Lionel Messi (biography summarized below) is the most famous athlete in the world and the youngest captain to lead the Argentina national team, who dreamed of playing football since childhood. But on the way to the star Olympus he had to overcome many difficulties. This article will present you with a short biography of Lionel Messi. So let's get started.
Childhood
Lionel Messi, whose biography is currently the subject of discussion in the press, was born in Rosario (Argentina) in 1987. The boy's mother and father were simple workers. Lionel has two older brothers and a sister.
Messi became acquainted with football at the age of five. At that time, his father held the position of coach at the Grandoli football club. It was there that his grandmother brought little Lionel. She sincerely believed that her grandson would become a great football player. The athlete still dedicates all his goals to her.
Three years later, the biography of Lionel Messi was marked by a significant event - he was taken to play for Newell's Old Boys. At the age of ten, the boy and his team won the Peruvian Friendship Cup.
In 1998, Leo was diagnosed with a terrible disease - somatotropin deficiency. The River Plate club was interested in a young, capable player, but did not have enough funds to treat Messi. Carles Rexach, the director of Barcelona, helped, who in 2000 transported the boy’s family to Europe and paid for the treatment.
Career
Messi Lionel, biography, whose family is often mentioned in the sports press, began his career in November 2003. It was then that the young man played in the main team of Barcelona. The El Mundo newspaper described the young player as follows: “He has the pass of Ronaldinho, the speed of Cruyff and the leg of Maradona.” And the first official match took place in October 2004 against Espanyola. But young Leo did not immediately start scoring. Messi scored his first goal only in May 2005 in a match with Albacete. Then he was not yet eighteen years old. And in November the guy scored a goal in the Champions League. This allowed him to become a laureate of the Golden Boy award, awarded to young athletes (under 21 years of age).
Season 2006-2007
This is the time when Messi Lionel (biography, the athlete’s wife is known to fans from the media) announced himself to the whole world. He was nominated for the FIFA Diamond Ball and France Football's Ballon d'Or. The athlete also scored a hat-trick in El Clasico. On the other hand, there were also failures: Leo received many injuries, and his team took only third place in Example. But the six trophies won by Barça will forever remain in the memory of the fans.
Season 2008-2009
This season, Lionel played 31 matches and scored 23 goals. In addition, he gave 12 assists and became the top scorer in the Champions League. It is not surprising that at the end of the season he was recognized as the best football player in Europe and the world.
Season 2011-2012
In 2010, Messi did not particularly distinguish himself, but in 2011 he again received the Golden Ball thanks to the fact that Barcelona beat Manchester in the Champions League final. Then there was another Spanish Super Cup trophy, in which Lionel scored his 200th goal and broke Raul's record. Thus, Messi became the best player of UEFA and Argentina. The athlete was especially happy about the last award. He told the press: “I am proud and happy to have received this award. I have many prizes and nominations around the world, but this is the first time I have been awarded in my home country.”
In 2012, Lionel was awarded the Ballon d'Or for the third time, which allowed him to compare in this indicator with Michel Platini himself. This year was also a record year for Messi. It all started in the Champions League, when the talented athlete scored five goals against Bayer. This became a tournament record. Then Leo surpassed the 234 goal mark and received the title of top scorer of the team (Barcelona). In 2012, the football player’s performance was truly phenomenal. Messi broke Muller's record, which seemed eternal to many fans. At one time, Gerd scored 85 goals in a calendar year. Lionel beat him by 3 goals. It is not surprising that the Golden Ball went to the athlete for the fourth time.
Personal life
The footballer's first girlfriend was Macarena Lemos. At that time, she was still going to school, and Messi was 19 years old. The families of the lovers were friends and wanted to become related. But Lionel played football all the time, so the romance quickly faded away. Then there was a relationship with Playboy model Luciana Salazar, to whom the press attributed affairs with famous athletes.
A year later, Luciana went to Diego Maradona. Lionel Messi, whose biography is known to all football fans, was not very upset and began dating a childhood friend named Antonella Roccuzzo. In the summer of 2012, it became known that the lovers were expecting a child. The athlete himself confirmed this news as follows: after scoring against Ecuador, he hid the ball under his shirt.
The appearance of an heir
In November 2012, Lionel Messi and his (potential) wife arrived at a Spanish clinic located not far from Barcelona's home stadium. There the couple had a son, Thiago. The corresponding announcement appeared on Lionel's Facebook page. Messi thanked God for such a valuable “gift” and his family members for their support.
