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== **This is Lionel Andres Messi he is a famous soccer player. He plays for Argentina and FC Barcelona.**==

**In 2012, he set a record for most goals in a calendar year, afterward was named FIFA's "Player of the Year" a record fourth time.**
=**At the age of 25 in Lionel Messi career he became the youngest player to score 200 La Liga goals. This biography is based on Lionel Messi a famous soccer player.**=

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==**When Messi was five he started to play soccer for Grandoli it was a local soccer team coached by his father Jorge. In 1995, Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys who were based in Messi's home city Rosario.**== ==**At the age of 11, Lionel was diagnosised with Growth Hormone Deficiency. Local powerhouse soccer team River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress but they were not willing to pay for his condition which would cost $900 a month.**== ==**The sporting director of FC Barcelona became aware of his talent. He made a deal with his father on a paper napkin to pay for all his medical bills, if he moved to Spain. So Messi and his father moved to Barcelona**==

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==**Lionel Messi played in Barcelona's Junior Teams from 2000 to 2003 (scoring 37 goals in only 30 games). Later he debuted for FC Barcelona C Team on November 16th, 2003 and for FC Barcelona B on March 6th, 2004. Messi played for both team during the season. Also he played for his home country Argentina in the 2008 summer Olympics.**== ==**Lionel played in the frist game in the 2007 Copa America on 29 June 2007 when he was playing for Argentina and they beat the United States 4-1 in the first game. In that game he showed his capailities as a playmaker. he set up a fellow striker Hernan Crespo for a goal and had made a shots on the target.**== media type="custom" key="22513150"

**sister named Maria.**
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**Messi has had a lot of accomplishments.** **He has the record for most FIFA Ballon d'Or awards with 4 of them. He also has the record for most goals scored in La Liga in a season with 50 goals. He has the record for the most La** **Liga hat-tricks in a season with 8, and the most La Liga hat-tricks overall with 16. He is the top scorer in the official competitions with 308 goals and the top scorer in La Liga with 211 goals. There are some of his accomplishments but he has a lot more. Lionel will still be breaking records for years to come.**media type="custom" key="22613004" align="left"