For as long as Messi has played professional soccer, he has always been on F.C Barcelona. F.C Barcelona have always been a successful team. They are from Barcelona and have always had rich owners which helps them pay for outstanding players like Messi himself.
F.C.B was founded by Hans gambler in 1899. At that point in time, Spain wasn't the big football country that it is today, so to start the club Gamper used young foreigners that lived in Barcelona. When F.C.B was young they formed their slogan "more than a club" and as time went by that was turned into a true statement. (http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/club/historia/introduccio/introduccio.html)
Ever since F.C.B was formed in 1899, they have done outstanding things from were they started to we're they are today along with overcoming great adversities. Around 1922 football started getting more popular and by that time F.C.B became the best and most popular football club in Spain. In 1936 president Josep Sunyol was assassinated and this was a big deal for F.C.B because Sunyol propagated the slogan 'sport and citizenship', and with the Spanish civil and post-war period, football in Barcelona almost ended. (http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/club/historia/introduccio/introduccio.html)
Towards the early 70's F.C.B recovered from their adversity and started to become the football club that every professional wished they were on. They got some all-star players like Johan Cruyff, and a great club president Josep Luis Nunez. Working up from the 70's F.C.B couldn't start getting better and more popular, and in the 1990-1994 seasons they were referred to as the dream team. (http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/club/historia/introduccio/introduccio.html)
Recently F.C.B has added a lot of new aspects to the team. In this decade they added a new club president and other staff members and since they are a very rich cub they have the money to buy high class players like Piqué, Iniesta, Valdes, Puyol, and of course Lionel Messi along with many other fantastic players.
F.C.B have always played at camp Nou which is one of the most famous football pitches in the world and is located in Catalonia, which is right outside of Barcelona. They've won countless awards and cups along with league leaders a number of times. There's a lot to know about F.C.B and it shows a good part of Messi's history as well.
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