Messi

Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. In this moment , he plays with Futbol Club Barcelona in Spain, and also for the National Argentine soccer team (senior). But now, I’m going to tell you how his whole soccer career started. Lionel Messi was five years old when he started playing at a club called Grandoli, in which his father was the coach. At eight, he went to Newell’s Old Boys (youth soccer club). He was later identified with a Growth Hormone Deficiency at eleven years of age. River Plate wished to play with him, but they didn’t have enough money to pay for Messi’s treatment(₤500). On the other hand, FC Barcelona could pay for it, so they made a deal with him. Messi was sent to Spain with his family, so he could play there with FC Barcelona’s youth teams. He played there for a while. Then, he became the youngest player that scored a goal for Barcelona (at seventeen), but the record was broken by Bojan Krkić (Spanish player, also in FC Barcelona) in September 2007. In 2005, in the Under-20 World Cup, Messi won the prize of best player of the tournament. Argentina also won that tournament with Lionel Messi. (some goals by Messi)(goal by Messi, takes 5 players, including goalie)

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