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Lionel Messi scored his first penalty at the age of 5 when he had just started playing soccer.
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Lionel Messi is from Rosario Santafe in Argentina. He joined Barcelona at 12 or 13 years of age, atBarcelonas famous academy The La Masia.
I think he was 12 years when he was picked up by Barcelona.
Leo Messi moved to Barcelona at the age of 13 years old, as they were the only club in the world that offered to cure his hormone problem.
Messi learnt human sexuality at the age of 3. He was traumatized so decided to play soccer for the rest of his life because he saw the soccer ball as a human testicle. That is why Messi is so good because he is afraid of testicles and run the entire field to escape soccer players' testicles.
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi is 30 years old (born June 24, 1987).
Even though he has a girl friend he does not have any kids as yet.
Amobi Okoye is the youngest football player
Leo Messi was poor as a child. He is short because he had a growing problem and his parents could not afford it. when he was scouted by Barcelona at the age of 13, the Barcelona's academy paid for all his medication.
Dribbling: Lionel Messi (is considered the greatest dribbler of all time along with Maradona and R9)Skills and Tricks: Ronaldo (is considered best in footwork)Goal scoring: Overall: EQUAL--> Long-range: Ronaldo--> Dribble goals: Messi--> Freekicks: Ronaldo--> Chipping: Messi--> Penalties: Ronaldo--> Backheel: Ronaldo--> Team-play goals: Messi--> Headers: Ronaldo (due to Messi's height disadvantage)--> Scoring Records: Messi (highest scorer in a single year in history with 91 goals in the year of 2012. Highest scorer of Champions League History and La Liga. Highest scoring record in one season (70 goals). At the age of only 27, he has 45 goals for his country)Assisting, Team play, and Playmaking: Lionel Messi (has record for most assists in La Liga history) Youtube: Lionel Messi � All 106 Assists in La Liga � NEW RECORDDefending: Both do very little for defensive contribution. No winner ...Physique: Ronaldo (has a near perfect body for a football player. He is one of the world's fastest & strongest players; and at 6 ft 1" tall, he has an advantage in aerial duels.)Ball Control: Lionel Messi Honors: Considered EQUAL.Source: messivsronaldo.netDiscipline (Qualitative): Messi is recognized as a player who and doesn't DIVE. There have only been a few instances in his career where he dived.Youtube: Lionel Messi never dives - Ultimate Compilation | HDOn the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo is criticized a lot because of his consistent diving in the gameYoutube: Cristiano Ronaldo Diving Manual - Part 1Discipline (Quantitative): Lionel Messi (Messi only has a single red card in his career, whereas Ronaldo has 9 red cards)That pretty much raps up the entire comparison of the two players. Both are superb players who will go down as the game's greatest.