1. LIONEL MESSI
BY THOMAS KINANE

2. Facts Born 24.06.1987 Position: Forward Height: 1m 69 cm Weight: 67kg
COUNTRY: ARGENTINA
Caps: 88
Goals: 45
CLUB: FC BARCELONA
Games: 468
Goals: 375

3. The finest player of his generation Messi has been described by his Barcelona team mates as irreplaceable and it’s easy to see why. In January the Argentina striker won the ballon d’Or for a record fourth time.
In February 2013 he scored his 300th Barcelona goal and a month later he became the first player to score against every other team in La Liga in 19 consecutive matches.
In he scored a record –breaking 73 goals; 50 in the league and 14 in the Champions League both separate records and rattled in eight La Liga hat-tricks –all at the age of just 24.

4. La liga
Lionel Messi is La Liga's all-time leading goalscorer after scoring a hat-trick in Saturday’s 5-1 win over Sevilla.
The 27-year-old Argentine has scored 368 goals for Barcelona, the only senior club he has ever played for.

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7. questions Q.1. What year was he born in? Q. 2. What height is he?
Q. 3. What do his team –mates describe him as?