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Birth
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Lionel Messi
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First touches with the ball
Lionel Messi was born on June 24 1987 in the city of Rosario in Argentina's Santa Fe province. Lionel felt the lure of the ball at the early age of 5, when he began to practice at a club in his hometown Grandoli . In 1997 (he had 7 years) started playing football in the youth club Newells Old Boys also of the city of Rosario. -
Problems...
The promising youngster underwent a routine medical control to enter the Atletico River Plate (1998), that was when she was diagnosed delayed growth (development of bone structure) due to a shortfall in production growth hormone.The cost of medical treatment could not face the humble family economy of the Messi family. Soon after, due to the economic crisis that the country seems Lionel's father decided to emigrate to Spain to accept a firm job offer taking his wife Celia and her children. -
His way..
In September 2000 visit 13 years the facilities of FC Barcelona to audition. The then coach of the lower divisions, Carles Reixach, was amazed by the potential of the kid, not lost its technical quality and eye for goal and that's when Barca entity decides to sign an agreement with the boy, by which undertake to pay all of your medical treatment (Messi measured 1.40 meters).
