Lionel Messi´s biography. Members: Axel Perl, Sol Rosen, Felicitas Somoza, Milena Mosquera Course : 1F Year: 2014

Lionel Messi Full name: Lionel Andrés Messi Nickname: Leo Parents: Jorge Horacio Messi, a factory worker, and Celia María Cuccittini Date of birth: 24/06/1987 (Age 27) Place of birth: Rosario Nationality: Argentina Height: 169 cm. Weight: 67 kg. Position: Forward T shirt: 10 Selection: Argentina

Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, also known as Leo Messi is an Argentine footballer and Olympic medalist of Italian descent who also holds Spanish nationality since 2005.

In 1995, he went to train in the ranks of Newell's Old Boys, the club with which he won the Friendship Cup in Peru in At eight years he was diagnosed with a deficiency in growth hormone, which prevented him from having a development normal physical. The treatment was very expensive and their parents could not afford it. Leo Messi was discovered by FC Barcelona. He left the Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys of Rosario to move to Europe with his family, where the Catalan club expenses you paid for your hormonal disease (USD 900 per month).

In 2009/2010 managed to score 47 goals this season, 34 of which were in the league competition. He won the Golden Boot equaling Ronaldo's record scorer in 1996/1997 season. Lionel Messi received the October 29, 2012 the Golden Boot, the award recognizes the top scorer of the European leagues. The 50 goals scored in 37 games in the season makes him the second time in the continental scorer, something we already got two seasons ago when he scored 34 goals.

Messi's first goal for Barcelona Messi's first goal with the selection Argentina

Records It's been 10 years since that October 16, 2004 in which a small player with the number 30 on the back came on as the Catalan derby football match between Barcelona and Espanyol past goals in a year, an absolute record When the season had been ended Messi as the best scorer in a single season in the history of European football with 72 goals, surpassing the 67 goals of the German Gerd Müller. But the Argentine did not stop there and kept getting marks in 12 months seems difficult magic that can be overcome. In 2012 Messi surpassed the South American record of 75 goals the Brazilian Pelé achieved in 1958 and later established the absolute mark of the world since, with 85 goals, the "Bomber" Müller since With a goal against Valladolid Messi left the record 91 goals in a single year, 79 T and 12 Barcelona Argentina.

2.- Four-time winner of the Golden Ball Not only is the only player to be recognized as the best player in the world four times, but did so in four consecutive years. Beyond the controversial election of 2010, when he surpassed his peers in the Barcelona World Champions with Spain Iniesta and Xavi, Messi's statistics, both individually and securities, those years were spectacular. 3.-Increased number of consecutive games scoring in The League In the season Messi managed one of the most difficult marks for any player to score at least one goal in 19 consecutive games. It is, he scored against each of the teams in the top division of the League.

.4.- Top scorer in the history of Barcelona First he surpassed 232 goals in official matches Caesar then leave behind the mark of 369 goals set Paulinho Alcántara between 1912 and 1927, adding friendlies. Messi has 389 goals for Barca shirt. 5.-Top scorer for Argentina in a year In 2012 Messi also responds to critics who accused him of not paying the selection of Argentina. Messi equaled the record of 12 goals in a single year of Gabriel Batistuta. 6. Golden Boot with most goals in Europe The number of goals achieved in the Spanish League also allowed him to be the top scorer in European football, setting a new record since the award was established since 1998, the previous record of 47 was held by Georgescu from the season

7.- Most goals scored in a season in La Liga That season he scored 50 goals and had surpassed the mark set last year Cristiano Ronaldo Most goals scored in "Classic" against Real Madrid The Argentine beat countryman Alfredo Di Stefano as the top scorer in the history of this match with 21 points. 9.- Four times top scorer in the Champions League Since the season until 2012 Messi was the top scorer of the highest international competition in Europe. 10. Most goals scored in a Champions League match He became the first player, and so far only, to score five goals in one match of the Champions League.

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In Barcelona

In the selection Argentina