Lionel Messi: Football Superstar
Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Entertainment & Performing Arts
| Author: | Calvin Barry | ISBN: | 1230000135153 |
| Publisher: | P Maldonado | Publication: | May 23, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Calvin Barry |
| ISBN: | 1230000135153 |
| Publisher: | P Maldonado |
| Publication: | May 23, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Born upon June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina, soccer player Lionel Messi transferred to Spain at the age of 13, after the FC Barcelona club accepted pay for hormone-deficiency therapies. Messi became a celebrity in his new nation, scoring at will while leading his club to championships. In 2012, he set a record for the majority of objectives in a fiscal year, and afterward was called FIFA's "Player of the Year" a record 4th time.
Early Years
Lionel Messi was born Luis Lionel Andres Messi on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina. As a young boy, he tagged along when his 2 older brothers played football with their buddies, unintimidated by the larger boys. At the age of 8, he was sponsored to join the youth system of Newell's Old Boys, a Rosario-based club. Recognizably smaller than most of the children in his age team, Messi was eventually detected by doctors as struggling with a hormone deficiency that restricted his growth.
Messi's parents, Jorge and Ceclia, picked a program of nightly growth-hormone injections for their son, though it quickly showed impossible to pay numerous hundred dollars per month for the medication. So, at the age of 13, when Messi was offered the chance to train at football powerhouse FC Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, and have his medical expenses covered by the team, Messi's household got and moved across the Atlantic to make a new home in Spain.
Born upon June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina, soccer player Lionel Messi transferred to Spain at the age of 13, after the FC Barcelona club accepted pay for hormone-deficiency therapies. Messi became a celebrity in his new nation, scoring at will while leading his club to championships. In 2012, he set a record for the majority of objectives in a fiscal year, and afterward was called FIFA's "Player of the Year" a record 4th time.
Early Years
Lionel Messi was born Luis Lionel Andres Messi on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina. As a young boy, he tagged along when his 2 older brothers played football with their buddies, unintimidated by the larger boys. At the age of 8, he was sponsored to join the youth system of Newell's Old Boys, a Rosario-based club. Recognizably smaller than most of the children in his age team, Messi was eventually detected by doctors as struggling with a hormone deficiency that restricted his growth.
Messi's parents, Jorge and Ceclia, picked a program of nightly growth-hormone injections for their son, though it quickly showed impossible to pay numerous hundred dollars per month for the medication. So, at the age of 13, when Messi was offered the chance to train at football powerhouse FC Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, and have his medical expenses covered by the team, Messi's household got and moved across the Atlantic to make a new home in Spain.
