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Lionel Andrs Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljonel andes mesi] (born 24 June1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays in La Liga for FC Barcelona and captainsthe Argentina national team, mainly as a forward.

Messi received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by theage of 21, and won in 2009 (2009 Ballon d'Or and 2009 FIFA World Player of theYear), 2010 (2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or) and 2011 (2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or). He also wonthe 201011 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. His playing style and smallstature has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi ashis "successor."Messi began playing football at a young age and his skill and potential was soonrealized by Barcelona. He left Rosario-based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in

2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for hisgrowth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 200405 season, he broke histeam record for the youngest footballer to score a league goal. Major honours soonfollowed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's debut season, and won a double ofthe league and Champions League in 2006. His breakthrough season was in the200607 season; he became a first team regular, scoring a hat-trick in El Clsicoand finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games. Messi then had the mostsuccessful season of his playing career, the 200809 season, in which he scored38 goals to play an integral part in a treble-winning campaign. This record-breakingseason was then eclipsed in the following 200910 campaign, where Messi scored47 goals in all competitions, equalling Ronaldo's record total for Barcelona. He

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surpassed this record again in the 201011 season with 53 goals in allcompetitions.Messi has won five La Liga titles, three Champions League titles, scoring in two ofthose finals, against Manchester United in both 2009 and 2011. He was not on thepitch as Barcelona defeated Arsenal in 2006, but received a winners' medal fromthe tournament. After scoring 12 goals in the 201011 Champions League, Messibecame only the third player (after Gerd Mller and Jean-Pierre Papin) to top-scorein three successive European Champion Clubs' Cup campaigns. However, Messi isthe first one to win the Champions League top scorer titles for three consecutiveyears after Champions League changed its format in 1992. Messi is the fourthfootball player to win three Ballon d'Ors, after Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini andMarco Van Basten and the second player to win three consecutive Ballon d'Ors,after Michel Platini (however, two of his Ballon d'Ors are FIFA Ballon d'Ors, whichhe won consecutively).

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Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six

goals, including two in the final game. Shortly thereafter, he became an establishedmember of Argentina's senior international team. In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at theCopa Amrica tournament the following year. In 2008, in Beijing, he won his firstinternational honour, an Olympic gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic footballteam. At international level Messi scored 19 goals in 66 games.

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Messi was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, to parents Jorge Horacio Messi, a

factory steel worker, and Celia Mara Cuccittini, a part-time cleaner. His paternalfamily originates from the Italian city of Ancona, from which his ancestor, AngeloMessi, emigrated to Argentina in 1883. He has two older brothers named Rodrigoand Matas as well as a sister named Mara Sol. At the age of five, Messi startedplaying football for Grandoli, a local club coached by his father Jorge. In 1995,Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys who were based in his home city Rosario. Atthe age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. Localpowerhouse River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not haveenough money to pay for treatment for his condition, which cost $900 a month.Carles Rexach, the sporting director of FC Barcelona, had been made aware of histalent as Messi had relatives in Lleida, Catalonia, and Messi and his father were

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able to arrange a trial. Rexach, with no other paper at hand, offered Messi acontract written on a paper napkin. Barcelona offered to pay for Messi's medicalbills if he was willing to move to Spain. Messi and his father moved to Barcelonawhere Messi enrolled in the club's youth academy.

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