The black-haired boy is a copy of Lionel. The footballer immediately gave his son a jersey with the number 10 and tattooed the name Thiago on his left leg. After the birth of the baby, Antonella and Lionel got engaged, but have not yet set a wedding date. Scandals periodically occur in their life together. In 2013, the football player was captured by paparazzi in the arms of a blonde. According to journalists, after seeing this photo, Antonella announced their separation. But, despite all the rumors about discord, the lovers are still together. At the moment, Lionel Messi, his wife and son look happy. Antonella and Thiago support the head of the family at all his football matches.
Close friend
The biography of Lionel Messi, written by himself, contains information about the athlete’s long-term friendship with Sergio Aguero, who plays for Manchester City and the Argentina national team. They met as members of the youth team. Since then, when they come to a national team game, they always stay in the same room. One day, Lionel couldn't make it and sent Sergio a joke message telling him not to cheat on him with his new roommate. The footballer is also the godfather of Aguero’s son.
According to Forbes, in 2013 Lionel Messi (biography, personal life, photo of the athlete is presented above) earned about 65 million dollars. Of these, 23 million went to advertising contracts, and the remaining 42 were paid to him by the club. According to this indicator, Messi surpassed only Ronaldo, who received $73 million. Such income allows Lionel to engage in charity work. He organized a foundation in which his brothers and father work. The main activity is helping sick and needy people. In the summer of 2013, Messi helped renovate a children's hospital in his hometown. And a year earlier, he sponsored the treatment of a six-year-old boy from Morocco who had a deficiency of somatotropin (the same disease was diagnosed in Lionel). The athlete is also a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
Revolutionary of world football - this is exactly the nickname Lionel Messi bears among fans. The biography and personal life of the athlete were revealed by Spanish director Alex De La Iglesia in the film of the same name. Screenwriter Jorge Valdano described as accurately as possible the life path of a football player from a boy to a star player. The film "Messi" also included videos from the family's family archive and interviews with famous players and Barcelona coaches. Lionel himself says that he owes his fame and career solely to his grandmother, who took him to training and dreamed of seeing her grandson become a professional athlete. Now, after every goal, Messi looks up, raising his index fingers, thereby dedicating it to his grandmother. The football player also has a tattoo with her image on his left shoulder blade.
At one time there were rumors that Lionel Messi and his wife converted to Islam. The reason for such conversations was a photo posted on the Internet of a young man from Afghanistan who looks very much like a football player. And not only in appearance, but also in physique. 26-year-old Abdul Karim is a Barcelona fan and, like the athlete, was born in the month of June.
Throughout his career, the athlete collaborated with many well-known brands: Movistar, Pepsi, Stockman, Mirage, Adidas, etc. In mid-2013, he took part in a photo shoot for Dolce and Gabbana. In the photographs, the football player was captured wearing branded items. Leo also enjoyed showing off his sculpted abs. The athlete was also the official face of Lay's chips.
What does a football player eat?
What does the biography of a football star named Lionel Messi say about the culinary preferences of a football star? The athlete's favorite dish is chicken or Neopolitan meat. The footballer said more than once in his interviews that his mother often prepared delicious food for the whole family. Now this dish is served in almost any Argentine restaurant.
Athlete's cars
This was the entire biography of Lionel Messi. Finally, let's talk about the football player's cars. Since Lionel's salary is one of the highest in the world, he can afford expensive vehicles. In his garage there are: Lexus LX570, Dodge SRT8 and Ferrari F430. Messi also has an Audi Q5 SUV, gifted to Lionel and his team members by a passionate fan and sponsor from Germany.
Spanish writer Guillem Balagué in his book “Messy” emphasizes the direct relationship between a child’s environment and his career future. “If your parents look at you and constantly repeat: “Wow, you can become a big player,” you are most likely to become a player. If they say that you have the makings of a great doctor, there is a high probability that you will set foot on the medical path.” How far you go along this road depends on you. From determination, hard work. And talent, of course.
According to this theory, the future Lionel Messi was a foregone conclusion from birth - after all, he was born into a family of people in love with football. Which not only did not forbid my son to tinker with the ball - on the contrary, they welcomed these activities in every possible way.
Due to a deficiency of growth hormone, the boy noticeably lagged behind his peers in physical development and, as you might guess, experienced some complexes about this. The love and support of his loved ones helped him overcome his childhood problems and, over the years, glorify the Messi name.
