lunes, 26 de marzo de 2012

LIONEL MESSI (LA PULGITA)


Lionel Andrés Messi (Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, June 24, 1987), better known as Leo Messi is an Argentine footballer. Plays as a striker for FC Barcelona in the Primera Division in Spain, and the Argentina national football team, which is also captain.
Since 2009 is considered by many sporting bodies, by several players, coaches and the media in general as "the best player in the world today." He received the award for Best Player in the World Cup and the Golden Ball in 2009. It is also the first winner of the FIFA Ballon Oroque encompasses both awards since 2010, making it a win in 2011. By obtaining the third consecutive Golden Ball, Messi managed to reach the record Demichel Platini and in turn, gaining recognition for the third time as best player in the world by FIFA, a landmark that would equal to those achieved in the past and so alternately by Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane. For his skill and playing style have compared it to Diego Armando Maradona, who told the same as Messi his "successor". Messi has broken several records with Futbol Club Barcelona, ​​since it is the top scorer in club history (and located among the twenty top scorers in the Primera Division in Spain), and the player with most matches played abroad in the shirt Blaugrana. In addition to the national of Argentina, since 2005 also has Spanish.
Leo Messi started playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by FC Barcelona. Rosario left while with Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys, and moved to Europe at age 13 with his family, where the Barcelona offered to pay the costs of its hormonal disease (900 USD per month). He made his first team debut for FC Barcelona in December 2003 in a friendly match against FC Porto trained by Jose Mourinho. Despite its official debut party arrived the following year in 2004/2005 season in a league match against RCD Espanyol. Messi this season became the youngest player in Barcelona in a game of the First Division Spanish League (16 years). Barcelona eventually won the League 2004/05, and the following year the club won the double by winning the Champions League 2005/06 UEFA. His breakthrough came in 2006/07 season, where he joined the starting lineup, scored a hat-trick in El Clasico against Real Madrid, ending the season with 14 goals in 26 games. The season 2008/2009 was that of his consecration as world player of the moment, Barcelona get the treble this season, and Messi scored a total of 38 goals. In the 2009/2010 Messi got a club record, scoring 47 goals all season, of which 34 were in league competition. This ended up taking the Golden Boot and equaling the record scorer Ronaldo in season 1996/1997.
Messi is an outstanding player of the Argentina, where he currently serves as Captain of equipo.33 In 2006 he became the youngest player in the Argentina to attend a World Cup, with which he won the runner-up in the Copa America 2007. In 2008, Beijing Olympics, won his first international honor, a Gold Medal at the end of 2011 is selected as one of the 32 most popular personalities of the year by TIME magazine, running as a candidate for "Person of the year ", the only athlete nominated in the list.

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