- Born Luis Lionel Andres Messi on june 24 1987 in Rosario Argentina.
- Parents: Jorge and Ceclia Messi.
- Joined the Newell's old boys youth team at the age of 8.
- Diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency.
- Joined Barcelona at the age of thirteen because his parents couldn't afford to pay his medical bills.
- Played in the youth team from 2000 to 2004.
- Made his debut on October 16 2004 against espanyol at the age of 17, wearing jersey number 30.
- He obtained his Spanish citizenship on 26 September 2006.
- He was the youngest player to play in la liga until 2007.
- He came to limelight in 2005, at the age of 16, after making his first appearance for Barcelona and scoring.
- He converted two penalties that help Argentina to beat Nigeria for the youth championship in 2005.
- He made his first champions league debut on September 27 2005 against udinese.
- He scored a Maradona's kind of "HAND OF GOD" against Espanyol.
- He drew comparison to Maradona's 1986 world cup "goal of the century" against England in 2006, beating six Getafe players including the goalkeeper to score.
- He was nominated for fifpro world XI award in 2007.
- He wore jersey number 19.
- He was also nominated for the world best player in 2007, but came second behind C Ronaldo.
- He was nominated for 2007 Ballon D'Or, but came third behind Kaka and Ronaldo.
- He scored his first hat rick in 2007 in an El classico match breaking a 12 years record by Ivan Zamorano of Real Madrid.
- He scored 14 goals in 2006/07 season.
- He played his 100th official game for Barcelona on on February 2007.
- He failed to score against Manchester united who beat Barcelona and went on to win the champions league.
- In 2008/9 season, he wore jersey number 10.
- He scored the 5000th Barcelona goal.
- He scored one the four goals that won Barcelona copa del Rey against Athletic Bilbao on may 13 2009.
- He won the champions league on 27 2009/10 season.
- He won the footballer of the year 2009.
- He also won Uefa club forward, and footballer of the year 2009.
- He scored 38 goals at the end of 2009/10 season.
- He won uefa super cup in 2009.
- He also won the 2009 world club cup.
- He was ranked the most paid la liga player alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
- On April 6 2010 he scored his first 4 goals against arsenal.
- He broke Rivaldo's record as the all time greatest champions league goal scorer for Barcelona.
- He equalled Ronaldo's record of 34 goals for a single season.
- He played his 200th official match for Barcelona on august 24 2010.
- He won la liga's best player of the year award.
- He also won the world best player 2010.
- He won the spanish super cup 2010.
- He won the world club cup and (MVP) respectively in 2011.
- He won the Ballon D'Or beating his team mates, Xavi and Iniesta.
- On February 2012, Messi made his 200th appearance for Barcelona.
- On march 20 2012, Messi broke the all time leading goal scorer record of Cesar Sanchez. (232 goals)
- On April 3 2012, Messi broke Van nistelrooy's 12 goals in a single champions league season record.
- On May 2 2012, Messi broke Gerd Muller's record of 67 goals in one season with a hat-trick against Malaga.
- On 26 may 2012, Messi won Copa del Rey.
- He made Champions league top scorer with total of 14 goals.
- On November 11 Messi took his goal tally to 76, beating Pele's (1958) record of 75 goals in a calendar year.
- On 9 December 2012, Messi scored 2 goals against real Betis to beat Gerd Muller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year. (40 years record)
- At the end of 2012, Messi scored a total of 91 goals, setting a new record.
- On January 2013, Messi won the Ballon D'Or for 2012, making it four consecutive times.
- Messi finished 2012/13 season as the highest goal scorer. Scoring a total of 46 goals.
- Messi lost the uefa European best player for 2012 to Frank Ribery.
- On march 16 2014 Messi became Barca's all time leading goal scorer, beating Paulino Alcantara.
- On march 23 2014, Messi became top El clasico goal scorer, with hat-trick against Real Madrid.
- He had about two months goal drought.
- Messi ended the season with 41 goals.
- On 16 may 2014, Messi signed a new deal with Barcelona.
- Lionel Messi's Argentina lost the 2014 world cup to Germany.
- He won the 2014 world cup golden ball.
- He has a girl friend named, Antonella
- Leo Messi has a son named Thiago.
- He tattooed the boy's name and hand print on his left calf.
- Leo is a UNICEF good will ambassador.
- He also has his own charity foundation.
What really makes him unique isn't his talent and achievements. It is his humility, I mean, his ability to remain humble, even when he has all it takes to be proud.
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