Lionel's father, Jorge, himself played football in his youth. At one time he was even on the youth team of Newell's Old Boys. Then - the army, study, marriage. In short, life got complicated. He returned to his favorite game in a different role - the father of three aspiring football players. Leo was the smallest among them - in all respects - but the most gifted. Already at the age of five or six, the puny kid literally beat the neighbor boys with his left hand. The parent was the first mentor of the future star - in the amateur team “Grandoli”.
Dad is a steel mill worker, mom is a part-time cleaner. Need I say in what conditions our hero grew up? Messi was not in poverty in the literal sense of the word, but he was not in luxury either. Lionel's childhood occurred during a period of severe economic crisis in the country. In its wake, thousands of Argentines left their homeland in the 1980s in search of happiness. Jorge and his wife were also thinking about emigrating. Fortunately, something or someone kept them from moving to Australia.
Perhaps, on the Green Continent, Leo’s adolescence would have passed in more pleasant conditions, but then the world would hardly have known about his existence. How many great Australian footballers do you know? I doubt. It depends no less on the child’s environment than on the methods of upbringing. If in Argentina football is a second religion, then in Australia it is just a game, and not the most popular one, it must be said.
Dad is a steel mill worker, mom is a part-time cleaner. Need I say in what conditions our hero grew up?
In general, wanderlust seems to be in all Messi’s blood. Maiden name Cuccittini directly points us to the Italian roots of the striker’s mother. The footballer’s paternal line also originates in the Apennines. Great-great-grandfather Leo Angel (or Angelo in Italian) Messi emigrated to Rosario from Ancona in 1893 with his wife Maria. And thanks to his Catalan great-grandmother Rosa, born in 1910, Lionel, already an adult, got himself a Spanish passport - in addition to the Argentinean one.
Theoretically, he could represent the “blue squadron” or the “red fury”. But Messi made his choice - in favor of his first homeland - as a 17-year-old boy, politely rejecting the offer of the Spanish youth team.
Why did he need a second passport in this case? Firstly, it allows Messi not to be considered an “extracommunitarian” in Barcelona (and in Spain, let me remind you, there is a limit on foreign players from outside the EU). Secondly, it makes it much easier to move around the world.
Messi made his first – and fateful – trip overseas at the age of 13. Leo, like his father, did not work out with Newell's Old Boys. The guy needed expensive injections of the so-called growth hormone, which the club from Rosario was not ready to pay for. The expenses for the treatment of the Argentine prodigy were covered by Barcelona. In addition, the club provided work for Leo's father. From that moment on, the life of the entire family changed.
Mother with eldest sons Rodrigo and Matias and little daughter Maria Sol, having stayed with Spanish relatives, returned home, and Jorge and Leo remained in Catalonia. From now on, all the thoughts of the head of the family were devoted to the career of his youngest son. The mother of a genius was finally able to throw away the hated mop with a clear conscience and take care of her children and herself.
Every time, raising his hands to the sky, he mentally turns to his beloved grandmother.
Today Jorge Messi is the main and only agent of his son. The father manages Leo’s financial affairs (though not always flawlessly, as evidenced by accusations of tax fraud) and resolves current issues with the forward’s employer. Celia Maria appears less often in public space: the role of mother and grandmother completely suits her. But she worries about the main football player in the family no less than 10 and 15 years ago.
“Nobody wants to watch games with my mother,” Maria Sol Messi, Lionel’s sister, innocently admits. “She screams, cries and generally gets wildly nervous in front of the TV.” Our dad is calmer."
They look like two peas in a pod, father and son. Build, facial features and that family, always wary glance from under his brows.
Mother’s mother, Celia Olivera, alas, did not live to see her grandson’s triumph. However, Leo still dedicates goals to her to this day. Every time, raising his hands to the sky, he mentally turns to his beloved grandmother.
“One day you will become the best football player in the world,” she used to say, stroking little Leo on the head. Could he let her down?
Every week HELLO.RU talks about what celebrity children wear. Last time we got acquainted with the style of Alexei Chadov and Agnia Ditkovskite - Fedor, and today the hero of our column is the youngest son of one of the best football players on the planet - Barcelona striker Lionel Messi - and his common-law wife Antonella Roccuzzo - Mateo.
On September 11, 2015, Lionel Messi became a father for the second time: his common-law wife Antonella Roccuzzo gave birth to a son in one of the Spanish clinics. The baby was born on National Day of Catalonia, which especially pleased Barcelona fans. True, some difficulties arose with the boy's name: initially the local press reported that Messi and Roccuzzo named their son Benjamin, but later the official Barcelona website denied these rumors, reporting the boy's correct name - Mateo.
