lionel messi biography in english

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His full name is Lionel Andrés Messi. Messi who was born 24 June 1987 is an Argentine soccer player and now participates for La Liga's Barcelona and the Argentine national team. Messi is regarded as one of the best and famous soccer players of his generation, by the age of 21, has received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations.

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Messi started playing soccer at very early age and his latent was rapidly acclaimed by Barcelona. Making his first appearance in the 2004-2005 season, he broke the La Liga record for the youngest soccer player to take part in a league game, and the youngest to make a league goal as well.

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In 2005 he became the latest teen superstar of Argentine soccer. Lionel Messi was chosen as the player of the tournament at under-20 World Cup on the year; played his first game for the Argentine national team; and made his first goal with the professional team FC Barcelona.Messi was almost immediately being compared to an earlier hero of Argentine soccer, Diego Maradona. He was a member of Argentina's 2006 World Cup team. He assisted Barcelona win an uncommon triple in 2009: the Copa del Rey, Spain's La Liga championship, and also the Champions League.Lionel Messi has been given countless praised from Argentinean coach Diego Maradona in spite of their defeat to Spain. Maradona stated that he was pleased with the Barcelona striker performance on the field.

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On the occasion, Maradona asserted, "The match wasn't brilliant but the team responded well against the champions of Europe. It works for me because the team reacted very well. "Messi played marvelously well, and little by little he is becoming the leader of the team. It is what I want and it is what I hope for."

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Lionel Messi was born in Rosario city on June 24, 1987. He started playing football at the age of five for Grandoli, a club coached by his father. Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys in 1995. At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. Every month Messi required treatment for the illness that cost over 500 Pounds. River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for his treatment. FC Barcelona was made aware of Messi talent. After watching him play, Barcelona signed him and offer to pay for the medical bills if he was willing to move to Spain.

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Messi is a player with exceptional quality. He is highly creative, and has the skills to take on defenders with ease. He is a versatile left-footed player who can play either in the middle or on either wing, or even as a centre forward. Messi makes up for the lack of height with his speed and agility. His sudden changes in pace make him a true problem for the defenders. In addition, his accurate powerful shot make him truly unique in free kick and corner situations. He has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, and indeed Maradona himself named Messi his "successor".

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In club football, Messi made his debut against Espanyol on October 16, 2004, becoming the third-youngest player ever to play for FC Barcelona and youngest club player who played in La Liga at that that time (a record broken by team mate Bojan Krkic in September 2007). He scored his first senior goal against Albacete Balompié on May 1, 2005. Messi was 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old at that time, becoming the youngest player to ever score in a La Liga game for FC Barcelona until 2007 when Bojan Krkic broke this record.

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Messi won the Under 20 World Cup in Holland with Argentina. He was crowned the leading goalscorer and voted best player in the tournament. Aged 18 years, he had become one of the hottest properties in the world game. Shortly after, he made his first full international appearance in a friendly against Hungary. In 2005, José Pekerman called Messi up to the senior Argentine national team. He made his debut on August 17, 2005 against Hungary. He was sent off in the 63rd minute, just 40 seconds after he came in as a substitute. The referee found Messi to have elbowed defender Vilmos Vanczák, who was tugging Messi's shirt. He left the pitch disappointed and in tears.

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Since then, Lionel Messi has developed into a more complete and mature player. There are still many years left in his career. Everyone is waiting for him to emulate Diego Maradona success by guiding Argentina to win the World Cup again.

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lionel messi top 50 goals

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While many FC Barcelona football tickets are bought by those wanting to see the marvels of Ronaldinho and Eto'o at the Nou Camp, one of the most exciting young players to regularly grace the line up of FC Barcelona is the Argentinean player Lionel Messi.

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While highly regarded in the Nou Camp, his profile has been lower than the two previously mentioned players until now; but perhaps the beginning of the end of his relative low-profile happened last week when he scored an amazing goal in a match against Getafe in the Copa del Rey - the King's Cup.

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The match - in which Barcelona beat Getafe 5-2 - saw two goals from Messi, as well as Xavi, Eto'o and Gudjohnsen, but it is the Messi's first goal in particular that people are talking about nearly a week after the event.

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In an almost move for move reproduction of Maradona's "goal of the century" against England in the 1986 World Cup semi-final - English fans will never forgive Maradona scoring off a handball in the same match, dubbed by Maradona himself as "the hand of God" - Leo Messi received the ball from Xavi, beat a total of five Getafe players and then knocked the ball past the goalkeeper into the net, running a distance of 63 metres in doing so.

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Naturally Messi is being compared with Diego Maradona, to whom he dedicated the goal, and if you watch the two goals side by side the similarities are eerie.

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Although Messi's star is currently shining bright, the future for the young player was at one time looking bleak. Diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency when he was eleven years old, a time when the Argentinean economy was in meltdown, neither his family nor the club that had expressed an interest in him, Club Atletico River Plate, were unable to afford the treatment.

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However, his family jumped at the chance of starting a new life in Spain when Catalan giants FC Barcelona stepped in with an offer that included all medical expenses and he quickly flourished in Barcelona's youth team. Since becoming a first team regular he has become a firm favourite and puts his talent to good use against some of the top teams in the league, including arch-rivals Real Madrid.

