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Full name      : Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
Born              : June 24, 1987 Rosario, Argentina
Age            : 27
Height       : 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nationality : Argentine, Spanish
Salary      : 16 million EUR (2014)

Current teams: FC Barcelona
               (#10 / Forward),
                 Argentina national football team
             (#10 / Forward)

Club information
Current team : Barcelona
Number : 10

Youth career :
1995–2000     Newell's Old Boys
2000–2003     Barcelona

Senior career:
Years                Team        Apps    (Gls)
2003–2004     Barcelona C     10     (5)
2004–2005     Barcelona B     22     (6)
2004–             Barcelona     278    (245)

****International career
    1 2006 - World Cup
    2 2007 - Copa América
    3 2008 - Summer Olympics
    4 2010 - World Cup qualification
    5 2010 - World Cup
    6 2011 - Copa América
    7 2014 - World Cup qualification
    8 2014 - World Cup

Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, to parents Jorge Horácio Messi, a factory steel worker, and Celia María Cuccittini, a part-time cleaner.His paternal family originates from the Italian city of Ancona, from where his ancestor, Angelo Messi, emigrated to Argentina in 1883.He has two older brothers, Rodrigo and Matías, and a sister, María Sol.At the age of five, Messi started playing football for Grandoli, a local club coached by his father Jorge.In 1995, Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys who were based in his home city Rosario.He became part of a local youth powerhouse that lost only one match in the next four years and became locally known as "The Machine of '87", from the year of their birth.

Messi is the first and only player to top-score in four consecutive Champions League campaigns, and also holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored (4) in the competition. In March 2012, Messi made Champions League history by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match. He also matched José Altafini's record of 14 goals in a single Champions League season. Messi set the European record for most goals scored in a season during the 2011–12 season, with 73 goals. In the same season, he set the current goalscoring record in a single La Liga season, scoring 50 goals. Also in that season, Messi became the first player ever to score and assist in six different official competitions in one season. In February 2013, Messi scored his 300th Barcelona goal. In March 2013, Messi scored in his 19th consecutive La Liga game, becoming the first footballer in history to net in consecutive matches against every team in a professional football league. He extended his record scoring streak to 21 consecutive league matches, and the run came to a halt only when he sustained a hamstring injury. In March 2014, with a hat-trick against Real Madrid, Messi became the player with the most goals and most hat-tricks in the history of El Clásico.