Lionel 'LEO' Messi Biography





Lionel Andrés Messi, better well-known by Leo Messi, or simply Messi, is an Argentine soccer player who plays like mediapunta or forward by the right in the FC Barcelona of the First Division of Spain and the selection of Argentina. He was born in (Rosary, Santa Fe, Argentina, 24 of June of 1987).

Beginnings With hardly five years, took his first steps in soccer in the club of their district, Grandoli, where it had like trainer his father, Jorge. Two years later it began to train in the inferior divisions of Newell's Old Boys, where it played until 2000. Enrique Domínguez, who was his trainer, declared time later: “I directed it in 1999, but he knew it from the school soccer, when it was seven or eight years old. And with the ball pibe made things against the physics. To only that I saw him make the plays thus it went to Maradona”.To the eleven years it was rejected in River Plate, since a hormonal disease was detected to him that it affected its growth and whose treatment cost nothing less than 900 dollars monthly by three years. During a year and means, the social work of the company in which his father worked helped to resolve the expenses, although soon the economic panorama complicó. He was then which Jorge spoke with relatives who live in Lérida and decided to leave to Catalonia to make more money.With thirteen years, Lionel Messi went to prove itself to the FC Barcelona, under the glance of Carles Rexach. In spite of playing with children two years greater than he, he generated a great impression, which was doubly valueable considering its problems of growth and the important physical difference that to that age this supposes. The Catalan club was offered then to pay the expensive treatment in exchange for which the soccer player was built-in to the infantile equipment, where quickly began to emphasize. Trajectory with the FC Barcelona [to publish] After happening through the different youthful categories from the FC Barcelona, Messi made debut in the first equipment the 16 of December of 2003, in a friendly party against the FC Porto. Its official party arrived the following year, the 16 of October of 2004 in a party of league against the RCD Espanyol.Messi wrote down its first goal like professional the 1 of May of season 2004/2005 against the Albacete Soccer football, to the 17 years, 10 months and 7 days, of petroleum jelly, becoming thus the youngest player in turning for Barcelona Spanish Liga of soccer.After being the great protagonist in the World-wide Glass of Sub-20 Soccer of 2005 that obtained the Argentina selection, reason by which it granted the Ball and the Boot to him of Gold, Barcelona extended its contract until 2010 and it thus established a clause to him of 150 million euros, becoming the quoted player more of history. Shortly after, the contract was extended to him until 2014 because many powerful clubs were interested in his happens after a great party that Joan Gamper the Juventus as opposed to made in the Trophy.The 25 of September of 2005 obtained the Spanish citizenship and thus Barcelona made level his fitted of extracommunitarian players (that is to say, been born outside the European Union), whom it had exceeded. Two days later de made debut in Liga Campeones as opposed to the Italian Udinese in the Camp Nou. In December, the Italian magazine Tuttosport granted the prize to him Golden Boy to the best young player of Europe, surpassing to Wayne Rooney and Ronaldo Christian. In March of 2006 it in front of suffered an injury during the return of the eighth of end of Liga de Campeones the Chelsea FC, fact that separated to him from the equipment until end of season. Until that moment, it took written down 6 goals in 17 parties in league and one in Champions, besides to be able to gain these two competitions. Very their performances against Real Madrid were remembered and in the away game of League of Champions against Chelsea FC, where Asier Of the numerous Furnace committed fouls to him does violence to systematically and.At the beginning of season 2006-2007 it made goals very important, like the one of the 27 of September as opposed to the Werder Bremen, in the second party of the phase of groups of Liga de Campeones: to a minute of the end of the prescribed time, Messi indicated the equality. Nevertheless, the 12 of November as opposed to the Real Zaragozasufrió an injury in the fifth metatarsiano that left it outside game lands during several months.Already recovered from the injury, he returned to the fields the 11 of February and the 10 of March of 2007 hat-trick in tie 3-3 became the hero of the day when completing before the Real Madrid, disputed in the Camp Nou. With Barcelona always underneath in the marker, Messi obtained the equality in minute 90, after to have played the complement with a man less due to the expulsion of Oleguer Imprisoned at the end of first half. 12 years ago that no player marked to three goals in the Spanish Derbi (the last one she had been Iván Zamorano in a 5-0 of Madrid) and thirteen years since a player did not do of Barcelona (Romário in a 5-0 of the Barça).The season followed ahead and Barcelona did not obtain any title, nevertheless would be the best season of Messi since it was marked by golazo in the Glass of the King before the Getafe, related more down. Few days after the liguera competition finalized, Messi was chosen Me jor Jugador Iberoamericano de la Liga española de fútbol.

