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Lionel Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi - FC Barcelona
Full name Lionel Andrés Messi
Nationality Argentinian
Date of birth June 24, 1987 (1987-06-24)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1?2 in)
Nickname Leo, Lio, Pulga
Position Supporting striker / Attacking Midfielder / Striker
Number 10

Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario) is an Argentine international football player who currently plays for FC Barcelona in the Primera División, and appears on Argentina's national team. Often touted in the media as New Maradona, Messi has been publicly named as his "successor" by Diego Maradona himself.

 

He is regarded as the best football player of his generation and one of the best in the history of the sport. Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21, and won in 2009 and 2010.

 

Video: Best of Lionel Messi

 

 

Lionel Messi was born in Santa Fe Province on 24 June 1987. At the age of five, he started playing football for Grandoli, a club coached by his father. In 1995, Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys. At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency.

 

River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for the treatment of the illness, which cost over £500 a month. As Argentina's economy was collapsing, Carles Rexach, then sporting director of FC Barcelona, was made aware of Messi's talent, and Barcelona signed him after watching him play, offering to pay for the medical bills if he was willing to move to start a new life in Spain. His family moved with the young player to Europe and he starred in the club’s youth teams.

 

He soon found himself starting for the Barcelona B team, averaging more than a goal per game, by scoring 35 goals in 30 matches.

 

In October 2004, Messi made his official début for the first team against RCD Espanyol, becoming the third-youngest player ever to play for FC Barcelona. When he scored his first senior goal for the club against Albacete Balompié on May 1, 2005, Messi was 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old, becoming the youngest to ever score in a La Liga game for FC Barcelona.

 

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50 comments

  1. Messi - safiu (13 Nov 2020 - 14:00)

    Mess I please help me I to become a footballer.

  2. MESSI - MESSI (15 Oct 2020 - 10:42)

    HE is THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. best player - best go (11 Oct 2020 - 12:26)

    messi is barcalona hero he is the hero,hero,hero

  4. best soccer player ever - none (1 Oct 2020 - 09:34)

    i love you i think your the best

  5. Messi - Messi (28 Aug 2020 - 08:40)

    Magical Messi
    I love u man

  6. Love U MESSI - Mustapha Odukoya (24 Aug 2020 - 08:12)

    I love u messi but I pray to be a footballer and be more than u and ur team please discuss this with ur team

  7. Messi - Messi (16 Aug 2020 - 09:54)

    I love messi but i want to be a footballer please i need help

  8. After GOD IT'S YOU MESSI - Abraham (16 Aug 2020 - 09:54)

    Since 2008 champion league i chose to fans messi till i die whether win or lose i'll forever love him. If i have a chance to see him one day, i'll never let him go unless i Touch his Boot. I'm a footballer too but due to the country i born into, my Talent can't display. I wish i was your own son messi

  9. pentar - PENTAR (10 Aug 2020 - 10:48)

    im ibn i love king messi god save the king of king messi 1 player in worl

  10. football is my passion'i want to become a footballer - john yina (25 Jul 2020 - 10:00)

    good day every body, am by name john yina, i am from Nigeria, kogi state dekina local government. I have a dream of becoming a professional footballer, playing in real madrid,and sometimes i found myself playing in juventus, without been revealed in the dream, football is my passion, i love playing football because it is an intresting sport game, i love football.i will be glad if my request should be approve of becoming a professional footballer. i am 10years old,God bless you and God bless me thanks.

  11. Lionel andres messi - Noble man (17 Jul 2020 - 08:54)

    Messi u re a best player donot hope for price inoder for u to begin a match:):);(

  12. football - Messi (15 Jul 2020 - 08:42)

    I love Messi

  13. Messi - Mohamed messi bangura (4 Jul 2020 - 18:36)

    Messi you are the best for ever your record is not eazy to broke and fell down you have win fifa and d "ond" so that why i side your record is not eazy to broke you the world best for ever and ever i respect sir may allah makes you to live

  14. soccer - obed oppong (4 Jul 2020 - 18:36)

    am a soccer player& I need a soccer club

  15. Messi - Massi’s best fan (11 May 2020 - 08:36)

    I love you messi

  16. Leo - Iionel (8 Jan 2020 - 09:54)

    Lionel you are the best player in the world. I have a problem and i want to ask you a question please permit me. Am a footballer but am not perfect like you, my name is genesis from nigeria am 16 years old my sister had a problem but we don,t have enough money please help us contact 07080552376

  17. Personality - John (9 Dec 2019 - 09:04)

    Messi sux, Ronaldo's better.

  18. The LEGEND - Ak (2 May 2019 - 08:38)

    Messi is my best player and barcelona Fc is my best club i just love ANDRES in my life and i wanna meet him one day.

  19. English - By Mr.fahaf (10 Jan 2019 - 09:54)

    I think he is my brother and I love him Messiwant to meet you anyhow

  20. soccer - little leage (4 Oct 2018 - 10:18)

    i am a BOSS!

