundred dollars a month for the drug soon proved impossible.
Achievement:
Messi was offered to train at FC Barcelona’s youth academy, La Masia, at the age of 13 and the team covered his medical bills, Messi’s family picked him up and moved to the other side of the Atlantic house to build in Spain. Despite often feeling homesick in his new country, Messi moved quickly through the ranks of the youth system.
Messi has won five FIFA Ballon d’Or awards, four in a row, and three European Golden Shoes. He has been named UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Club Footballer of the Year twice, La Liga Player of the Year four times and La Liga Best Forward five times.
In 2010 he became Barça’s all-time top scorer in all official competitions. At the age of 24, Messi became the youngest club captain in Barcelona’s history.
In 2010 he became Barça’s all-time top scorer in all official competitions. Calendar year (91), El Clásico (26), as well as those with the most assists in the La Liga (141) and Copa América (18) tournaments.
Goals in Messi career:
Unsurprisingly, Messi scored the overpowering majority of his desires for Barcelona, netting an excellent 672 instances at some stage in his stint with the Spanish giants.
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