The Life Story of Lionel Andres Messi Who Rocked World Football With The Dance Leading Him

Lionel Andres Messi, born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina. He is the son of Jorge Messi and Celia Cuccittini. Messi is the third of four children.

Before continuing into the life story of the star, there are unique facts about the name "Lionel Messi."

Reportedly, the government in Argentina has banned the use of the name "Messi" after the case regarding the legality of the name in Rosario, the hometown of Messi. This story begins when Hector Varela from Rio Negro fights with the government to be given permission to name his son Messi Daniel Varela. He asked for the name "Messi" and not "Lionel" because he felt the name was more suitable if he wanted to use it as a tribute.

Varela then proudly said that he was Messi's father.

Now, to prevent flooding parents from following him, new laws have been drafted that make the name "Messi" illegal. This civil regulation anticipates a flood of similar applications and chooses to take a preemptive strike on what could potentially be a "social phenomenon".

Lionel Messi's family life is quite ordinary. The father is just a factory worker while his mother is a janitor.

Little Messi began to show interest in football when playing with his brother and cousin. But keep in mind if the one who taught Messi to kick the ball was his grandmother. Messi admitted if the grandmother is a figure that is extraordinary.

The grandmother's eyes are sharper than her father, Jorge, in seeing the talent that is in him. One day in 1992, the grandmother went to the local club coach, Grandoli, Salvador Aparicio. At that time, his grandmother told Aparicio to pay attention to the greatness of his grandchildren.

And that moment is really remembered by the coach.

Aparicio's house is only a few blocks from the Messi's family home. As a good neighbor, Aparicio fulfilled Messi's grandmother's request to test her grandchild's abilities. And in fact Aparicio himself had often watched Messi when he kicked the ball against the wall, the sidewalk, or whatever was in their environment.

Three years after that, in 1995, Messi managed to penetrate the children's club owned by Newell's Old Boys, one of two big clubs in Santa Fe Province. From there, stories about children who have talents as big as Maradona began to spread widely.

Newell's Old Boys fans nicknamed Messi, El Enano (the dwarf), while his older brother, Rodrigo, called him El Pulga (the flea). The two nicknames refer to Messi's tiny physique, but it is troublesome for every opposing team player.

Meanwhile, Carlos Morales, a coach who has worked with Messi for four years at Newell's, remembers his favorite student as a quiet player.

His grandmother is of course very proud. Efforts to pump the grandchildren's talent is not in vain. Unfortunately, the grandmother could not see Messi's development again. He died in 1998 while Messi was still in Newell's Old Boys.

To honor the services of one of his most beloved people, Messi often celebrated by raising both hands up. This is certainly done to offer the goals printed to the grandmother.

Shortly after the death of his grandmother, Messi's parents realized that his child had abnormal growth. They then took him to the hospital and found Messi was suffering from a hormone disorder that caused stunted growth.

Born in mediocre conditions with a father who was only a factory worker and a mother who was only a part-time janitor made Messi never thought he could undergo growth hormone treatment.

But in the end, Jorge relied on family health insurance and insurance from his company to buy hormones for Messi's recovery. The fee is 1,000-1,500 USD or around 9.5-14 million rupiah. When the economic crisis hit Argentina, Jorge's company was affected too.

Jorge no longer has more money to pay for his son's health. President Newell's, Sergio Almiron, also raised his hand and could only help by sending Jorge money of 200 pesos or about 500 thousand rupiah twice.

Jorge then took the initiative to bring Messi to a bigger club, namely River Plate, one of the famous clubs in the national capital, Buenos Aires. However, River refused because he was unable to bear Messi's medical expenses.

Then, a glimmer of hope came after Lionel Messi was in great demand by FC Barcelona's technical director, Charly Rexach. Charly heard that there was a 13-year-old child who had abilities like Diego Maradona.

Messi also had the opportunity to demonstrate his game before Charly Rexach. The man is very sick. Messi and his father were at the Barcelona headquarters for two weeks. After that, Jorge, the father, bluffed by asking the Blaugrana to immediately contract his child or this negotiation would never happen again.

Finally with a restaurant napkin with paper capital, Lionel Messi signed his first contract with FC Barcelona.

Later on, both parties were grateful for the agreement they had made. Messi received medical care and obtained the right place for his talent, while Barcelona received special service from Messi. Messi's body height at his current age also reached 1.7 meters, exceeding much of that of just 1.5 meters as the initial diagnosis.

Starting to play at the academy of La Masia, Messi was considered mute by his team mates because he rarely spoke. Even so, Messi actually became the most prominent and began to interact with others. His talent is considered special and gets lots of flattery.

In his routine of practicing soccer, Lionel Messi continued to undergo treatment in the form of injections in his legs. The habit continued until Messi was 16 years old. He made his debut with the first team FC Barcelona in a friendly match against FC Porto. His impressive performance impressed many and impressed his team mate at the time, Ronaldinho.

