24th June,2017 is Lionel Messi's 30th birthday and to celebrate it we have prepared some special content. Enjoy Messi's birthday by reliving his Top 10 moments.
1. First goal for FC Barcelona: Born and raised in central Argentina, Messi was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency as a child. At age 13, he relocated to Spain to join Barcelona, who agreed to pay for his medical treatment. After a fast progression through Barcelona's youth academy, Messi made his competitive debut aged 17 in October 2004. But Messi had to wait till May 1, 2005to get his first goal for the Ctalan Club. He had put himself in the record books as the youngest player ever to score a goal for the Catalan Club and assisted by none other than his mentor Ronaldinho.
2. U-20 World Cup 2005: On 2 July 2005, in Utrecht, Leo Messi led Argentina in the grand final against Nigeria. He got both the goals, both from the penalty spot, to win the title for the team coached by Francisco Ferraro. That made Messi the top scorer in the competition with six goals, and he also won the MVP Golden Ball award, ahead of the Nigerian duo of John Obi Mikel and Taye Taiwo.
3. On 10 March 2007, at age 19, scored his first hat trick for the club. It was quite special, coming against Real Madrid at Camp Nou.
4. On 27 May 2009, against Manchester United in Rome, Messi played his first Champions League Final, which Barça won. Messi scored the team's third and final goal of the game with a breath-taking header assisted by the legendary Catalan playmaker Xavi Hernandez.
5. First Ballon d'Or in 2009: Messi won the first Ballon d'Or in 2009 beating Cristiano Ronaldo by a record margin to become the sixth Barcelona player to take the award and the first since Brazil's Ronaldinho in 2005. The forward was outstanding as the Catalan club won the Champions League, the Spanish title and the Copa del Rey, and later that year on 19 December 2009, with his goal in overtime against Estudiantes in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup, Messi helped FC Barcelona become the first and only club in history to win six titles in a year.
6. On 2 November 2012, Messi and his longtime girlfriend, Antonella Roccuzzo, announced the birth of their first child, Thiago Messi.
7. Lionel Messi Goal Vs Getafe: It was a goal that had commentators screaming and shouting, dragging out the cry of Gol! until their breath could hold no more, a strike that caused websites to crash and dominated television screens, a work of art that had journalists running out of superlatives. One newspaper incredulously posed the same question famously asked of Diego Maradona back in 1986: "What planet did you come from?" It was not just that Barcelona's Argentine teenager, Lionel Messi, scored a goal of stunning beauty, it was also that he reproduced, almost second by second, touch by touch, Maradona's famous strike against England
8. Copa Del Rey Final 2015 vs Bilbao: A magical run by Messi defeating 5 defenders to score one of the most prolific goals to help Barcelona win the Treble for the second time (the only club to achieve the feat).
9. Messi 500th Goal: Lionel Messi scored his 500th goal for Barcelona in all competitions by netting a dramatic late winner in El Clasico.
10. Tying the Knot: Messi will be tying the knot with Antonella Roccuzzo at the end of this month. The exact location has not been disclosed, presumably to avoid hoards of fans bombarding his special day. They began going out in 2008 and have since had two sons: four-year-old Thiago and 21-month-old Mateo. As expected, the left-footer has invited all 21 of the Barca first team to his wedding, meaning stars such as Luis Suarez, Neymar, Ivan Rakitic and Sergio Busquets will descend on central Argentina for at least a few days, with former team-mate Xavi also expected to be there.
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