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Lionel messi is born
LIonel messi was born on June 24th in 1987 and is 30 years old -
GHD
Messi suffered from Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD). It is a medical condition in which the body does not produce enough growth hormone Messi moved to Europe from Argentina as Barcelona offered treatment for his GH Deficiency -
His Young Career Starts
On the 8th of February , he started to play with the Newell's Old boys when he was just 8 years old. He was on the academy team -
Barcelona
He joins FC Barcelona has a 13 year old on the Academy team -
Unofficial debut
He made his debut on this day in 2003. He played against FC Porto in a friendly match -
First official leaugue match
Lionel Messi plays his first official match professionally at just the age of 17!! -
First goal
Messi gets his first goal for Barcelona and his first goal as a pro. He is also the youngest player to ever score for Barcelona. -
NATIONAL TEAM
ON his National team debut , Argentina were playing hungary. He was subbed on 18 minutes into the second half but got a red card after 47 seconds of being on -
Starter
First time he ever started vs Real Zaragoza -
First injury
This is the first time he ever suffered an injury and it was an injury in his left hamstring. -
THE BEST
This is the first time he is considered the best along with Cristiano Ronaldo who he has dueled out with since. -
10
Changed his jersey number to to the legendary number 10. MOST better players where the number 10. -
Antonella Roccuzzo
This is his current girlfriend -
GOLDEN BALL WINNER
Messi won his first golden ball of his current 4. The golden ball is the award for the best player for that calendar year. He won 3 straight which is 2010 2011 2012 until Ronaldo won in 2013 -
200 goals
First person to reach 200 goals by age of 24 -
Messis son
HIs son thiago is born -
91 goals
91 goals in a one calendar year. -
3 golden balls
HE was the first to win 3 golden ballsin a row -
World Cup
He took his team all the way to the World cup final. They had chances to win but unfortinately in Over time of the final game, Germany scored and Won instead of Messi and Argentina. -
MOST goals in champions league
He has the most goals ever in the champions league which is now 74
