Leo messi his original name Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini was born (Rosario, June 24, 1987)
He is an Argentinean soccer player nationalized Spanish that plays like frontman in F. C. Barcelona of the First Division of Spain and in the Argentine selection, of which he is captain.
Often considered the best player in the world, and one of the best of all time, he is the only footballer in history to win, among other distinctions, five times the Golden Ball - a Golden Ball and four FIFA Ball Gold - obtaining the first four consecutively; In addition to receiving four Gold Boots. With Barcelona he has won 30 titles, including eight from La Liga and four from the UEFA Champions League, as well as five Copa del Rey titles.
In August of 2000, Messi went to Buenos Aires to test itself to River Plate, and was accepted by the recruiter Federico Vairo who requested his contracting, but this never materialized. The reason why he did not continue in the institution was not clarified, versions ranging since River and Messi's parents did not agree on the cost of hormonal treatment to others that indicate that the parents did not want to leave Messi alone In the pension in Buenos Aires and required that they be granted a home and a job. On September 3, at age 13, he gave his first interview to a media outlet in the supplement 'Pasion Rojinegra' from the newspaper La Capital de Rosario.
The club's football department then called the young Argentine to a test match with the infantile A, in one of the artificial grass fields above the Miniestadi, number 3. "He scored six goals, twice shot the post and The half had to change their team to balance the friendly, "recalls Joan Lacueva, who at that time was the executive responsible for the base football of Barça.Rexach saw it in the test, and resolved the situation. "I arrived with the game started and I did not have time to sit down. I was clear that, if we did not sign it, we would regret it." On December 14, after reuniting with his parents and his agent, Horacio Gaggioli, A bar drafted a principle of agreement on a paper napkin, which was signed by all parties involved, by way of contract, where Rexach was committed to his signing. The family moved thus to the city of Barcelona, where Messi began to Play in the lower categories of La Masía, FC Barcelona. He was team-mate of, among others, Cesc Fàbregas and Gerard Piqué.
EVENT: Born and raised in the city of Rosario, at age 13 he settled in Spain, where Barcelona agreed to pay for the treatment of the hormonal disease that had been diagnosed as a child. After a rapid progression through the Barcelona Youth Academy , Made his official debut with the first team at age 17, in October 2004. Despite being prone to injury early in his career, he established himself as a key player for the club.
In 2007, he was a finalist for the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player, a success he repeated in 2008.
His great-grandfather, Angelo Messi, immigrated to Argentina in 1883. His maternal grandmother, who encouraged him to dedicate himself to football and whom Messi thanks after turning a goal, was called Celia Olivera de Cuccittini (26/5 / 1930-8 / 5/1998 ). He has two brothers, Rodrigo and Matías, and a sister, María Sol. Two of his cousins (Maximiliano and Emanuel Biancucchi) are also soccer players. Messi is married to Antonela Roccuzzo, also from Rosario, whom he has known since childhood. The couple has two children: Thiago, born on November 2, 2012, and Mateo, who was born on September 11, 2015.
With just five years, Messi took his first steps in the flagship club Grandoli, located in the Grandoli neighborhood, south of Rosario, a few blocks from his home. The club was led by his father and his first coach was Salvador Aparicio. He later played some matches with Central Córdoba. In 1994, he began training in the lower divisions of Newell's Old Boys, a club with which he obtained, among other titles, The "Machine of the 87", the Friendship Cup of Peru in 1997.At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a deficiency of growth hormone.
TEACHING:To me the story of lionel messi leaves me teaching that we can all overcome ourselves and get away that everything is a question of wanting!
