LEONEL MESSI

BIOGRAPHY Full name: Lionel Andres Messi Nicknames: Leo, Bloch Born: June 24, 1987 (23 years) Rosario, Argentina Nationality: Argentina / Spain Height: 169 cm Weight: 67 kg Position: striker / attacking midfielder Club: Barcelona Number: 10 Lionel Andrés Messi, born 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Argentina. Father Jorge Messi, a factory worker, his mother Celia Messi, partially occupied by the cleaning lady. Family his father is from the Italian city of Ancona where his ancestor, Angelo Messi, emigrated to Argentina in He has two older brothers named Rodrigo and Matias and a sister named Maria Sol. First steps Jorge worked part time coaching Amateur football team "Grandolini", in which Leo and started playing at 5 years. In 1995, Messi switched to play professional club Newell's old boys, where he became the real leader of the team.There he was noticed by the ubiquitous scouts river of Plato, and Messi began to engage in two teams. All dreams Messi had broken the news of hormonal diseases guy (cause of his short stature and petite build). For the treatment Leo needed expensive medicines that could not afford his family. It is this disease and played in his life a decisive role – the father of Lionel, Jorge, realizing the seriousness of the situation, decided to use the last chance to heal his son: sent him on view in Barcelona, in the hope that Leo will be called and will pay the necessary injections of growth hormones. Jorge was lucky, the coaches of Barcelona evaluated the potential of his son and enrolled him in the team, of course, taking all the costs of the treatment for Leo. Thus, on 30 October 2000, 13-year-old Lionel Messi became the player of the youth team of Barca. In his first match for the youth team he scored 5 goals, during a season, netted 37 goals in 30 matches.

ACHIEVEMENTS Command Barcelona Champion Of Spain (7): 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014/15 The Owner Of The Cup Of Spain (3): 2008/09, 2011/12, 2014/15 The Owner Of The Supercup Of Spain (6): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 The winner of the Champions League (4): 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2014/15 The UEFA super Cup (3): 2009, 2011, 2015 The winner of the Club world Cup (3): 2009, 2011, 2015 Total: 26 trophies The Argentine National Team Olympic champion: 2008 World Vice-champion: 2014 Finalist of the Cup of America on football (2): 2007, 2015 The winner of the world youth championship: 2005 Total: 2 trophy Messi 5 gold balls and 3 gold boots.

RECORDS The only 4-time winner of the "Golden ball FIFA"[197] The only 2-time winner of the Prize of the best footballer of the year in Europe The best scorer in the history of "Barcelona": 478 goals[198] The best scorer in the history of Barcelona (official matches): 449 goals[198] Top scorer in the Liga: goals 308[198] The best assistant in the history of the championship of Spain over the last 25 years: 122 transmission[198] The best scorer in the history of Spanish super Cup: 11 goals The best scorer in the history of Club world Cup: 5 goals[199] The best scorer in the history of the "Clasico": 21 goal The best assistant in the history of the "Clasico": 13 gears The best scorer in the history of the Catalan Derby: 15 goals[200] The most decorated Argentine player in history (27 titles, along with Alfredo Di Stefano). The most titled player in the history of "Barcelona" (26 titles, along with Andres Iniesta). The youngest player in the history of the Argentina national team, who scored a goal in the world Cup[201] The young foreigner, who scored a goal in "Clasico"[202] (19 years and 259 days). The youngest player to ever receive three Golden balls[203][204] The youngest player in history to reach 200 goals in the Spanish League[87] (25 years and 217 days).

RECORDS The youngest player to ever receive three Golden balls[203][204] The youngest player in history to reach 200 goals in the Spanish League[87] (25 years and 217 days). The youngest player in history to reach 250 goals in the Spanish League (27 years and 116 days). The youngest player in history to reach 300 goals in the Liga (28 years and 238 days). The youngest player in history to reach 50 goals in the UEFA Champions League[205] The youngest player ever Barcelona player to reach 300 matches in the Spanish League (27 years and 236 days). The youngest player in the history of the Champions League, which won this tournament four times (27 years and 347 days). The only player in the history of Spanish football, scoring 400 goals in official matches for one club The only player in the history of Spanish football, who managed to score 40 or more goals in 6 straight seasons (2009/102014/15)[206] The only player in the history of Spanish football, who managed to score at least 30 goals in eight consecutive seasons (2008/ /16) The first player in the history of Spanish football, who managed to reach the mark of 50 goals scored in a season (2009/10)[59][207] The only player in the history of the championship of Spain, having overcome the mark of 300 or more goals

