Messi The Ultimate Striker

Lionel Andrés Messi (born June 24, 1987 in Rosario) is an Argentine footballer who plays for FC Barcelona in La Liga. He is also a member of the Argentine national team.

He has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, and Maradona himself named Messi his "successor".

Lionel Messi was born in Rosario city on 24 June 1987. At the age of five, he started playing football for Grandoli, a club coached by his father. In 1995, Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys. At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for the treatment of the illness that cost over £500 a month.

Carles Rexach, the sporting director of FC Barcelona, was made aware of Messi's talent, and Barcelona signed him after watching him play, offering to pay for the medical bills if he was willing to move to start a new life in Spain. His family moved with the young player to Europe and he started in the club's youth teams.

Messi made his unofficial debut for the first team against FC Porto on 16 November 2003. Less than a year later he made his official debut against Espanyol on 16 October 2004, becoming the third-youngest player ever to play for FC Barcelona and youngest club player who played in La Liga.

When he scored his first senior goal for the club against Albacete Balompié on 1 May 2005, Messi was 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old, becoming the youngest to ever score in a La Liga.

In June 2004, he got his first chance in Argentina colours, playing in an under-20 friendly match against Paraguay. In 2005 he was part of the team that won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. Here, he won the prize for best player of the tournament and became top-scorer.

On 4 August 2005, José Pekerman called Messi up to the senior Argentine national team. He made his debut on 17 August 2005 against Hungary, but it was a forgettable occasion. He was substituted on during the 63rd minute, but was sent off after just 40 seconds because the referee, Markus Merk, found he had elbowed defender Vilmos Vanczák, who was tugging Messi's shirt, and left the pitch in tears. The decision was contentious. Maradona even claimed the decision was pre-meditated. Messi then had his first international start on 3 September in Argentina's 0-1 World Cup qualifier away loss against Paraguay. Ahead of the match he had said "This is a re-début. The first one was a bit short."

Messi was selected in the Argentina squad for the tournament on 15 May 2006. He also played in the farewell match against the Argentinian U-20 team for fifteen minutes and a friendly against Angola from the 64th minute. He witnessed Argentina's opening match victory against Ivory Coast from the bench. In the next match against Serbia , Messi became the youngest player to represent Argentina at a World Cup when he came on as a substitute for Maxi Rodríguez in the 74th minute. He assisted Hernán Crespo's goal within minutes of entering the game and also scored the final goal in the 6-0 victory, that made him the youngest scorer in the tournament and the fifth youngest goalscorer in the whole World Cup.

Messi joined the Argentina squad in Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. He scored the first goal in 2-1 victory against Ivory Coast and then scored the first goal and got the assist on the second goal in a 2-1 extra time victory against the Netherlands. He gave another strong performance in Argentina's match against rival Brazil, in which Argentina won by a 3-0 victory, advancing to the finals. In the gold medal match, Messi earned an Olympic Gold Medal by assisting Ángel Di María for the only goal in the 1-0 Argentina victory over Nigeria.

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[dark1329]

who interpret de song plased

[KalelGreece]

"tekken ground zero funk"

from the tekken 5 series ps2

;)

[6285031]

I like messi but dont prove me wrong

1.Ronaldo

2.Messi

[KalelGreece]

Depends on which ronaldo you refer to..

[elLeoMessi10]

Great, but...

Messi is not striker.

He is attacking midfielder/forward/winger... but not striker)

Aguero is striker, but not Messi.

Messi playing alot deeper than striker.

[KalelGreece]

Saying striker i don't necessarily mean the centre forward position (CF). Mssi's position is something like behind attackers and in front of midfielders... you could tell it of secret forward (i dont know the actual name in english i am greek!). Nevertheless by "striker" i want to mark out his ability to score..

[Alba12349]

who is zlatan. messi is much better

[krisztian19910823]

His debut in the national team was very funny. He was less than 1 minute on the pitch and the referee showed him the red card:D :D :D

I loved it! :D

[gabriel71080]

hey, the goal at 2:25 was maxi Rodriguez...... 

regardless, Messi has scored so many goals that I don't know how many he has put in the back of the net.

[sadanjd]

Messi , is writen like that, it's a name , wtf !!??

[123321messi]

messi is well better

[turkyish]

messi is better than ronaldo, face it

[mrsammy80]

simon diego marranona has arrived un gol exactamente igual... con la mano lol

[dankenobigerous]

soccersweeper8: te lo digo en español... gachupin insulso de m)(/()/, solo por tu mala educacion mandril, te lo explico... el madrid no es el ombligo del mundo, cualquier persona con sentido comun sabe que messi tiene ese amor al futbol... cr9 al espejo. bien por ti

[soccersweeper8]

no retard at the moment cristiano ronaldo is considered the most expensive and best player in the world! Get your shit straight! Messi can suck a dick, and so can Barcelona! ¡¡¡HALA MADRID!!!

[dark1329]

Thanks