Origins of "The Flea"

Lionel Andrés Messi was borned in Rosario, Argentina. (June 24, 1987.) At his 11 years was diagnosed of deficiency of growth hormone, Barcelona Team makes contact with him at his 13 years old and they payed all the cost of the he treatments of his disease. 

He has a relationship with Antonella Roccuzzo and in the 2012 they had a son "Thiago Messi." 


Career

Newells Old Boys (1994 - 1999)
According Rosarina Football Association, played at lower Messi Newells until age 12 before being taken to Barcelona FC.

FC Barcelona (2000 - 2003) 
Messi played in Barcelona's junior teams  between 2000 and 2003 (37 goals in 30 matches in Cadete A)
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Football Club Barcelona (2003-2004) 
Messi made ​​his official debut for pre first team on November 16, 2003 (at age 16), in a friendly match against Porto. He made his debut in a competitive match against RCD Espanyol on 16 October 2004 (at age 17).


Season 2005-2006 
In December, the Italian magazine Tuttosport awarded him the Golden Boy award for best young player in Europe, beating Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo. The press highlighted the performance of Argentina in the eighth of final of the Champions League against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Season 2006-2007 
Also, Lionel Messi was labeled as the "new Maradona", replicating Maradona's most famous goals during the season. The April 18, 2007, he scored two goals in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey against Getafe FC, one of which was very similar to the more famous Maradona goal against the England team in the World Cup 1986 in Mexico , and is known as the Goal of the century.


Season 2007-2008 
On 27 February, Messi played his 100th game for Barcelona against Valencia.
Messi was nominated for a FIFPro World XI award under the category of Forward.

Season 2008-2009
 On February 1, 2009, Messi made ​​history club Barcelona as the author of the number 5000 in League goal for FC Barcelona. On May 27, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome got along with his teammates his second Champions League against Manchester United.  Messi, just not noted for their height, put the final 2-0.
That same year he received the Golden Ball awarded by the sports magazine France Football and recognizes him as the best player in the world in 2009, the first Barca squad to do so.

Season 2009-2010
Became the top scorer of Barcelona in this competition with both its number twenty five.
Messi finished the season with 34 league goals, also taking the Pichichi Trophy and the Golden Boot
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Season 2010-2011 
  Lionel Messi scored his 131 goal for Barça.
In December he was nominated as candidate for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, this being his fourth consecutive nomination to get the award. Finally Messi was awarded the 2010 Ballon d'Or Messi became the youngest player to win the award twice in a row.

Season 2011-2012 
On March 7, 2012, for the first time in his career, Messi scored 5 goals in one game, the first player who succeeds in the Champions League in its current name is.
After the failure of F. C. Barcelona in the Spanish League and the Champions League, Messi curled a new record high on May 2. This result, he placed as the top scorer and winner of the Golden Boot with 50 goals in a single league. As Messi became the first player in getting over a Golden Boot (two) and Golden Ball (three), in the history of football.

Season 2012-2013 
The October 27, 2012, Messi got his 300th official goal as a professional.
On January 7, Messi received in Zurich for the fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or, which has never happened in the history of football.
Messi was consecrated third Pichichi Trophy winner time and again won the Golden Shoe, becoming the first and only player so far in getting this award three times
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Charity

Social and Humanitarian Work 

In 2007, Messi founded the "Leo Messi Foundation." The goal of this foundation is to assist children and adolescents in situations of risk. (Vital, Social, etc.)


The foundation aims to work on actions at national and international level, with institutions developing similar projects with the ideals of the Foundation, focusing on education and health.

Through it, Lionel has built playgrounds, renovated or rehabilitated charities and sports, etc..

The Leo Messi Foundation Lionel born consent with full support of his family, with the idea that all children have equal opportunities to realize their dreams. These are the fundamentals topics that moves the Messi Foundation, which, since 2007, are working tirelessly to carry out its mission.


One in ten children of Rosario (Argentina) are helped by this foundation.


http://www.fundacionleomessi.org official website.

His Contribution

Contributions:






Messi is a person who has helped a lot on the subject of "charity", some of these contributions are:


1) Solidarity Messi: donates 80,000 euros to Rosario.


2) Messi donates 70,000 euros through his foundation to improve the "Parque del Mercado"     (Rosario,Argentina).


3) Lionel Messi arrives in Haiti to help earthquake victims. (Unicef​​)
   Messi was named ambassador of UNICEF on March 11, where he expressed his joy to collaborate.
   "I hope to help all children who need our help", sayd Lio.


4) Messi opened a playground in a hospital in Barcelona.


5) Through his foundation, Lio opened a playground in a hospital in Catalonia.
    


SportsPeople In His Carrer


Tito Vilanova: The coach of Barcelona in the 2012-2013 season was one of the first coaches
in his youth. Tito trains Messi in the first team, at which broke records as the mark in 19 consecutive dates of the League of Spain.



Frank Rijkaard: Barcelona coach from 2003-2008, was the one who believed in Lio skills when he was only 17 years and allowed his debut in the first team.



Josep Guardiola: He says that Lio is the best player of Barcelona. He allowed him to participate and win the 2008 Beijing Olympics and recognized that it was best player in the world.



Ronaldinho: Ronaldinho supported Lionel in his early career and for that reason he became a role model for Messi, who always recognized the great admiration for his predecessor.


Jose Manuel Pinto: He is known for his role inside the dressing room, one of the most social players and he helps Messi to join the rest of the squad.



Cesc Fabregas: another great friends of Leonel Messi inside the Catalan costume. Cesc and Lionel were teammates at his origins in Barcelona.

"Our opinion"

Opinion:

We think that Messi is a model to follow because he went ahead with a serious illness and, he helps children and people who have a variety of difficulties in Argentina, he is a member of the UNICEF. He is the best in the world, playing with skill and hablities, he has shown us how to be a humble man.


A admirable man.