Messi, a member of Argentine national football team, was born on June 24, 1987 and is serving the Barcelona club as a right wing in Spanish Football League. Messi has a remarkable footwork, and standing out breakthrough capacity which can not be matched. For these reasons, he is called 'New Maradona' and becomes one of the most outstanding football players in the world. He is in No. 30 soccer uniform when he is playing for Barcelona while in No. 19 soccer uniform for Argentina. 
In 08-09 season, Messi led his team to take the crown of the Spanish Football League, the King's Cup, and the UEFA Champions League, honored 'the Treble', an unprecedented achievement of the Spanish football team. At the age of seven, he has already gained much appreciation in the Newell's Old Boys team. However, he was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency which may hinder the growth of his bones when he was eleven. The economic condition of his family could not bear the cost of treating him, so they emigrated to Spain to look for solutions. Messi, 140cm tall at the age of 13, jointed the Barcelona experimental training in September 2000. During the training, Messi's excellent performance conquered the Barcelona youth team coaches. They could not wait to sign a work contract which expired in 2012, forgetting the provisions of FIFA that none of the clubs could sign a contract with a player under 20 for more than 5 years. Barcelona football club made great effort to assist Messi growing. Without hesitation, Catalan helped him registered the club and arranged him to go to the medical department for treatment. Under the treatment arranged by the club, Messi has reached 170cm in 2008.
The first time that Messi entered the arena as one the representatives of Barcelona was at his 16. It was in a friendly match in November, 2003. However, it was one year later that he took part in a formal match. Matching with the Spanish on Spanish Football League in October, 2004, Messi replaced of De Souza after 83 minutes play. Thus, he became the second youngest player appeared in the League.
Messi has excellent ball mastery and fast dribbling. The score of a hundred meters is 10''8'''. He also has strong breakthrough capacity, especially good at breaking the wing, changing the direction and shooting after cutting inside. He can handle beautiful passing as well. In a word, he is a man who can change the match situation by himself.Messi is an unusual star. He not only has a high degree of creativity, but also assume the task of defending. He is a fully developed left foot player. Besides being able to stay in the middle, he can also play wing and attacking midfielder. Although he is short, he has a swift pace speed and strong body, therefore, he is capable to cope with tall opponents. His strength is incredible, such as his skills in handling corners, free kicks and penalties.
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