1. LIONEL MESSI By: Sami Damico

2. Biography Lionel Messi was born on June 24 th, 1987 Le gusta jugar al fútbol. Lionel Messi es talentoso. He started playing soccer when he was eight years old. At a young age, he suffered a disease that made it hard for him to grow. His medication wasn’t cheap, and Messi’s parents couldn’t pay for it, but Barceleona offered him to play with them when he was thirteen because he was so good at soccer. He decided to play with Barcelona and the team paid off his medical bills. He technically wasn’t allowed to play with Barcelona until he was sixteen, so he trained with the team until he turned the required age. His first game he played for Barcelona was when he was sixteen and he has played with them ever since. He made the record book by being the youngest player to ever score a goal.

3. First Accomplishment Messi won player of the year for 2012, on January 8 th, 2013, awarded by the FIFA league. This is his fourth time winning the award. The four times he won this award were in the following years: 2009, 2010, 2011, and now 2012. He beat out Andres Iniesta and Christiano Ronaldo for player of the year. The previous record for the amount of goals in one year was 40, but in 2012, Messi broke that record. He now holds the world record for 91 goals in one year.

4. Second Accomplishment In 2007, Lionel Messi scored an outstanding goal against the team of Getafe. This goal was very similar to a goal Diego Maradona made back in 1986. Messi made this goal by weaving his way through four defenders and going around the goalie. He made a fake pass to the left, and then shifted the ball to the right, driving the ball towards the net. The goalie fell for his fake pass to the left, giving Messi time to go around him on the goalie’s right. Today this goal is considered as one of Messi’s best goals he ever made.

5. Legendary Messi is an exquisite soccer player and he works hard to be the best he can be in the sport He’s inspirational because he is very humble and never boasts about how good he is. He is legendary because for the past four years in a row, he has been voted player of the year by FIFA. Magazines and Websites already call him a legend such as http://bleacherreport.com/ and www.espnstar.com. http://bleacherreport.com/www.espnstar.comhttp://bleacherreport.com/www.espnstar.com He is only at the age of twenty five and he has received over 30 individual awards. Just recently he broke a 39 year old record. The record was for scoring the most amount of goals in a year. His skills on the field are just beyond words and he is still very young, so we will be seeing much more of Lionel Messi.

6. Websites www.espnstar.com www.euronews.com www.youtube.com http://bleacherreport.com www.messi.com/ www.biography.com www.globalpost.com

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