born June 24, 1987), commonly known as Lionel Messi, is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for the club team Barcelona and the Argentine national soccer striker position. Considered one of the best players of all time and is the best player in the world in his age [3] [4] [5] [6] He is also the owner of many titles noble as the European Golden Ball 2009 [7] [8] [9] [10], the best player of the FIFA 2009 [11], FIFA Golden Ball in 2010 [12], 2011 [13] [14 ] and 2012 [15]. His play was compared to the legendary Diego Maradona, who consider Messi as heir of his. [16] [17] Messi began playing football since he was young and his talent was spotted by club Barcelona. He left his hometown club Newells Old Boys in 2000 and the family moved to Barcelona after the European proposal he supported the cost of treatment of growth hormone deficiency. Having made his debut in the 2004-2005 season, he broke the record for the youngest player to play La Liga and became the youngest player to score in this tournament then. The title has come to Barca right in the first season that Messi La Liga championship and they won the double when the La Liga championship and cup C1 2006 season. 2006-07 breakout season him: to become important players in the first team, scoring a hat-trick in El Clasico match and finished the season with 14 goals in 26 games. 2008-09 season was the most successful season of Messi when he scored 38 goals and became a key factor in six of the treble Catalan club. This record was later broken in the 2009-10 season, when Messi scored 47 goals in all competitions, tying the record of Ronaldo at Barcelona. He continued to surpass this record again in the 2010-11 season with 53 goals in all competitions. Since the start of play for Barcelona from 2005 until now, he has always been a key factor in the victory of the Catalan giants. Along with Barcelona, Messi has won numerous titles both large and small, including five La Liga titles, three Champions League. He did not attend the 2006 final against Arsenal, but Barca still won 2-1. He scored two goals in two finals in 2009 and 2011 Finals with rivals Manchester United. He is currently the record holder for most goals scored in a season with 53 goals for Barcelona. He also was the first to win three consecutive awards UEFA Champions League top scorer since the tournament was renamed to [18]. Messi is the 4th player won 3 gold balls, after Johan Cruyff , Michel Platini and Marco van Basten and the 2nd player receives three consecutive Golden Ball, after Michel Platini. In 2012, Messi became the first player scored 5 goals in a UEFA Champions League match, in the 7-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen. [19] Messi is the top scorer Football Championship U-20 World Cup in 2005 with six goals, including two in the final table. A long time later, he was called up to the national soccer team of Argentina. In 2006 he became the youngest Argentine to play in the World Cup and finished in second place in the Copa América 2007. In 2008, in Beijing, he got his first title at the international level Argentina won the Olympic Training Olympic gold medal.
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