Maradonianos Goals
In the last season Leo Messi were able to both emulate goals of Maradona against England in World-wide the 86 ', related next:The 18 of April of 2007, during the semifinals of
the Glass of the King against the Getafe in the Camp Nou, eluded to five players, including the guardameta, and marked the second goal of their equipment, that immediately was compared by 2 the world-wide press with the “Goal of the Century”, builds of their compatriot Diego Maradona in World-wide of 3 Mexico 1986. In fact, Messi dedicated to its annotation to the distant soccer player. Finally, Barcelona ended up prevailing by 5-2, with another goal his. Some think that the goal of Maradona is better than the one of Messi, since Maradona played against England and Messi against the Getafe (an equipment that does not have great level). [5]In 37ª day of Spanish Liga, the FC Barcelona faced to the Espanyol. In minute 43 of the first time the player Gianluca Zambrotta sends a center that bounces on a defender so that soon Lionel Messi, when not arriving with its head, the goal in the opposite arc of Carlos Kameni with its left hand, emulating the goal of Maradona before England, the famous “Hand of God”. After the players of the Espanyol complained with the referee Rodriguez Santiago and one their assistants Valle's Mazariegos, the referee decided to admonish to two players of the Espanyol by the protest and the goal occurred like valid. In the second Messi time it would put the 2-1 but the party would finish finally in tie.

Trajectory with the national Selection Selection of soccer of Argentina Sub-20

In 2004 declined the supply to represent the Spanish selection and decided to be player of the Argentina selection. [mentions required] In June of 2004 had his first appearance with the albiceleste t-shirt in the category of sub-20 playing a friendly party against Paraguay. I participate in the qualifying phase imposing its quality and its goals with which Argentina I classify to the match celebrated in the Netherlands. In June of 2005 it participated in the triumph of the Argentine selection in the World-wide Glass of Sub-20 Soccer of 2005 being the Gold Boot of the competition with 6 goals, and the Gold Ball like better player of the World-wide one, thus beginning its comparison with Maradona.


World-wide glass of Soccer of 2006


After its impressive World-wide sub-20, Messi was called by the Argentine selector Jose Pekerman to make debut with the absolute selection. It went in front of Hungary the 17 of August of 2005; he left to the field in minute 63 and only 47 seconds later Markus Merk was expelled by the referee to replace to a Hungarian defense after quarrels. the 3 of September would again arrive its opportunity when facing Paraguay in the phase of classification for the World-wide one of 2006.In this World-wide Messi it came after recently surpassing an injury that dragged from March. It made debut in a Glass of the World in the second party of Argentina that faced to him Serbia and Montenegro, leaving to the field in minute 73 with 3-0 in favor of the albiceleste; with the already resolute party and boring Messi an attendance of goal to Hernán Crespo revolutionized Carlos Tévez along with giving five minutes after leaving and marking the 6-0 end in the 88, becoming the sixth younger player in writing down a goal in the history of the World-wide ones. Messi returned to play against the Netherlands (0-0) and in eighth of end against Mexico leaving in minute 84 and playing all the prorogation in a the one that overcame Argentina. In quarterfinals against Germany a single minute did not play nor and Argentina was eliminated in penaltis.


Its first party was against the United States in where Argentina gained 4-1 and Messi gave an attendance of goal to Hernán Crespo and was replaced by Tévez the 79 minutes. Against Colombia it caused penalti of the 1-1 and participated in the second goal of Riquelme and was replaced by Tévez again. The party would end 4-2 in favor of Argentina. The third party against this time Paraguay Messi it entered the field the 64 replacing Esteban Cambiasso and revolutionized the party that ended 1-0 in favor of the albiceleste with goal of Javier Mascherano after a play created by the own Messi.But the best thing still of Messi would arrive to apartir of the quarterfinals in where Argentina gained 4-0 to Peru and Messi marked the second goal of the party after happens of Riquelme. In the Messi semifinals it again demonstrated his class after marking a magnificent petroleum jelly goal, very similar to first that it marked in the FC Barcelona, before Mexico in the Argentine victory by 3-0 that it gave them happens to the end of the competition. Argentine technician Alfio Basile pronucnicó that “only the geniuses are able to make a goal like which Messi did. It was necessary to close the stage”. Nevertheless Argentina lost by 3-0 the end of the America Glass in front of the Brazilians. Messi in spite of the defeat was of the best ones of the albiceleste where frame a goal that was invalidado.Goals in the Selection: 6 (to the 12 of 2007 July). International parties: 18 (to the 12 of 2006 July). Debut in the Selection: Hungary versus. Argentina the 17 of August of 2005.
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