On June 24, 1987 Lionel Andres Messi was born. Lionel Andres Missi is a Argentine soccer player he is best known as the La pulga “the flea’’ is consider to be the best soccer player in the world. Messi life has not always been full of happiness and joy. At age 11 his life started to change when he was diagnosed with a rare and unique condition. The condition he was diagnosed with is called is best known as Growth Hormone Deficiency. Growth Hormone deficiency is a condition that hardly anyone is diagnosed with. This condition what it means is that the body doesn’t develop the way it has to. As in the age of eleven Messi was around four feet with two inches. For a normal eleven year old kid this height was not normal at all. Lionel height was …show more content…
Although Messi knew that he had a condition to face he never let his condition get on the way of his dream. Although many people doubt that Lionel would get any far to being a professional soccer because of his height. Although he had to work hard work to accomplish his dream he showed the rest of the world that everything is possible no matter the condition you have. Over time Messi showed people people that he was the best soccer player. He Showed people that he was a far better than any other soccer player such as Pele. To be better than Pele was a really good accomplishment. Pele is a very famous Brazilian soccer player. He was considered to be the best soccer player of all time until Messi was discover and started to show the world that he was superior to Pele. Lionel Messi started his professional career as a soccer at age of sixteen . At the age of of sixteen he made his first appearance in the Barcelona. His appearance in the club of Barcelona was just the beginning of his future. Later on new opportunities came to him. In May 1, 2005 he he set record as the youngest soccer player to score a goal for Franchachis. He also was elected to play in the Under 20 world cup with his native country