Pregnant Antonella Roccuzzo with her son Thiago
Antonella Roccuzzo and Mateo
Due to the birth of his son, Messi missed Barcelona's training session before the match of the 3rd round of the Spanish Championship against Atlético Madrid. Catalan head coach Luis Enrique allowed Leo not to attend the lesson, but the forward still had to go to the match itself. Roccuzzo supported her lover by posting on Instagram the first photo of Mateo - or rather, his little hand:
Welcome to this world, son! How happy we were that you were with us at that moment, Leo!
In honor of Mateo's birth, Leo and Antonella decorated their bodies with tattoos of their son's name: Messi inked the inscription "Mateo" on his shoulder, and Roccuzzo on his palm. The couple did the same when their first-born Thiago was born: Thiago’s mother got a tattoo with her son’s name on her palm, and dad decorated his left leg, which had hit the opponent’s goal so many times, with a tattoo of two children’s hands and the inscription Thiago.
Antonella Roccuzzo and Mateo
Mateo Messi 
Mateo Messi 
The first picture of Mateo, in which you can see the boy’s face, was published on Christmas Day by Lionel himself. In the photo, titled "My Superheroes," Mateo and Thiago are wearing suits with the well-known "S" logo. How else can children dress, whose father is a real Superman of his business?
In Mateo’s wardrobe, as well as his brother’s, there are many things with “superhero” symbols. From childhood, boys are encouraged to win, but they probably prefer to enjoy the victories of their outstanding father. In addition to Supermen, Mateo's overalls, T-shirts and sweatshirts are decorated with other bright prints - for example, images of Disney characters, animals, cars and other characters beloved by all boys. This variety of prints also includes original inscriptions: for example, one of Mateo’s bodysuits is decorated with the inscription “50 percent from mom + 50 percent from dad = 100 percent ideal.”
Mateo Messi 
Lionel Messi with sons Mateo and Thiago
Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo with sons Mateo and Thiago
For now, the basis of Mateo’s wardrobe consists of things in pastel shades - soft blue, beige, gray. But recently, parents have increasingly begun to dress their son in brighter clothes: for example, in one of the family photos, Mateo poses while wearing a garnet-colored cardigan - one of the favorite colors of Barcelona fans. Perhaps one day we will see Mateo in the jersey of an official player of the Catalan club, but until that moment the baby still has to grow and grow. It's only begining!
To enjoy the family idyll of the Messi family, click on the photo to view the gallery.
Just a few minutes ago, Lionel Messi shared good news with subscribers of his Instagram page - he and his wife Antonella Roccuzzo had a third son. As previously announced, the baby was named Kiro. The Barcelona striker published the first photo with the newborn.
Welcome, Kiro!!! Thank God everything went perfect. Mom and son feel great. We are super happy!!! - wrote Lionel.
You can be sure that Lionel and Antonella will not stop with their third child. Last November, the footballer admitted in an interview with the Argentine publication TyC Sports that he and Antonella hoped to soon expand their family with a daughter. The footballer also joked that if the fourth child is male again, they are ready to make a fifth attempt.
Let us remember that Leo and his future wife met when they were 9 and 8 years old, respectively. They were close friends until Leo moved to Barcelona at the age of 13. After some time, communication continued, Messi began to fly frequently to his native Argentina, and in 2010 Antonella followed her beloved to Spain. Lionel and Antonella have two older sons - 5-year-old Thiago and 2-year-old Mateo. Last summer they took place
Lionel Andres Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays for the Spanish team Barcelona. Leo's parents didn't believe in him, and even despite his congenital defect, the boy nicknamed "Flea", who shows no signs of hope, achieves dizzying heights in the world of sports and is one of the best strikers.
An exemplary family man, a famous personality, a multiple winner of the Ballon d'Or - the idol of many fans around the world scored more than five hundred goals for Barcelona. Lionel Messi has been voted the best footballer in the world five times.
Height, weight, age. How old is Lionel Messi
It's no surprise that many fans want to know more information about their idol. They are interested in almost everything from the star’s biography. Where he was born and raised. Height, weight, age. How old is Lionel Messi. Is he married and does he have children? We will look at this and many other facts from his life in more detail.
Lionel Mesi's height is 170 cm and his weight is 72 kg. Needless to say, the athlete has excellent data, because from the age of five, without sparing himself, he surrendered to the power of sport. Everyday hard training made itself felt when looking at the football player’s figure. “Lionel Messi photo in his youth and now” - you can find this wording of the request on the networks, but the thirty-year-old young athlete is just as irresistible as he was ten years ago.
