Lionel Messi. He is a big and famous soccer star, who is wanted on many national soccer teams. You may know him from the soccer team know as Argentina, or by the big national team Barcelona. He is loved by many Argentina fans for establishing records for goals scored and won individual awards en route to worldwide recognition as the best player in soccer. The famous number 10 is Messi’s number. Also (http://www.biographyonline.net/sport/football/lionel-messi.html, 2014)
Some facts about Messi are that he was born on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina. When Messi was eight years old, he was recruited to join the youth system of Newell's Old Boys, a Rosario-based club. Although he was the smallest one there, he didn’t let that get to him.
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Despite his height, 5ft 7in, he is a renowned soccer player; anywhere you travel, chances are they have heard about this great soccer player. At the age of thirteen, he was given a chance to show Barcelona coach Carles Rexach what he is made of. Carles was extremely impressed at what he saw, so he offered Messi a contract to come and play for Barcelona, (which the contract was actually written on a paper napkin!) that also included the treatment for Messi in Spain. Messi moved with his father to Barcelona and became a part of the FC Barcelona youth academy. Messi became a star in his new country, scoring and leading his club to the championships. Messi progressed through the ranks and was given his first appearance in the 2004/05 season becoming the youngest player to score a league goal. In 2006, he was part of the double winning team which won both La Liga (Spanish League) and Champions League. By the next season, in (2006-07) at the age of just 20, Messi was the first choice striker and a key part of the Barcelona team – scoring 14 goals in 26 league games. This was only done once before by the number one player at the time; Christiano Ronaldo. Now Messi is known as the world’s