RECORDS The only player in the history of La Liga who scored 20 or more goals for 8 consecutive seasons (2008/092015/16) The only player in the history of the championship of Spain, scored at least 23 goals for 7 consecutive seasons (2008/092014/15)[115] The first player in the history of the championship of Spain, scored 30 or more goals for 4 straight seasons (2009/102012/13) The first player in the history of the Spanish super Cup, which could be different in five finals of the tournament The first player in the history of FC Barcelona, who scored a hat-trick in the "Clasico" at the "Santiago Bernabeu" The record for most goals in a calendar year (2012): 91 goal[208][209] The record for most goals in a calendar year in international tournaments (club and country) (2012): 25 goals[206][210] The champion of "Barcelona" on the number of goals in international matches at club level: 91 goal The champion of "Barcelona" by the number of goals in European competition history for: 86 goals[53] The champion of "Barcelona" on the number of goals in Champions League history: 83 goals Champion Barcelona goal in all competitions in one calendar year (2012): 79 goals

RECORDS The champion of the championship of Spain by number of doubles: double 81[215] The champion of the championship of Spain by the number of hat-tricks in a season: 8 hat-tricks[216] The champion of the championship of Spain by the number of hat-tricks in the "Clasico": 2 hat-tricks[217] The record of national Championships by the number of matches in a row in which he scored a goal (2012/13): 21 matches (33 goals) The only player in the history of the Spanish League Goalscorers for all teams in succession within a single season (2012/13) The only player in history top scorer of UEFA Champions League 4 years in a row ( ) The only player in history top scorer of UEFA Champions League 5 times ( , 2015) The first player in the history who made the poker in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League (2009/10. 1/4 finals, Barcelona Arsenal 4:1)[218] The champion of the UEFA Champions League for number of goals in one match (2011/12): 5 goals[219] The champion of the UEFA Champions League by the number of hat-tricks in a season (2011/12): 2 hat-tricks[220] The champion of the UEFA Champions League by the number of hat-tricks in career: 5[221] The champion of the Champions League by the number of cities in which managed to get on the scoresheet: 22[222]

RECORDS The record for most Golden balls Club world Cup: 2 goals The record of the rating "Golden boot" for scoring (2011/12): 100 points[223] The only player in history who scored and assisted in 6 club competitions in a single season (2011/12)[224] The champion team of Argentina on the number of goals in one calendar year (2012): 12 (along with Gabriel Batistuta). The champion team of Argentina on the number of goals scored in a single qualifying round for the world championship ( ): 10 goals The record for most hits in the final three contenders for the "Golden ball FIFA": 6 times ( ) The record for most hits in team in the world by FIFA: 9 time ( )[216]

RECORDS Champion Barcelona goal in all competitions in one season (2011/12): 73 goals[211][212] Champion Barcelona goal at the FIFA Club world Cup: 5 goals (along with Luis Suarez). Champion Barcelona by the number of hat-tricks in all competitions: 35 hat-tricks Champion Barcelona by the number of hat-tricks in the Spanish League: 26 hat-tricks Champion Barcelona by the number of hat-tricks in a single season (2011/12): 10 hat-tricks Champion of the Spanish League number of goals scored away in history: 133 goals[198] The champion of Spanish League goals in a season (2011/12): 50 goals Champion of the Spanish League number of goals in one calendar year (2012): 59 goals Champion of the Spanish League number of goals in home matches per season (2011/12): 35 goals The champion of Spanish League goals away per season (2012/13): 24 goals[213] Champion of the Spanish League number of goals scored in the first round of the tournament (2012/13): 28 goals[214] Champion of the Spanish League number of goals scored in the second round of the tournament (2011/12): 28 goals Champion of the Spanish championship in the number of home games in which managed to get on the scoresheet, in a single season (2011/12): 16 matches Champion of the Spanish League away matches in which he managed to get on the scoresheet, in a single season (2012/13): 15 matches The champion of Spanish League matches in one season, in which managed to score a goal (38-match season 2012/13): 27 matches (along with Cristiano Ronaldo).

FACTS 11 March 2010 Messi became a goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. 6 February 2012 Time magazine placed on the cover of this issue the portrait of Lionel Messi. For the first time in the history of the magazine on the cover appeared one player. Earlier Time post pictures of other players, but in the collage. In 2013, Japanese designer Ginza Tanaka provided a copy of the soles of Messi made entirely from gold. Its weight is 25 kg, the price is 5.25 million USD. The work of art Japanese designed to perpetuate the records Messi, the footballer has installed in For sale were displayed as thumbnails. January 1, 2015 in Spain released a documentary film "Messi," about the life and career of Lionel, which was filmed by Spanish Director Alex de La Iglesia.

TECHNICAL PROFILE Messi is an excellent, sensational, unique player. He is astoundingly creative, has amazing individual skill and is able to constantly put his rivals at unease. A natural left footer, he is stunningly versatile, and can play either in the middle or on whichever of the wings required, although it is out on the right that he feels most comfortable. He may not be very tall, but his speed and physique enable him to cope with even the toughest of defenders. He is surprisingly strong, and can hold on to the ball in style, as if it were stuck to his feet. There is simply nobody like him anywhere else in the game. He is also a specialist at all dead ball situations, especially free kicks and penalties. His cold blood and ability to take on responsibilities are other virtues that make Leo Messi simply the best footballer on the planet.

HE'S A REAL ATHLETE.