Messi marked his return from injury in style at the Copa del rey match against Getafe. The manger of the FC Barcelona first team Gerardo Martino had placed the football magician on the bench only to introduce him 26 minutes to the end of the match due to messi’s to help boost his recovery from an injury that hindered him from playtime and performing jis magic on pitch.
We(MPN) would mark our 2014 comeback with the profile of Lionel Messi as our gift to you all.
Profile of Messi
The 26 year old Argentine born player playing at FC Barcelona , Spain, is regarded by his footballing peers as one of the greatest footballer that ever – messi is still alive and four time ballon dor’ed – lived. He was born on June 24, 1987 at Rosario, Santa fe Province, Argentina to a working class family. His father Jorge Horacio Messi was a factory steel worker and his mother Celia Maria Cuccillini a cleaner.
Lionel began playing at a tender age with rich talent in the football aparent. However, at age 11, he was diagnosed with Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD), – this was a condition that stunted growth and require exensive medical treatment, including the use of the drug Human Growth Hormone.
His fullname is Luis Lionel Andrés Messi.
At age 5, Messi started playing for ‘the Grandoli’, a local club coached by his father. By the time he was eight, he was playing for Newell’s Old boys. The group was immensely talented, which was visible from the fact that they lost just a single match in the four year run period – the group was popularly known as “the machine of ’87” just for their sheer interest and talent for the game. Despite Lionel Messi being immensely talented he was not offered help by the local clubs – River Plate were also interested in messi – who in fact were not willing to pay for his treatment. Barcelona Sporting Director Carles Rexach watched him play, offered him a trial at FC Barcelona – impressed offered Lionel a contract (written in paper Napkin!) which included paying for messi’s treatment in Spain. At Age 13, Messi crossed the Atlantic with his father Jorge Messi to Barcelona, Spain, and was immediately enrolled at prestigious FC Barcelona youth academy.
Messi kick-started in 2000 when he joined the Under 14s, making spectacular progress as he climbed the age ranks of the different youth team and then Barça C, followed by Barça B and the first team in record time.
“Within a short span, he became the only player to play for five different teams.”
It was in the 2003/2004 season he made his first-team debut – aged 16 – in a friendly with Porto – that marked the unveiling of the new Dragao Stadium. His first official match appearance was in Barcelona’s derby win against RCD Espanyol (0 – 1) at the Olympic Stadium in October 16, 2004.
With first team players seriously injured, the services of several reserve teams players were called upon, and Lionel became a regular feature of Barca squads. On May 1, 2005, he became the youngest player ever to score a league goal for FC Barcelona – against Albacete Balompié when Messi was only 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old (the record was beaten by Bojan Krkić).
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