  21. Messi for the win - BlueLagoon (21 Sep 2018 - 08:36)

    First of all you people be ashamed and learn a damn word of Englisch. Oh and I wanted to state some facts for a bit.

    Messi is the best soccer player there ever was. He isnt as arrogant as his 'eternal rival' like the journalists like to say.

    He is just playing the game to have fun and to show his grandmother and his loved one's how much he loves the game.

    He wants to win games, he does.
    He wants to win cups, he does.
    He wants to have fun, last game against psv he very much did! (Magical Messi)
    He wants to improve himself, he beats a sh*tload of records.

    There is no doubt that there isnt anyone somewhere in this multiverse as good as Leo.

    The skills, the speed, the agility, the passion and vision. The mentality and the magic. Like Ray Hudson shouts every game again on this lad, magical magic fantastical magistrel Lionel Andres Messi!

  22. hi - ayoub (13 Aug 2018 - 16:06)

    im going to cry of messi

  23. Soccer - Blake (26 Jul 2018 - 20:16)

    Messi is the best soccer player and Namar

  24. Plz select from your team - Argentina (16 Jul 2018 - 16:26)

    Lionel Messi plz select from your team l also want to be football player because that is my Dream l want to be famous I am reading of our biography plz Messi select to me in our club

  25. to best player ever - Elhasi (7 Jul 2018 - 08:14)

    Hello Lionel

    I want to communicate with you is important

    I'm sure you do not have time. Just give me a few minutes

    elhasihamza@gmail.com

  26. You are my sunshine - Vanessa Sem (1 Jul 2018 - 10:02)

    Hello Leo,
    My name is Vanessa Sem. I’m from
    USA Chicago. Ever since I grow up I love soccer. In 1997 when I first saw you in tv played FIFA World Cup, my heart was telling me like “ he is my hero”. I falling inlove with you deeply. Your personality, skills and passion in soccer made me feel so inspirational and someday I wish to meet you once day in the field. I know that Now you retire but in my dream I hope I can see you in real life and have a photo with you.

    Love you from USA.
    Vanessa Sem.

  27. The world Cup 2018 - Borhan Azemi (29 Jun 2018 - 08:16)

    The driving force behind all the soccer teams of the World Cup 2018 is anarchy as the principal dynamic of capitalism, in which each and every one team compete in order to reach to the next stage by any means- compete to stay alive or die! That's why the best-known players in these World Cup games such as Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, were constantly viciously tackled by the players of the other teams.
    That is why in this World Cup, we are witnessing that no team is able to deliver a beautiful soccer game.

    let's take a critical look at the world cup 2018 for example: The competition between Denmark and Swedish team held on June 2, 2018, both is recognized as the "most democratic" country in the most advanced capitalist-imperialist countries, and their Swedish capitalist model is constantly uphold by the rulers of these countries. We clearly saw that instead of playing a beautiful artistic game, their main goal was to win the competition through a violent game and trying to win at all costs, left and right by aiming to kick the foot of the player of the other team -and not the ball- to the detriment of the game, which made it possible to remove some of players from the game.

    The world Cup 2018 looks like a battlefield/war zone rather than a friendly playing field among human beings, taking the opponent out field by any means to advance.

  28. Passion on Soccer - Messi great fans (22 Jun 2018 - 08:26)

    do not mind whether you play within the best team or not.... do not mind whether you play against the best team or not... you just play the best you could as you love it and have passion on it. But it seem, I did not see it when you play with Croatia that end up loss with score 0-3. Please back to when you were falling in love with soccer and the live up it with passion. I always love and support you, man.

  29. Lionel Messi - Lionel Messi (4 May 2018 - 10:54)

    I'm Research you

  30. Love you - M (15 Mar 2018 - 20:12)

    Best soccer player ever

  31. Football Game - Mohamadali (7 Feb 2018 - 15:58)

    Wish to submit few valuable simple suggestions and advises for Messi's long term stable game. Surely Messi can expect
    unexpected results.

    info@alfouze.com

  32. communicate with messi - chandanbiswas8518@gmail.com (7 Feb 2018 - 08:54)

    my dear messi.my daughter deboshmita now very sick (heart problem).now she is admit narrayana hospital in india under treatment by dr. deby shetty ihave no enough money. piease heip me.help my babby.mob-01770277579(bangladeshi)









  33. Nigeria - Male (3 Feb 2018 - 17:52)

    My name is Mc Desmond From Nigeria...I want to use this little opporunity to experss my love for loe messi to me he is the best ever in this our genaration i so much love everything about him his performance,assit,pass,scoring goals,free kick every..i must say you were born with football and i love to be an F C BARCELONA FANS Up Camp Non

  34. Fan from Canberra Australia - Oscar Favelle (25 Jan 2018 - 09:24)

    Hi Messi, I am a big fan of FCB and I am six years old and my birthday is the day before yours. I have been playing football for one year and we won every game last season. I watch you on TV twice every week and my dream is to be like you one day. Tell this to the rest of your team.


    GO FCB!!!!!!
    .

