Lets meet Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is an Argentinian soccer star that has risen to greatness.  Messi was born June twenty four nineteen eighty seven in Rosario Argentina.  When Messi was eight he got his big start as a soccer player.  He joined the local team Newell's old boys, which was the nearest professional team to him.  Where he showed people that he had great talent.

Big part adversity that Messi has overcome is his height.  At age eleven Messi was diagnosed with hormone growth deficiency.  Unfortunately Messi's parents could not offered the treatment.  That's when, at the age of thirteen, Fc Barcelona  (a very high-class professional soccer team) offered to pay for the treatment if he would join the team. He was obviously a happy kid, along with his parents.  With Messi being a member of Fc Barcelona, he moved to Spain with his family so that he could play.

Messi's family is made up of his parents (Jorge and Celia), his brothers (Rodrigo and Matias) and his sister (Maria).  Messi's dad was a factory worker and his mother was a part time cleaner, so they had enough money to provide, but they couldn't have a lot of extra things.
I chose to blog about Lionel Messi because he's not only my favorite soccer player, but he's a hero of mine as well. I look up to him a lot because of how well he plays and how easy he makes it look to play soccer while being a good sport.  And I also look up to him for how he overcame his height adversity. Theres a lot to say about Messi because of all he's done in the realm of soccer and because of the type if character he is.


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