10 things you did not know about Messi. #9 will cause a lump in your throat.
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The FC Barcelona soccer star and probably the best soccer player of all times Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini at the age of 27 continues to be a sensation to all his fans. Messi has established a great number of records for goals scored and also has won individual awards in route to worldwide recognition as the best soccer player ever.
1. - Rumors about his parents indicate that Lionel Messi was named after an American singer by the name of Lionel Ritchie.
2. - The first soccer team that "the flea" played for was Newell's Old Boys and he was only 5 years old.
3. - Messi does not miss any of Newell's Old Boys soccer games, his favorite team from Argentina.
4. - Once in FC Barcelona soccer team, and at the young age of 13, Carlos Raxach offered him his first pro soccer contract that was finally signed on a paper napkin.
5. According to the website www.ask4sports.com, the speed that Messi can actually achieve dribbling a soccer ball is 9.38 meters per second; this record puts him among the fastest athletes in the world. (In 1996 in the Atlanta Olympic games, Michael Johnson, achieved the speed of 10 meters per second which put him at that time as the fastest man in the planet.)
6. - Lionel Messi loves to sleep, its said that he could sleep until 11 am with no issues and still take an afternoon nap. Juan Sebastian Veron, Messi's partner in the Argentinean Soccer team for many years, confessed that Messi would spend most of his time sleeping, Messi would sleep just out of boredom.
7. - Lionel Messi's childhood idol was another famous Argentinean soccer player , Pablo Cesar "the clown" Aimar.
8.- In his first team the Newell's Old Boys, soccer doctors submitted Messi to a treatment of growth hormones not only to make him keep playing, but to keep him alive, this because Messi's body did not produce them. This treatment was very expensive, approximately 1,500 dollars per month and the team refused to keep paying for it, it was then when Messi moved to Barcelona, Spain and initiated his brilliant career.
9. - Messi always remembers his most childhood beloved person, his grandmother and even though she never was able to see him as a famous soccer player, every time the soccer star scores a goal, he raises his hands to dedicate his goals to his loving grandmother. She was the person who always pushed Messi to go after his dreams.
10.- Messi is without any doubt one of the best players of all times, just to mention a few of the achievements he has had, he has won the golden ball award 4 times, he is the top scorer in Spain, top scorer in the champions league among many other awards.
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At the young age of 27, Lionel Messi has shown us that he has what it takes to be considered the best soccer player in history and we have no doubts that he will continue to charm us every time he sets foot in to a soccer field. If you know of any other important statistic or fact that we have missed to mention, feel free to leave a comment with it.
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