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Biography of Leonel Messi

Beginnings

Lionel Messi was born in Santa Fe Province on June 24, 1987. At the age of five, he

started playing football forGrandoli, a club coached by his father. In 1995, Messi

switched toNewell's Old Boys.[2]At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth

hormone deficiency.[3]River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have

enough money to pay for the treatment of the illness, which cost over 500 a month. As

Argentina's economy was collapsing, Carles Rexach, then sporting director ofFC

Barcelona, was made aware of Messi's talent, and Barcelona signed him after watching

him play,[4] offering to pay for the medical bills if he was willing to move to start a new

life in Spain.[2] His family moved with the young player to Europe and he starred in the

clubs youth teams.[4]

He soon found himself starting for the Barcelona B team, averaging more than a goal

per game, by scoring 37 goals in 30 matches.

Barcelona debut

In October 2004 Messi made his official debut for the first team against RCD Espanyol,

becoming the third-youngest player to ever play forFC Barcelona. When he scored his

first senior goal for the club against Albacete Balompi on May 1, 2005, Messi was 17

years, 10 months and 7 days old, becoming the youngest to ever score in aLa Liga

game for FC Barcelona.

Argentina U-20

Messi was offered the chance to play for the Spanish national side, but he declined,

preferring to wait for the opportunity to play for the country of his birth. In June 2004

he got his chance, playing in an under-20 friendly match against Paraguay.

In June 2005 Messi played in the U-20 team that won the Football World Youth

Championship inNetherlands, picking up the Golden Boot as top scorer with 6 goals,

and the Golden Ball for the best player of the tournament. Despite his youth, Lionel was

already being compared to Diego Maradona, one of the greatest football players of alltime. On June 27, FC Barcelona renewed his contract until 2010, establishing a selling

clause of 150 million (which happens to be 30 million more than his teammate in

Barcelona, Ronaldinho).[2][5]

International debut

On August 4,Jos Pekerman called him up to the seniorArgentine national team. He

made his debut against Hungary being put in in the 63rd minute, but was sent off after

just 40 seconds, because the referee Markus Merkfound he had elbowed the defender

Vilmos Vanczkwho was tugging Messi's shirt, and left the pitch in tears. The decision

was heavily contested as Maradona even claimed the decision was pre-meditated. [6][7]Messi then had his first realinternational debut on September 3 in Argentina's 0-1

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World Cup qualifieraway loss against Paraguay playing the last eight minutes of the

match.[8] Ahead of the match he had said "This is a re-debut. The first one was a bit

short"[9]

2005-06 season

Messi obtained Spanish citizenship on September 25 and was finally able to make his

debut in this season's Spanish First Division. He had previously been unable to play

because FC Barcelona had filled their quota of non-EU players. Messi's first home

outing in the UEFA Champions League came on September 27 against Italian club

Udinese.[10] He impressed with some great passing and a seemingly telepathic

relationship with Ronaldinho that earned him a standing ovation from the 70,000-odd

Nou Camp faithful.[11] In December of that year, the Italian newspaperTuttosport

awarded him the Golden Boy 2005 title for the best under-21 player in Europe, ahead of

Wayne Rooney, Lukas Podolski, and Cristiano Ronaldo.[12]

Messi netted 6 goals from 17 league appearances and scored 1 Champions League goalfrom the 6 games he featured in. His reputation for big match temperament was helped

by performances in Barcelona's important away leg victories against Real Madrid and

Chelsea in the league and Champions League respectively, each considered his best of

the respective campaign.[13][4] Messi's season ended prematurely on March 7, 2006,

when he tore a muscle in his right thigh during the second leg of the second round

Champions League tie against Chelsea.[14]. Barcelona ended the season as champions of

Spain and Europe.

World Cup 2006

The injury that kept him from playing for two months at the end of the 2005/06 league,

jeopardized his presence in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Nonetheless, Messi was selected

in the Argentina squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on May 15, 2006. He also played

in the farewell match against the Argentinian U-20 team for fifteen minutes and a

friendly against Angola from the 64th minute.[15][16]

Messi witnessed Argentina's opening match win against Ivory Coast from the bench

because the manager Pekerman wanted to shield him from the pressure.[17] In the next

match against Serbia and Montenegro, he came on as a substitute forMaxi Rodrguez in

the 74th minute. In doing so he became the youngest player to represent Argentina at a

World Cup. He assisted Hernn Crespo's goal within minutes of entering the game andalso scored the final goal in the 6-0 victory. This goal made him the youngest scorer in

the 2006 World Cup and the sixth youngest scorer in World Cup history, Pelbeing the

youngest.[18] Messi started in Argentina's following 0-0 tie against theNetherlands as a

forward. Fellow strikerCarlos Tevez and he were not allowed any space by the Dutch

defence, which prevented him from causing any damage and he was substituted in the

69th minute.[19]

In the following game against Mexico, Messi came on as a substitute forJavier Saviola

in the 84th minute, with the score tied 1-1. He scored a goal, which was controversially

ruled offside. Argentina proceeded to win the game 2-1 in extra time. [20] Messi

controversially spent the entire quarter-finals match against Germany, which Argentinalost in a penalty shootout, on the bench.[21]

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2006-07 Season

Messi maintained his reputation as a big match player when he tricked Brazilian full

backRoberto Carlos making him fall over and break a finger during one particularly

deft move.[22] His 89th minute equaliser away to Werder Bremenwas pivotal in

Barcelona's qualification to the Champions League knock out phase. Messi had anotherlong lay off with a broken metatarsal which kept him out for 3 months.[23]He sustained

the injury in a game against Real Zaragoza on November 12, after tackles from Alberto

Zapaterand Albert Celades.[24]On 5 January2007, Spanish newspaperEl Mundo

Deportivo reported that Internazionale president Massimo Moratti was planning a 71

million bid for Messi;[25] however, Moratti denied any immediate plans to sign Messi in

an interview posted on Internazionale's official website.[26] He made his return against

Racing Santander on the 11th of February, where he came on as a second-half

substitute.[1] On March 10, 2007 he scored a hat-trickagainstReal Madrid inEl

Clsico, with his third goal coming in injury time to earn 10-man Barcelona the draw 3-

3 at home to Real Madrid. Messi was the first player to score a hat-trick inEl Clsico

since Ivn Zamorano did it for Real Madrid in the 1994-95 season, and the firstBarcelona player to do it since Romarioscored three against Real Madrid in the 1993-

94 season, and against Recreativo he scored again. This was his 7th goal. He scored

again against Deportivo, from a wonderful pass from Ronaldinho. This was his 8th goal

in the 2006-07 season. A wondeful solo goal against Getafe CFin a La Liga game on

April 18th further reflected Messi's footballing similarity with Diego Maradona, and has

further forged the youngster as one of the hottest prospects in the game.

El Golazo

Messi shortly before scoring the goal.

On April 18, 2007, Messi scored two goals during a Copa del Reysemifinal againstGetafe CF, one of which was very similar to Maradona's famous goal against England at

the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, known as the Goal of the Century[27]. Messi's goal

is already considered a major contender for the best goal of the year. The world's sports

press exploded with Maradona comparisons, and the Spanish press labeled Messi

"Messidona". He ran about the same distance (62 metres), beat the same number of

players (six, including the goalkeeper), scored from a very similar position, and ran

towards the corner flag just as Maradona did in Mexico 21 years before. A video of the

goal can be seen here

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