#2 The Barcelona signed him after watching him play then offering to pay for expensive treatments if he was

moving
to Spain. His family moved to Barcelona where he began playing with juveniles.Messi teams started playing in the
youth ranks of FC Barcelona at the age of 13 years. In them was teammate Cesc Fabregas and Gerard Pique
among others. One of his first technical was Tito Vilanova, who years later became the first coach in team.#4 On
February 15, 2015, beat Lus Figo as the player with the most goal assists in La Liga, with 106, and with a
hat trick reached Cristiano Ronaldo as the player with more triplets, with 23 in La Liga

#1 His paternal family has Italian ancestry: his great-grandfather, Angelo Messi, was born in
Recanati and moved to Argentina in 1883. He has two brothers, Rodrigo and Matas, and a sister,
Maria Sol Two of his cousins (Maximilian Emanuel Biancucchi). are also footballers. With just five
years, Messi took his first steps in Grandoli, a neighborhood club south of Rosario, a few blocks
from his home. The club was run by his padre.Posteriormente played a few games with the
Central Crdoba.En 1995, he began training in the lower divisions of Newell's Old Boys, club with
which he won Lacopa of Friendship of Peru in 1997 .#3 On January 11, 2015, he received
from the LFP trophy accrediting him as the historic scorer in La Liga.

#3 Messi had made his unofficial debut for the first team on 16 November 2003 (at 16 years and
145 days), in a friendly match against Porto, back then coached by Jose Mourinho, at the opening
of Estadio do Dragao 123 125 Less than a year later, Frank Rijkaard made his debut in a
competitive match against RCD Spanish on 16 October 2004 (at 17 years and 114 days),
becoming the third youngest player to play for Barcelona and the youngest player to debut at
Spanish club League. #2 On 25 November 2014, Messi broke another record high and
became the leading scorer in the UEFA Champions League to break the record of Raul
(71 goals) after scoring a hat trick APOEL and reach 74 goals.

#5His qualifications obtained show Lionel Messi as one of the best players ever 5 Spanish
league, five Super Cups in Spain and one Copa del Rey . International distinctions has 3
Champions League, 2 European Super Cups, Olympic Gold Medal, 1 Club World Cup, with 391
goals in 490 matches . and were runners-up in the 2014 World Cup against Germany.#1On
November 22, 2014, at Camp Nou against Sevilla with a hat trick, broke the mark of
Telmo Zarra as top scorer in the history of the Premier League, reaching 253 goals in
that competition.

#4Lionel Messi received the October 29, 2012 the Golden Boot award which recognizes the top
scorer in the European leagues. The 50 goals in 37 games he scored in the 2011-2012 season
make him a second time in the continental scorer, something we already got two seasons ago,
when he scored 34 goals.
His son, Thiago Messi Rocuzzo, he had with Antonella Rocuzzo, was
born on November 2, 2012 in Barcelona.
On January 7, 2013 Leo Messi conquest fourth
consecutive Golden Ball. He did it by beating the final vote Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta
and leaves behind Marco van Basten, Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini, the other players had three
awards.