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Jahaziel Bonfil? COMS 151 Lionel Andres Messi? To inform the class who Lionel Andres Messi is? Thesis statement Introduction (Short little Clip) (10 sec) Lionel Andres Messi is a professional soccer player who plays for La Liga in union FC Barcelona and is the captain of the Argentina national team. He is consider to be one of the world greatest soccer player of all time.? IV. Preview of principal(prenominal) points. I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFE, HIS ROAD TO SUCCESS, AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS A. HISTORY -Origin Born June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. -Family His suffer Jorge Messi His mother Celia.Lionel was the third of the couples three boyshis older brothers are named Matias and Rodrigo. Lionel as well has a sister, female horse Sol. -Beginning of soccer All three boys contend, and Jorge coached a local youth team. Lionel joined his dads club at the get on with of five. He was extremely petite for his age plainly extremely talented as well. Lionel showed enough at the youth-soccer level to earn a development contend with the top local club, Newells Old Boys. He joined the team at the age of eight. Transition The problem, of course, was his size. While teammates the similar age grew an inch or two each year, Lionels progress was painfully slow.B. ROAD TO SUCCESS -His small problem After Lionel turned 11, the Messis were informed by doctors that their talented son had a hormone deficiency. maturement hormone therapy would cost between $500 and $1,000 a month. Even do Club Atletico River Plate was at jump was interested they could non afford such treatment. The only other team they at connections with was FC Barcelona but that would be asking too much. -Barcelona Trials FC Barcelonas director, Carles Rexach, had heard about the boys talent through the Messis relatives in Catalonia and was un afraid by the price tag of growth hormone therapy. Jorge and Lionel traveled o Spain, and Rexach apt(p) the boy a tryout. He passed and joined La Massia , Barcelonas youth academy soccer program. Lionel joined Barcelonas U-14 squad and became the best player on the team. As he learned the nuances of the game, he moved speedily through the organization, joining the C team and then the B team before earning a spot with the clubs A team. Lionel made his debut for FC Barcelona in a non-league game against FC Porto in November of 2003. He was six months cat his 16th birthday. (10 SEC of Messi taking on players and scoring) C. ACHIEVEMENTS (2min)SHOW PICTURES OF ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH POWERPOINT DebutRCD Espanyol-FC Barcelona (0-1, League), 16/10/2004 -On whitethorn 1, 2005, he became the youngest player ever to score a league closing for FC Barcelona against Albacete when Messi was only 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old At the Under 20 World Cup in Holland, Messi not only won the title with Argentina, but was also the leading goalscorer and was voted best player in the tournament. -His find came in the 2005-06 season -On May 1 , 2005, he became the youngest player ever to score a league goal for FC Barcelona against Albacete when Messi was only 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old He continued to develop in the 2007/08 campaign, when he scored 16 goals and gave 10 assists in the 40 games he played in. -In the summer of 2008 he also played at the Beijing Olympics, and came home with a gold medal. -In the 2008/09 season, and now without Ronaldinho alongside him, Messi became the main trail of the Barca show. -He managed to stay injury free all season, and played 51 games, scoring 38 goals. -In 2009, he lastly won both the FIFA World Player and Ballon dOr. -How far can Leo Messi go? He was the leagues top scorer in the 2009-10 season and equalled Ronaldos historic total of 34 goals (96-97).He scored the goal against Estudiantes that won Barca the Clubs first World Club Cup. -But without settling for that, the Argentinian went even further in the 2010/11 season, scoring no fewer than 53 official goals, a Span ish record only matched by Cristiano Ronaldo (that very same season) -In 2011, he also won the Ballon dOr for the third time -In the season 2011/12 Messi moves old Cesar Rodriguezs record of 232 goals to become the Clubs all time top goalscorer. -Messi is also captain of the Argentina national and has played in two World Cups (2006 and 2010) and two Copa Americas (2007 and 2011).Transition To wrap things up I just want to scan he his only 25 years. He still as more to give and more to receive. genius of the biggest soccer events is about to start, World Cup 2014 his going to be and no doubt he go out be in the spotlight. Conclusion Although it is still too early to tell we can surely opine we are looking at legend in the making Works Cited? owl. english. purdue. edu Lionel Messi Worlds Greatest Player. Dailymotion. N. p. , n. d. Web. 23 Oct. 2012. . Lionel MESSI. FIFA. com. N. p. , n. d. Web. 23 Oct. 2012. . Messi 10. Messi. N. p. , n. d. Web. 23 Oct. 2012. .