Lionel Messi

Lionel "Leo" Andres Messi Cucitini (Spanish: Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi; [4] born June 24, 1987) is a football player currently playing with Barcelona and the Argentine national team. He plays as an attacker and as a wing. He is considered one of the best footballers of his generation, [5] [6] [7] and is even rated as one of the best historically [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] The best player in the world at the age of 20 and 21 and won the age of 22. [14] [15] [16] [17] His style of play and skills were compared to that of Diego Maradona, who himself declared that Messi was his "successor". [18] [19]
Messi began playing football at an early age and his abilities were quickly discovered by Barcelona. Rosario left Newell's Old Boys team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, and Barcelona offered him treatment for a lack of growth hormones. In his first appearance in the 2004-05 season, he broke a record for his team's youngest player scoring a league goal. He was honored, but the biggest honor for him was Barcelona's win in the league's first season with the League Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the Champions League in 2006. It started in the 2005-2006 season by joining the first team, and in the 2006-07 season He scored three hat-tricks at the Clasico and finished the season with 14 goals in 26 games. The 2008-09 season may have been one of his most successful seasons. Messi scored 38 goals and played a key role in the trophy: the League Cup, Spain and the Champions League. In the next season 2009-10, Messi scored 47 goals in all competitions, to match Ronaldo's previous record with Barcelona. And surpassed this figure in the 2010-11 season with 53 goals in all competitions.
Before the start of the 2015/16 season in Europe Messi had won with Barcelona seven Spanish league titles, four Champions League titles, and scored in the final, against Manchester United in the Champions League final in 2009 and 2011. Although he was not on the pitch when Barcelona beat Arsenal in the Champions League final of 2006, he won the medal. After scoring 12 goals in the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League, Messi became the third player (after Gerd Muller and Jean-Pierre Baban) to be the top scorer in three successive seasons of the European Cup. However, Messi is considered the first to win the Champions League title for three consecutive years after the Champions League change in 1992. [20]
Messi was the top scorer of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2005 with six goals, including two in the final. Shortly thereafter, he became an important player in the Argentine national team. In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the World Cup and won the silver medal at the Copa America the following year. In 2008, in Beijing, he won his first international title, the Olympic gold medal, with the Argentine national team, the most important achievement with the first team Argentina led the final match in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but the Argentine team finished second place and silver medal After the loss to the German team with a score of 0-1 after the final match extended to two more and Messi won the award of the best player in the tournament, [21] in late June 2016 and during the Copa America Centenary became Messi's historic goal of his country. [22] Before he retired from the team a few days later after losing to Chile on penalties on June 27, 2016, [23] before returning from his decision later.

Messi was born on June 24, 1987, south of the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, to parents Jorge Horacio Messi (born 1958), a worker in a factory, and Celia Maria Cochitini, a cleaner, [24] [25] His father's family is of Italian origin, and in particular to the city of Ancona, from which his grandfather emigrated, Angelo Messi, in 1883. [27] [28] He has two older brothers, Rodrigo and Matias, as well as a sister, Maria Sol. [29] At the age of five, Messi began playing football for a local club run by his father Jorge called Grande. [30] In 1995, Messi moved to Newell's Old Boys in the city of Rosario, his hometown. [30] Discovered in the eleventh century that he suffers from lack of growth hormones, [31] River Plate showed his desire to include Messi, but his administration lacked the money to pay for the treatment of his condition, $ 900 per month. [26] Messi drew the attention of Carlos Rexasch, the sports director of Barcelona, ​​who heard his talent through a call from Messi's relatives in Larda, Catalonia, and the Messi family got a chance to play for Barcelona. He moved with his father to Spain, [26] So startled that they offered the Messi family to move to Spain in exchange for the cost of treatment. [30] Based on this, the family moved to Europeا

