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Pass, kick, goal! While two points down, Messi charges down the field and scores with eight tenths of a second to go in the half. He has been named man of the year seven times also, he has won fifteen awards. In 2022 he finally lifted the World Cup after experiencing heartbreak in Argentina. Lionel Messi holds numerous records, including the most goals in a calendar year. Lionel Messi has been playing soccer for 19 years however, he has only played on 3 professional  teams. I am going to be talking about Messi's achievements, his childhood, and what happened when he was playing for different teams.

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The beginning of how Lionel Messi became one of the best soccer players in the world.  Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina, and loved to play soccer as a kid (Britannica). Lionel Messi loved soccer as a kid, ‘’But, Messi was eventually diagnosed by doctors as suffering from a hormone deficiency that restricted his growth. Messi’s parents, Jorge and Cecila, decided on a regimen of nightly growth-hormone injections for their son. Though it soon proved impossible to pay several hundred dollars per month for the medication.  So when Messi was only 13 years old he was offered the chance to train at soccer powerhouse FC Barcelona’s youth academy, La Masia, and have his medical bills covered by the team.’’(Donica and Piccottl) When he was just eight years old he joined the youth team of Newell’s Old Boys and played with his two older brothers (Donica and Piccottl). That was the beginning of how he went from a normal, young kid to an all star player.

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Messi’s fascinating achievements(Like how he won the World Cup) and how he has come to be one of the best soccer players ever. At the age of thirteen Messi moved to Barcelona, Spain, to join FC Barcelona’s under fourteen team (Donica and Piccottl). He scored twenty one goals in fourteen games for the junior team. He went up through ranks until he made his first debut at age sixteen. ‘’He became the first player to score five goals in a Champions League match in early March, and a few weeks later, he surpassed Cesar Rodriguez’s club-record 232 goals to become Barcelona’s all-time leading scorer.’’ (Donica and Piccottl) One of Messi’s accomplishments was that he won man of the year seven times. In 2022 Messi finally lifted the World Cup after experiencing heartbreak in Argentina. Lionel Messi has received fifteen awards in his career.(honours and achievements) All in all, those were the achievements of the all-star Lionel Messi.

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What it was like for Messi to play soccer for five different teams. Lionel Messi has played for five different teams such as Grandoli (Argentina), Newells Old Boys (Argentina), Barcelona (Spain), PSG (France), and Inter Miami (USA).(Nag) In fact, when Messi was playing for all five of those teams he scored a total of 672 goals (Rai). Messi played for Barcelona for the longest time. Although Messi has played for five different teams only three of them were professional teams (Nag). That is the reason why Messi is considered one of the best soccer players of all time.

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Lionel Messi’s life was an extraordinary one and he has come to be one of the best soccer players in the world. From his fascinating achievements, to his exciting childhood, and what happened when he played for five different teams. In Messi’s childhood, when he was just a young kid, he was eventually diagnosed by doctors as suffering from hormone deficiency that restricted his growth. At the age of thirteen Messi moved to Barcelona, Spain, to join the FC Barcelona’s under fourteen team. He scored twenty one goals in fourteen games for the junior team. From there he went to win the World Cup. Lionel Messi has played for five different soccer teams, two of them being professional. Lionel’s life was and still is leaving a lasting legacy.