My Favourite Sports person

MY FAVOURITE SPORTS PERSON

NAME : FADHLINA SOFEA BINTI CHE ROSLE
CLASS : 5 ZAMRUD

TEACHER : PN. SHARON

LIONEL MESSI

Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccitini also
known as Leo Messi, is an

Argentina professional footballer
who plays as

a forward and captains in both
Spanish club Barcelona and
the Argentina national team.
Often considered as the best

player in the world and widely
regarded as one of the greatest

players of all time.

Born and raised in Rosario, Argentina,
Messi relocated to Spain to join Barcelona
at age 13. He made his debut at age 17 in
October 2004. He established himself as
an integral player for the club within the

next three years. Messi won his
first Ballon d’Or at the age of 22.

Since 2008, Messi has been in a relationship with
Antonella Roccuzzo, a fellow native of Rosario. He has
known Roccuzzo since he was five years old, as she is the
cousin of his childhood best friend, Lucas Scaglia, who is

also a football player. On 30 June 2017, he married
Roccuzzo at Hotel City Center in Rosario. Messi and
Roccuzzo have three sons: Thiago (born 2012), Mateo
(born 2015) and Ciro (born 2018). Thiago was born in
Barcelona on 2 November 2012. Messi attending the
birth after being given permission by Barcelona to miss
training. Thiago's name and handprints are tattooed on
his left calf. He missed training ahead of a match against
Atlético Madrid to attend the birth of his second son,
Mateo, on 11 September 2015 in Barcelona. On 10 March
2018, Messi skipped the match against Málaga after Ciro

was born



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