  35. From a fan in Canberra Australia - Bailey Favelle (25 Jan 2018 - 09:24)

    Hi Messi, I have been playing football for four years now and I am a huge fan of yours, watching you every week. I am nine years old and my birthday is the day after yours. I would love to meet you one day and watch you play at camp nou. We won most of our games and practice every day at school and after school. My dream would be to be as good a player as you one day. I hope you have a great season and score plenty of goals.



    #GO BARCA!!!!!

  36. hello - Sammy (16 Jan 2018 - 19:58)

    hello messi ,am sammy I lyk ur style of playing in feild.

  37. Messi - DON Mesh (26 Nov 2017 - 09:06)

    Messi u ar the best footballer in the world But I don't know why u where at beach against Juventus. I love your skills Pls keep on playing for Barcelona .Am Meshack Appiah from Ghana.

  38. messi - Khris (16 Nov 2017 - 08:36)

    messi u are the best soccer player live on earth

  39. how to join football team - kyle (8 Oct 2017 - 08:36)

    Hello every one, are you a footballer, or looking for how to join team, contact us with this address [ jacksonkyle300@gmail.com ]

  40. LIONEL MESSI ,REQUEST - pizzap547@gmail.com (3 Oct 2017 - 13:24)

    dear Mr.Messi,i d like to ask you a question,this Sunday (8.03.2017)
    there will be a small football tournament in my city,woul you like to play with my team????
    BY atletico ma non troppo - COACH

  41. MESSI - Atuhaire Marvin (27 Jul 2017 - 08:44)

    Hello Messi am Atuhaire Marvin from Uganda and i really like your skills,am a footballer too though am nt perfect as you, am nw 16 BT i think if i grow up i shall improve BT i don't think dat playing in Uganda football really helps and i really wish to play football from outside Uganda BT all in all man Messi u a DA dest player i have ever seen, BIG UP MESSI

  42. Chúc mừng Messi được ký hợp đồng mới. - Messi Idol (6 Jul 2017 - 09:24)

    Chúc mừng bạn đã được ký hợp đồng với mức lương "khủng", vì bạn mà tôi đã trở nên yêu mến đội bóng Barcelona, khi chơi game PES tôi chỉ chọn đội Barcelona, tôi cũng chỉ xem trận đấu có đội Bar và tôi thích xem bạn thi đấu, có lúc tôi đã đặt cược vào đội Bar để có hy vọng đổi đời, tuy nhiên hiện tại tôi lại nợ nhiều quá, thật là thất vọng khi năm nay Bar không giành được danh hiệu nào cả, hy vọng mùa giải tới mọi việc sẽ tốt đẹp hơn. Mong có ngày nào đó được gặp bạn.

  43. Happy Birthday Leo - Mehdi Khezripoor(40 years Genetic Patient - From Islamic Republic of Iran) (26 Jun 2017 - 08:22)

    Dear Lionel Andrés,
    As I am so eager to you and you are my hero, meeting you is my only wish trough my whole life but if I have some other years to be alive. I have created a lot of posters from gathered pictures of you, I also create a biography book of you, all in all, I have done a lot of interesting works that if you see I think they affect you to some extent.
    Today I wanted to say Happy Birthday to you but I could not find any email or another contact from you...

    Yours faithfully,
    Mehdi

  44. Happy Birthday Leo - Shiv Daswani (24 Jun 2017 - 10:10)

    Dear Leo,
    Happy birthday, you are the best player in the world, you have great talent and skills. Happy birthday.


    FROM YOUR BIGGEST FAN

  45. Barca En my corason. - Aidan Flynn (24 Jun 2017 - 10:10)

    Hola messi. Desde los 19 asta los 29 super messi. 20 anos en el barcelona sin estar en otro equipo. Mas que maradona mas que pele uno solo. Tu.ronaldo,bale,benzema basura. Planeta messi.

  46. Happy Birthday - Shiv Daswani (24 Jun 2017 - 10:10)

    Dear Leo,
    Happy birthday, you are the best player in the world, you have great talent and skills, and you are really nice to your fans


    FROM YOUR BIGGEST FAN SHIV

  47. Messi - chary (23 Jun 2017 - 08:44)

    Hi, Lionel MESSI!!! My name is Chary! I am your fanat. I from Turkmenistan. We loving you MESSI!!! YOU IS BEST!
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING LEO!!!

  48. Lionel Messi - Jordan-kid (22 Jun 2017 - 07:32)

    Hi Lionel I have been playing soccer for about 6 years.and I have been your biggest fan since 6 years as long as I can remember. I didn't know if you were going to celebrate your birthday on June 24.so I felt like trying to get in contact with you on June 24 I'm going to put all the Messi jerseys on and paint my face with your name on it.Im going to try to set a party but its probably not going to work.

  49. LOVE'S WITH MESSI - PRODIP (13 Jun 2017 - 08:02)

    Hello.....Leo messi
    my name is prodip.I am a biggest fan of U , from india (west bengal).I LOVE U so much.I think you are the king of football in the WORLD....... . .........

  50. soccer - hi (10 Jun 2017 - 08:22)

    You are the best in the world and I admire you because you have been the world best player in young age a

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