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After the departure of Ronaldinho from the club, Messi inherited his shirt number 10. [65] On 1 October 2008, during the Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk, Messi scored two goals in the last seven minutes, after coming on as substitute for Thierry Henry, to overturn a 0-1 win to Barcelona 2-1. [66] The next league game was against Atletico Madrid, a match described as a friendly battle between Messi and his close friend Sergio Aguero. [67] Messi scored a free-kick and made another one as Barcelona advanced by winning 6-1. [68] Messi scored two more impressive goals against Sevilla by scoring a 23-meter (25-yard) shot and then rolling the ball around the keeper and scoring from a narrow angle to the other. [69] On December 13, 2008, in the first Clasico of the season, Messi scored the second goal in the 2-0 win over Real Madrid, [70] and won the second place in the 2008 World Player of the Year award at six hundred and eighty-eight points. [16] ]
Messi scored the first hat-trick (three goals in one match) for 2009 in the King's Cup against Atletico Madrid, which Barcelona won 3-1. [71] Messi scored two more important goals on February 1, 2009, taking a substitute in the second half to help Barcelona to defeat Racing Santander with a score of 1-2, after they were 1-0, and the second goal was the number 5000 goal of Barcelona in the league. [72] In the 28th round of the Spanish league, Messi scored his 30th goal of the season in all competitions, helping his team to win a 6-0 win over Malaga. [73] On April 8, 2009, he scored twice against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, setting a personal record with eight goals in the tournament. [74] On April 18, Messi scored his 20th goal of the season by beating Getafe 1-0, allowing Barcelona to keep the six-point gap at the top of the league table from Real Madrid. [75]
Towards the end of the Barcelona season, Messi scored two goals, culminating in a 6-2 win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. [76] This was considered the toughest defeat for Real Madrid since 1930. [77] After scoring every goal, Messi ran towards the masses and machines Filming and raising his shirt and displaying another shirt written by Síndrome X Fràgil, ie "Fragile X syndrome", to show support for children suffering from this disease. [78]
Messi coached the goal of Andres Iniesta in stoppage time against Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final to send Barcelona directly to face Manchester United in the final. Messi won the first King's Cup on May 13, scored a goal and made two more, in a 4-1 win over Athletic Bilbao. [79] He helped his team win the double by winning the Spanish league. On May 27, Barcelona helped to win the Champions League by scoring the second goal in the 70th minute, giving the team two goals. It also became the first scorer in the Champions League and the youngest in the history of the tournament with nine goals. [80] Striker and best player for the figures, ending an amazing year in Europe. [81] The victory brought Barcelona to the throne of the King's Cup, the Spanish league and the Champions League in a single season, [82] and this was the first time that a Spanish club won the 

The 2010-11 season
On 21 August 2010, Messi scored a hat-trick in his first start of the season in a 4-0 win over Sevilla in the Spanish Super Cup to help Barcelona secure their first title this season after losing the first leg to a 1-3. [119] He also started his season with a goal, scoring only three minutes after Racing Santander on August 29, 2010. He then continued his brilliance in the Champions League group match against Panathinaikos, scoring two goals, making two more and scoring twice.
On September 19, 2010, Messi suffered an ankle injury due to the deliberate intervention of defender Atletico Madrid's Tomasz Oivalushi in the 92nd minute of the third round match at the Vicente Calderon Stadium. At first sight, Messi was feared to have suffered an ankle fracture that could have kept the player out of action for at least six months, but MRI showed the next day that he had been twisted into the inner and outer ligaments of his right ankle only. [120] "The intervention on Messi was brutal," said teammate David Villa after seeing the shot. He also said he believed Atletico defender "did not intervene to hurt Messi." [121] The incident caused media attention on a large scale and put the discussion of equality in the protection of all players in matches.
After Messi's return, he scored a 1-1 draw against Real Mallorca, scored two more goals in the Champions League against Copenhagen and helped the team win 2-0 at home. [122] He continued his record of impressive goals against Antilles against Zaragoza and Sevilla. After a productive October, he started scoring in November in a 1-1 draw away to Copenhagen and a win against Getafe outside the ground. [123] In the next match against Villarreal, he scored a superb goal with Pedro, giving Barcelona a 2-1 , Before scoring another goal for Barcelona to win 3-1. It was the seventh game in a row that Messi scored, breaking his previous record. He scored 50 goals in the 2010 calendar year with the first goal, while with the second goal he achieved the same goal again, this time because he scored goals wearing a Barcelona shirt in 2010. Messi scored his second hat-trick for this season against club Almería, to lead Barcelona to an exciting win eight points to none off the ground, and was the second goal is the number 100 goal in the Spanish league. [124] He scored his ninth consecutive game (the tenth game involving friendly against Brazil) in a 3-0 away win over Panathinaikos. [125]

