Greatest Facts About Lionel Messi
The Top Ten
1 Messi's first contract with Barcelona was detailed out on a paper napkin
FC Barcelona sporting director Carles Rexach was so impressed with Messi's skills that he wanted to make a contract immediately and there was no paper available at that time
I my name is jason and Messi is the best
By far the greatest
2 Winner of 3 Ballon d'Or (the golden ball) award in 2009, 2010 and 2011
Equaling Johan Cruyff, Michael Platini and Marco van Basten
3 Lionel became the youngest player to play in La Liga when he appeared for FC Barcelona in 2004 at 17
He was still 17 when he scored his first goal
4 After an U–18 tournament in Tokyo, Lionel received a standing ovation from 30,000 Japanese fans
5 The first player to score five goals in one UEFA Champions League match
Against Bayer Leverkusen (7-1)
Barca will bounce back!
6 Lionel beat runner-up Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2009 Ballon d’Or by the largest margin ever, 473 to 233
Messi was on stopable when he was yuong and really fast and also scored a lot of goals
Wow! That's how good he is. Greatest player ever.
7 Lionel was picked as World Soccer Magazine’s Young Player of the Year three years in a row
8 Broke 125 records in a year
9 Lionel’s goal in World Cup 2006 made him the sixth-youngest to score in World Cup history
That was the best goal in 2006
10 Lionel's goal against Racing de Santander in 2009 was the 5,000th in FC Barcelona history
The Contenders
11 Lionel was named Sports Illustrated’s 2007 Latino Sportsman of the Year
12 One of Lionel Messi's nicknames is the flea because of his speed and agility
13 Top goal scorer for Barcelona ever
14 Only player to score and assist in six different cups/tournaments in a calendar year
15 Only player to score 91 goals in a calendar year
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