biografia de lionel messi.

Lionel Messi

( Lionel Andrés Messi , Rosario , Santa Fe , 1987 ) Argentine footballer . Possessing exceptional technical skill , a devilish speed and inexhaustible inventiveness , since it came from the hand of their parents to FC Barcelona , with 13 years old , made a breakneck race through the ranks to the first team , which debuted with just 16 in a friendly match against Porto . In 2004 , at age 17, played his first official meeting of the Spanish League . At 18 he got his international recognition : he was part of the Argentina , World Junior champion in the Dutch Under- 20 Championship in 2005 . But the real explosion occurred with the arrival of Pep Guardiola at Barca bench : during the four seasons in which he led the team coach (2008-2012) , his goalscoring statistics reached stratospheric levels , contributing decisively to Barca lived the best phase in its history with 14 titles made ​​possible 18 . Almost unanimously considered the best player of the moment, his individual talent has been recognized in four consecutive years with the Golden Ball (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 ) .

Leo Messi

Known as Leo or Flea, pointed his immense quality and when he was five and played in the club in his hometown neighborhood run by his father , an employee of the metallurgical industry , and was reaffirmed when , after seven years began playing in the lower divisions of Newell 's Old Boys of Rosario .

At 10 years old , about to make the jump to club River Plate in Buenos Aires , he detected a delay in bone development caused by a low level of growth hormones , medical treatment was very expensive , the clubs would not cope and his father, who did not have the necessary financial resources , decided to emigrate with his family to Barcelona , where he had presented a job opportunity . In September 2000 , Leo performed a test on the FC Barcelona , the coach Carles Rexach was amazed by their football talent and indeed signing a contract on a paper napkin , as the anecdote , I joined the club , who took charge of the boy's treatment . Messi was then thirteen years old and measured 1.40.