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1987 Birth of Messi
Date of birth: June 24, 1987 (age 31 years)
Full name: Lionel Andrés Messi
Place of birth: Rosario, Argentina -
1997 First equipment
The first team where Lionel Messifue played Club Abanderado Grandoli.
After his passage by Abanderado Grandoli, Messi played some games with Central Córdoba.
Already in 1994, Messi began to train in the lower divisions of Newell's Old Boys, team with which he won, among other titles, the "Machine of 87", the Friendship Cup of Peru in 1997. He played in the lower categories of Newell's until 12 years old. -
Messi was rejected
In the center of the Argentine country, he made a test to play in River Plate. Messi was one of the last to show himself but with some moves it was enough for the talent scouts to realize he was a good player. The father of the 'Flea' wanted to help pay for the treatment that cost 900 dollars. The commission of minors of the millionaire table did not accept because in the infantile category pensions were not given. . -
Messi's first contract
On December 14, 2000, when Leo was 12 years old, Rexach improvised the 'contract' of the Argentine on a napkin
The famous napkin is currently on display at the Barça museum -
Messi debut with the first team
On November 16, 2003, he was condemned to be remembered in the world of football for the inauguration of Do Dragao Stadium. But that ephemeris took a back seat: that night not only was the new Oporto field presented, but also a youngster from Barça in his first match with the first team. The boy's name was Leo Messi. -
Debut in champions
Frank Rijkaard gave him the alternative in a Shakhtar Donetsk-FC Barcelona (2-0) of the sixth and final day of the Group Stage. The azulgrana team was playing, along with Milan, the first place. 12/07/2018 -
Debut in league
It was in a derby in Montjuïc, a match in which the Argentine jumped into the field to replace Deco in the 82nd minute. Few imagined then that the 17-year-old would change the history of football. -
First goal
The clash ended with 2-0 in favor of the Blaugrana, result that rounded precisely the young Argentine crack just stepped on the grass. It was a great goal (see video): raising the ball over the exit of the visiting goalkeeper, Raúl Valbuena, taking advantage of a fantasy pass by Ronaldinho. The scoreboard had opened, and the second part, the Cameroonian Eto'o, which precisely replaced Messi in the last throes. -
The first gold ball
The Barça player, prodigious footballer, gets his 22 years his first Golden Ball, after touching it in the last two years. Messi swept in the final vote. Cristiano Ronaldo, winner last year, was Silver Ball, and Xavi took the Bronze -
Messi winner of the golden boot
2009-10 Leo Messi (34 goals FC Barcelona) -
The fifth
LAST TROPHY
The last Golden Ball trophy achieved to date by Barça Leo Messi is that of the 2015 edition, delivered as usual in the city of Zurich on January 11, 2016. -
the best one reaches the four golden boots
Lionel Messi received his fourth Golden Boot in Barcelona. The Argentine took the trophy that credits him as the best scorer in Europe at the hands of Luis Suárez, thanks to the 37 goals he scored in LaLiga with the Barça squad. In the season 16-17 -
The fifth gold boot
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi received the Golden Boot that accredits him as the top scorer of the European leagues in the 2017-18 season, thanked the work of his teammates, which he considers essential to achieve so many individual awards. -
the best in the world
Given that Messi, the star of Barcelona FC, is widely considered to be one of the best footballers he has ever played, this statement might not seem too surprising. But Brundish has a set of statistics that, in his opinion, puts an end to any debate on the subject
