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Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays for Barcelona and Argentina. He is considered one of the best players of his generation. Messi's talent was identified at a young age in Argentina, but he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency as a child. Barcelona offered to treat his condition, so he moved to Spain as a youth player. He broke La Liga records for youngest player and goal scorer. Messi has won numerous honors with Barcelona, including Champions League titles, and is Argentina's top goal scorer in the World Cup.

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Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays for Barcelona and Argentina. He is considered one of the best players of his generation. Messi's talent was identified at a young age in Argentina, but he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency as a child. Barcelona offered to treat his condition, so he moved to Spain as a youth player. He broke La Liga records for youngest player and goal scorer. Messi has won numerous honors with Barcelona, including Champions League titles, and is Argentina's top goal scorer in the World Cup.

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Lionel Messi’s Biography

Lionel Andrés Messi, born on 24 June 1987, is an Argentine footballer who


currently plays for Barcelona and the Argentine national
team. He is one of the best football players of his
generation and is frequently considered as the world's
best contemporary player. Lionel Messi, whose playing
style and ability have drawn comparisons to Diego
Maradona, received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player
of the Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both
by the age of 22. Diego Maradona once declared that
Messi was his "successor."

Lionel Messi's talent was early detected by his father. When he began playing
with the local team, his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. At the
age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency, which is a
medical condition in which the body does not produce enough growth
hormone and whose treatment necessitates a lot of money. He left Rosario-
based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to
Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency.
Making his debut in the 2004–05 season, he broke the La Liga record for the
youngest footballer to play a league game, and also the youngest to score a
league goal. Major honors soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's
debut season, and won a double of the league and Champions League in 2006.
His breakthrough season was in 2006–07; he became a first team regular,
scoring a hat-trick in El Clásico and finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games.
Perhaps his most successful season was the 2008–09 season, in which Messi
scored 38 goals to play an integral part in a treble-winning campaign.

Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six
goals, including two in the final game. Shortly thereafter, he became an
established member of Argentina's senior international team. In 2006, he
became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a
runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year. In
2008, in Beijing, he won his first international honor, an Olympic gold medal,
with the Argentina Olympic football team.

1. - Lionel Messi's talent was discovered

a) in Spain

b) in Argentina

2. Messi's health condition was critical

a) before he moved to Spain

b) after he moved to Spain

3. He was offered a treatment for his disease by

a) Newell's Old Boys

b) Barcelona

4. Messi's best season with Barcelona was

a) 2004-2005

b) 2005-2006

c) 2008–2009

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