Biography and personal life of Lionel Messi
Lionel Anlres Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in South America in one of the big cities of Argentina - Rosario. The boy was born into a family where his father, Jorce Horacio Messi, was an ordinary factory worker, and his mother, Celia Maria Messi, was a cleaner. Since the age of five, the boy has been interested in football in a club coached by his father.
Despite the fact that Lionel has a sister, Maria Messi, and two brothers, Mathias Messi and Rodrigo Messi, the grandmother put all her bets on Lionel. She took him to football and believed that he would be a great player. Having barely reached the age of eleven, Leo is diagnosed with a disease - a deficiency of growth hormones in the body, the treatment of which required a colossal amount of money. The football club where the boy went was unable to pay for expensive medications, so his father takes Lionel to Spain for an audition for Barcelona. And from this moment a new life begins for a young but talented football player.
Leo joined the team and the coaches paid for the boy’s treatment. The calculations came true when Messi scored five goals in the first game. Later, Lionel was compared to Maradona; all newspapers wrote about the rising star. Lionel Messi was the champion of Spain four times, the owner of such awards as the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot, which prove the talent of the athlete. On the Hall of Fame of Argentine sports there is a Statue of Lionel Messi, which was unveiled in 2016. And not so long ago, the Argentine striker, having learned that Obama’s daughters were his fans, gave them national team T-shirts.
Lionel Messi is the best striker of all time. But increasingly, among football fans, who are divided into two camps, there are disputes - “Who is better than Messi or Ronaldo?” Often the queries “Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo fight video” appear on the World Wide Web. Famous boxer Anthony Joshua from Britain shared that in a potential battle between the two football players, he would bet on Messi. And Pelle, a three-time World Cup winner, said that if he had to choose between Messi and Ronaldo for his team, he would definitely choose Messi. But no matter how much controversy there is, the main thing is that the players do not see the spirit of competition in each other and in their interviews they speak only with respect and admiration.
Lionel tried not to advertise his personal life. At the age of nineteen, the first girl who was noticed by the paparazzi was a model - Macarena Lemos. But the parents, who did not approve of the guy’s choice, did everything possible to get them to break up. Soon Leo has another girlfriend, Louisiana Salazar. But Messi cuts off all ties when he meets his love, childhood friend Antonella Roccuzzo. Later he says that his only regret is that he was separated from his beloved for a long time.
Family and children of Lionel Messi
But who often asks the question about the family and children of Lionel Messi are the fans of the Argentinean. Leo had many affairs with girls from the modeling business. Until in one of his interviews he said that he had a girlfriend, Antonella, from his native Rosario. Thus began a romance. Although everything was perfect for the couple, Messi was in no hurry to legitimize the relationship.
Only in 2017, Lionel and Antonella tied the knot, already having two sons - Thiago and Mateo. Now Lionel Messi has everything one could wish for - a dizzying career, a wife - a real keeper of the hearth and two sweet, charming children.
Son of Lionel Messi - Thiago Messi
Lionel Messi's son Thiago Messi was born on November 2, 2012. If you carefully look at the photographs of the child, you will notice that the boy is very similar to his father. When Lionel Messi found out that he and his wife were expecting their first child, Leo, during the match where he scored another goal, rejoicing, ran across the entire field, putting the ball under his T-shirt and thereby announcing to the whole world that his (at that moment common-law wife ) is pregnant.
In honor of his son, Lionel gets a tattoo on his leg with the name of his beloved child.
Lionel Messi's son - Mateo Messi
Lionel Messi's second son, Mateo Messi, is born on September 2, 2015. While still a baby, the boy loves watching football. Apparently genes take their toll and in the future it is possible that Mateo will follow in the footsteps of his father.
Not every child can attend their own parents' wedding. But Mateo and his brother Thiago were lucky. Not only did they attend the wedding ceremony of Lionel and Antonella, but they also all went on their honeymoon to the Caribbean Sea. The boys were happy to ride on a yacht with their dad and mom, have fun and relax.
Lionel Messi's wife - Antonella Roccuzzo
Lionel Messi's wife Antonella Roccuzzo was born on February 26, 1988 in the same city as Leo. The girl met her future husband at the age of five, as they lived in the same yard. More than once Lionel kicked the ball with Antonella's brother. The young beauty, after graduating from school, worked at a fitness club as an instructor, having previously received a diploma in nutritionist. Until 2008, the couple did not even communicate, but after the meeting, the lovers realized that they should be together.
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