Season 2016-17
Before the start of the 2016-17 season, Messi joined the Barcelona squad for Dublin to play the 2016 World Cup, although his holiday was not yet over. He preferred to join the team in his preparatory matches. [247] [248] ] Messi took part in all three trophies, which Barcelona won two games (against Celtic and Leicester City) and lost the other (against Liverpool). On August 10, Messi scored two goals in the Joan Gamper Cup 2016 match at Camp Nou against Sampdoria, Italy, which ended with a 3-2 win over Barcelona. [249] He won the Man of the Match award to become the first player in the history of the tournament to win the Man of the Match three times. Messi took part in the Spanish Super Cup 2016 on August 14 and 17, scoring one goal and making two crucial passes in the two matches. The trophy was lifted by Messi in the absence of captain Iniesta, who was injured in the first leg, the first time Messi held a cup as captain of his team. On August 20, Messi scored two goals in Barcelona's first league match against Real Betis, which ended with a 6-2 win over Barça. [250] On 13 August, Messi scored a hat-trick in Barcelona's Champions League debut against Celtic at the Nou Camp, his sixth hat-trick in the Champions League. [251] On 17 September, Messi scored two goals against newcomer Liganes in the Botarque Stadium in a 5-1 match. Four days later, Messi suffered a thigh injury in the home game at home against Atletico Madrid, who was out of action for three weeks.
On 15 October, in his return from injury, Messi scored a goal against Deportivo La Coruna two minutes after entering substitute for Bosquetas in the 54th minute. [252] On 19 October, Messi scored a hat-trick against Manchester City in the third round of the Champions League group stage matches, [253] and is his seventh trophy in the Champions League. On October 22, Messi scored two goals in a match against Valencia in the Mestalla Stadium, one penalty in the 94th minute. On November 1, Messi scored his only goal in the second leg match against Manchester City on the land of the last, which ended 3-1. On November 6, Messi scored a goal and made another in the Barcelona match against Sevilla in the stadium of Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, which ended with the victory of Barcelona with two goals for a goal. [254] On November 23, Messi scored two goals against Celtic in the fifth round of group matches in the Champions League and ended the game 2-0. On 27 November, Messi scored his only goal in Barcelona's 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad in the Liga. On December 6, Messi scored his 10th goal in the Champions League in a match against Borussia Monchengladbach, Barcelona's last group game, and the match ended 4-0.
On December 10, Messi scored two goals in the Barcelona match against Osasuna on the land of the latter, which ended 0-3. On December 18 and in Barcelona's last game in 2016, Messi scored one goal and made another in the Catalunya derby at Camp Nou, where Barcelona won four goals. On January 5, 2017, Messi scored his only goal with a free kick in the first leg of the 16th round of the King's Cup against Athletic Bilbao in San Mames. On January 8, Messi scored his only goal against Villarreal in the ceramic court with a free kick in the 90th minute, ending 1-1. On 11 January, Messi scored for Barcelona in the knockout round of the 16th round of the King's Cup against Athletic Bilbao with a free kick that ended the match 3-1. On January 14, Messi scored a goal in the home game against Barcelona at Las Palmas, which ended 5-0, his first goal against the latter. On January 22, Messi scored a goal in the Barcelona game against Ibar on the land of the latter, which ended 0-4. On January 26, Messi scored a penalty goal and made two goals in the second leg match of the King's Cup quarter-final against Real Sociedad in the Camp, which Barcelona won 5-2. On 29 January, Messi made Barcelona's only goal in a match against Real Betis on the last leg, with a goal of one. On February 1, Messi scored a shot from outside the penalty area in the semi-final of the King's Cup against Atletico Madrid in the Vicente Calderon Stadium and finished with a 1-2 to Barcelona.The team ]