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Although the comparison with Maradona unfair at this early stage in his career, providing Lionel Messi can remain motivated and injury free then he could easily join the ranks of the football greats.

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I must preface this article with a preamble context: that I am ardent supporter of Lionel Messi, and have been for four years now. Not eons, but since Messi started playing first team football for Barcelona, I tipped him for the Ballon d'Or and he surely has not disappointed.

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I have, time and time again, watched and analyzed Messi play, looking at nuances of the subtle side of his game, his tenacity, the intuition in positioning himself, his speed, and for the several times Andres Iniesta has not been on the field, his ability to serve as the sleek Xavi mate on the midfield. He truly is one of the most talented footballers this generation has seen on the field.

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And yet, Messi has his weaknesses. His game, just like Achilles, remains imperfect in this sense: he sometimes does not try as hard and does not work as hard enough.

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And this came out so strongly and clearly in Barcelona's 3-1 loss at the San Siro. We all know Messi to be the fearless runner into defenders, as one of Barca's most active players. Someone who, when dispossessed will immediately be back on his feet, winning the ball and forcing defenders to make errors. Barcelona's win over Arsenal at the quarterfinals of the Champions league comes to mind. He single handedly dismantled the Gunners, making them pay for every error they made.

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However, during Inter's game, Messi ran just over 8220 M, a below average performance and less than any player who played for the full 90+ minutes. No doubt Inter has some stifling defense and that the Argentine was keenly marked, but the Messi we know who beats his markers with his slender and sleek dribbles, won just a single foul outside his realm, the 18 yard mark. He indeed spent most of the game in a peripatetic style withdrawn on the midfield. Statistics showed he completed fewer successful passes than five of his mates, a relatively poor show from the reigning World Player of the Year.

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South Africa World Cup 2010 is around the corner and fans from all over the world can't wait to watch current soccer stars go head-to-head during the much anticipated tournament. On June 11th 2010, South Africa the host country will kick-off the tournament against Mexico which will be the first game of group A which is composed by South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, and France. Although millions of fans are expected to watch the opening ceremony, many more are expected to be glued to the TV on June 12th which is the day Argentina will play its first game of the tournament against Nigeria. The reason for the increase in viewers is not because this is a classic, but because of Argentina's young star Lionel Messi.

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At merely 22 years old, Lionel Messi has been named the best soccer player in the planet already and has won championships with his current team Barcelona FC.

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Lionel Messi is a small mid-fielder with heart of a lion. He is only 5 feet 7 inches making his ball handling skills and noticeable lower body strength a sight for sore eyes for the hard-core soccer fans. His soccer skills are so impressive that has been compared to the Argentinean legend Diego Maradona. Messi moved to Europe with his family at an early age, and his soccer skills were developed by Barcelona FC. In the 2004-2005 Spanish soccer league (La Liga) Messi was the youngest player to debut in a team in La Liga and the youngest to score a goal in an official game in La Liga.

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Although the Argentinean national soccer team struggled to qualify for this summers World Cup, all eyes will be on this team because its heart and soul is named Lionel Messi.

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Argentine player Lionel Messi was voted the best player in the world for the third year running when he was awarded the FIFA Ballon d'Or award in Zurich, Switzerland. This is only the second year of the award's existence after the FIFA and France Football Magazine merged their Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or awards.

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Messi joins the ranks of Frenchman Zidane and Brazilian Ronaldo to be voted Player of the Year three times, as well as Michel Platini, the current UEFA president, who won the old Ballon d'Or three years straight. The latter said that Messi needed to add a World Cup trophy to be considered the best of all time.

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Messi received the support of 48 percent of the votes, with his teammate Xavi Hernadez on 9%. In second place was Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the 2008 Player of the Year, but whose style is very different from the modest Messi.

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After receiving the award Messi wanted to thank the other players and staff at FC Barcelona, including the coach Pep Guardiola who was awarded the Coach of the Year trophy ahead of Sit Alex Ferguson of Manchester United and Jose Mourinho of Real Madrid. Ironically Guardiola has been tipped to replace Ferguson at Manchester United next season.

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Messi went on to tell the gala's audience that he wanted to share the award with Xavi as he considered that he deserved it as much as he did and how much he enjoyed playing along side him. Contrast that with Ronaldo, who you could never imagine thanking anyone for anything.

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Ferguson was also keen to add on the praise, saying that Messi was as good as any other player and could play in any generation of football. He also praised FC Barcelona, who undoubtedly benefit from having Leo Messi on their side.

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Lionel Messi was born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1987 and joined FC Barcelona in 2000 at the age of 13. He suffered a hormone problem as a child which prevented him from growing normally and the economic crisis in Argentina at the time meant neither his parents nor his club at the time could afford the treatment. Part of the deal with FC Barcelona was that they foot his medical bills in for treatment in Spain.

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Messi is a firm favourite with fans for his thrilling football and but his success hasn't gone to his head at all; he always comes across in interviews as being unassuming and modest, clearly something many other footballers could learn from.

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