Filed Under: TOP PLAYER by rudy — 1 Comment June 23, 2010
Lionel Andrés Messi was born in Rosario, June 24, 1987, age 23 years is an Argentine football player. His position is striker. Currently he strengthen Barcelona in Spanish league. Ability often makes it dubbed the “new Maradona”. Her height is 169 cm. Along with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won many titles, and reached its peak in 2009 with barcelona ago, which, from all the club championship, followed by Barcelona, they won all the titles, a total of 6 (six) degree in 2009. This is indicated by the booth Messi by receiving a golden award and the Most Valauble player in the Champions League and won the world’s highest soccer by reaching the title as Europe’s top player (B’lon d’Orr) and FIFA World Player.
Club information
Current club : Barcelona
Number : 10
Career
In 1995–2000 : Newell’s Old Boys
In 2000–2004 : Barcelona
In 2004–2005 : Barcelona B
In 2004-… : Barcelona
National team
In 2005 : Argentina U20
In 2008 : Argentina U23
In 2005-… : Argentina
Lionel Messi was born in Rosario city on June 24, 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.[5] At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency.[6] River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for the treatment of the illness that cost over ?500 a month. Carles Rexach, the sporting director of FC Barcelona, was made aware of Messi's talent, and Barcelona signed him after watching him play,[7] offering to pay for the medical bills if he was willing to move to start a new life in Spain.[5] His family moved with the young player to Europe and he starred in the club?s youth teams.[7]. Messi is known for his speed with or without the ball, his astonishing dribbling and skills, going past defenders and his finishing.
Messi made his unofficial debut for the first team against FC Porto on November 16, 2003. Less than a year later he made his official debut against Espanyol on October 16, 2004, becoming the third-youngest player ever to play for FC Barcelona and youngest club player who played in La Liga (a record broken by team mate Bojan Krkic in September 2007).[8] When he scored his first senior goal for the club against Albacete Balompi? 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 until 2007 when Bojan Krkic broke this record, a goal assisted by Messi.[9]
