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Full name Lionel Andrés Messi
Date of birth June 24, 1987 (1987-06-24) (age 20)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Winger, Second Striker

Club information
Current club Barcelona
Number 19
Youth clubs
1995–2000
2000–2003
2003–2004 Newell's Old Boys Youth
Barcelona Youth
FC Barcelona B
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004– FC Barcelona 72 (30)[2]
National team2
2005– Argentina 26 0(8)
1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of March 14, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 26 September 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario) is an Argentine international footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona in the Primera División, and for the Argentine national team. He has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, and indeed Maradona himself named Messi his "successor".

Argentina's
Lionel
Messi
has
won
theGolden
Ball
awarded
to
the
European
Football
of
the
year
,becoming
the
sixth
Barcelona
player
to
take
the
award
and
the
first
since
Brazilian
Ronaldindo
in
2005.
Messi
beat
last
year's
winner
Cristiano
Ronaldo
into
second
place
while
Barcelona
midfielder
Xavi
Hernandez
finished
third
in
the
poll
results
released
by
France
Football
magazine
early
Tuseday.
Praised
by
Argentina
great
Diego
Maradona
as
his
successor,Mess
won
an
unprecedented
treble
in
Spain
last
season
with
Barcelona
as
the
Catalan
side
swept
the
Champions
League
,the
Spanish
title
and
the
Copa
del
Rey.Messi
is
a
great
football
player.