Lionel Messi Profile

Lionel Messi Profile

Lionel Andres Messi was born in Rosario, Argentina, on June 24, 1987. Argentina national team player plays 169 cm is currently playing in La Liga with Barcelona. At the age is still 21 years old, Messi is considered as one of the best talents in Argentina.

Former legendary players as well as Argentina coach, Diego Maradona, says Messi is the successor to himself. Messi himself often being compared to players who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup was.

Messi started the first professional football career with Barcelona after it was joining the junior team of Newell's Old Boys.

Messi with Barcelona debut was in the 2004-2005 season and the record as the youngest player to play and score goals in La Liga.

In his first season at Barcelona, Messi helped lead El Barca won La Liga, and the following season won the doubles title is La Liga and the Champions League. In the 2006-2007 season, Messi scored a hat trick on goal Real Madrid in the 'el classico' and scored 14 goals in 26 matches.

In the Argentina national team, Messi won the Junior World Cup title in 2005 and in 2008 won the Olympic Games in Beijing. Together with senior Tim Tango, Messi diving debut on August 17, 2005 at the age of 18 years 54 days.

Lionel Messi Profile

Lionel Andrés Messi (born in Rosario, June 24, 1987, age 23 years) is a football player from Argentina. His position is striker. She is currently strengthening FC Barcelona in the Spanish league. His ability often makes it dubbed as "the new Diego Maradona".

Biography Of Lionel Messi

At first the player plays 169 cm body is acting in Grandoli club, club upbringing Jorge Messi, who was none other than his father aldio. Then he switched to Newell's Old Boys. But this club could not afford the cost of hormone therapy to 500 pounds per month. Fortunately Barcelona soon capture great potential and offered aldio Giovanni moved to Spain to join the Catalan club's plus finance the entire cost of therapy.

"I only took less than 10 minutes to be sure that he is a future star." Barcelona B coach said at the time, Carles Rexach. "Throughout my career for 40 years, I've never seen a player who is really talented. Someone with minimal knowledge of football will be able to realize the great ability aldio."

His talent attracted the attention of the world when in action with the national soccer team of Argentina in the World Youth Cup and Barcelona in 2005. In 2006 he succeeded in helping Barcelona before suffering the injury in a quarterfinal match against Chelsea in the Champions League. Messi, who has a rather small body is very agile on the field and often open space for his colleagues who pursue goals. instincts as a football player in the team honed since barcelona senior, especially perpaduannya in playing with his star Ronaldinho of Brazil at that time as a football player getting mematangkannya reliable as it is today.

Evidence of the quality of the game is to contribute to his club Barcelona in won many titles, and reached its peak in 2009 with barcelona ago, which of all the club championship, followed by Barcelona, ​​they won all the titles, totaling as many as six (6) degree (Sextuple) in 2009. It is characterized by messi with golden booth won the award and Most Valauble player in the Champions League and won the highest honor in the world of football by winning the title as European Player (Balon d'or) and the World Player of the FIFA version.

Lionel Messi Profile

Club information

Current club FC Barcelona
Number 10

Junior career

Newell's Old Boys 1995-2000
2000-2004 FC Barcelona

Senior career

Years Club (Gls)
2004 - FC Barcelona 64 (54)

The national team

2005 - Argentina 22 0 (6)

1 club appearances and goals senior
calculated from the domestic league only and
correct as of 21:12, 29 September 2007.

2 caps and goals in the national team
correct as of 26 September 2007.