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Lionel Messi, born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario is an exciting Argentine football player, who currently plays as a second striker for FC Barcelona . Born in the Santa Fe province of Argentina in a family where football was king, Lionel Messi started kicking the ball at an early age. When he was just 5 years old, he joined the training sessions of the club his father was coaching at that time, Grandoli where he showed remarkable ability for a player so young, and soon got popular in the media as "the new Diego Maradona in making". Being close to his father at Grandoli, Messi and his father knew this club would not be one to offer the young boy a future as a football player, so his father decided to take him to one of the most prestigious youth academies in Argentina, that of Newell's Old Boys . This happened in 1995, when Leonel Messi was just 8 years old.  Messi has also played in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups for Argentina. He become the youngest player to represent Argentina in the World Cup and in 2010 he was one of the contenders of the Golden Ball award. By the age of 21 he was a contender of both the Ballon d' Or and Fifa World Player of the Year and won both by the age of 22. He won several Copa Del Rey and  Laliga titles and also the 08-09 Champions League and then the Fifa Club World Cup. He is by many people known as the best player in the world and is in the three man short list for the 2010 Player of the year. 2009/10 season was just amzing for the then 22 year old. He was the top scorer in all competitions and won all except the Champions League with Barcelona. In 2010/11 season he started the campaign wonderfully and is the Top scorer and assist maker in Laliga and has some similiar results in the Champions League.