Please note that Ronaldinho was also Lionel Messi's first best friend when he made it into the FC Barcelona senior team.

Since his promotion to the Barcelona senior team in 2004, Messi has become the mainstay of the Catalonian club. But Messi admitted that he was awkward at the beginning of his career with the first team, especially at the beginning of a dressing room with senior players.

He was then approached by Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho admitted that it was not difficult to accept Messi in the Barcelona dressing room. The attacking midfielder who left Camp Nou in 2008 regards Messi as someone who is easily liked.

Ronaldinho's attitude that embraced Messi at the beginning of his career with the senior team made the Argentinian adapt easily.

Until exactly on May 1, 2005, Lionel Messi marked his first goal for FC Barcelona in the match against Albacete. His goal at that time also made him the youngest printer for FC Barcelona.

After playing as a substitute, Messi found his main place in the 2006/07 season. He has always been the first choice of coach to be able to win an extraordinary title in the 2008/09 season.

It should also be noted that Lionel Messi made his debut for the Argentine National Team at the age of 18 in 2005. He became a substitute in the 65th minute in the match against Hungary.

Unfortunately, La Pulga's debut lasted less than a minute because he was involved in an incident with Hungarian footballer Vilmos Vanczak. Because of the incident, Messi had to be willing to leave the field faster after receiving a red card gift from the referee.

In the 2998/09 season with FC Barcelona, Messi successfully helped La Blaugrana win his first treble. He became an important player and is increasingly known throughout the world. Thanks to his extraordinary achievements, Messi has been named the world's best player. He won his first Ballon D’or at the age of 22 and became the start of the next four titles.

Season after season, Lionel Messi continues to show brilliant performances. The series of goals that he created successfully helped FC Barcelona to win various prestigious titles. He achieved his best goal achievement in 2012. At that time, La Pulga successfully broken down the opponent's goal 91 times. The number is the largest in the history of world football.

Of the 91 goals scored by Lionel Messi in 2012, 81 of them were scored using the left foot. While 14 created from the execution of penalties and six others created against Bayer Leverkusen.

Lionel Messi passed 2012 with a great record after making 91 goals in all competitions. He broke the record for most goals in a calendar year that previously made Gerd Muller with 82 goals and Pele who scored 75 goals.

Because he continues to be an important player for the La Blaugrana camp, Messi successfully donated the title of La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, European Champions League, European Super Cup, to the Club World Cup. He achieved all these titles more than once.

In addition to achieving on the field, Lionel Messi is also able to achieve various interesting things when outside the field. One of them is when he successfully won the heart of the woman of his dreams since childhood, Antonella Rocuzzo.

Although marrying a life partner who is a childhood love may be almost impossible, Lionel Messi becomes an anomaly.

He is one of the few people who managed to turn "love monkey" into true love. The superstar marries Antonella Roccuzzo. The woman he loved since he was nine years old.

The love story of Messi began in 1996. Messi, who was only nine years old at that time, already had a close relationship with the Antonella family. He is a friend of Antonella's cousin, Lucas Scaglia.

Proximity to Sciglia as a match for Messi. Often playing with Sciglia, Messi finally met Antonella. That moment happened when Messi and Sciglia were walking in the river Parana. At that time, Antonella wanted to join the two for a walk.

Although he was able to end the relationship due to separation by distance, Antonella finally decided to move to Barcelona and live with Messi. Since then, the togetherness of Messi and Antonella continues to this day.

Their relationship finally continues to the altar. Messi and Antonella decided to get married in June 2017. Both of them are now blessed with three children named Thiago, Mateo, and Cyrus.

Besides having the ability to play football that is extraordinary and amazing love story too, Lionel Messi apparently also has a high social life. In 2010, Messi was even appointed as UNICEF Children's Ambassador, which means that he has had a major influence on working by promoting a very important agenda.

UNICEF itself is part of the United Nations which specializes in helping children by running programs for children and promoting children's rights around the world. This can be seen in how he has visited Argentina, Haiti and Costa Rica to raise awareness about the life or death problems faced by children in the world.

Further evidence of Messi's support for the UNICEF mission can be seen from the time he donated money to the children's hospital in his hometown, Rosario. In 2013, he was recorded to have donated 600 thousand euros or 9 billion rupiah to a hospital located in the region.

Then around 2018, Messi was involved in the construction of the Cancer Center at Sant Joan de Deu Hospital, Barcelona. In between his busy schedule with FC Barcelona, Messi's heart was tapped to help children with cancer.

Right in October 2018, Messi laid the first stone of the Cancer House at Sant Joan de Deu Hospital, Barcelona. Messi symbolically began the construction of treatment facilities for children with cancer.

After being involved in the world of football and doing other extraordinary things, Lionel Messi was finally officially crowned as the highest paid athlete.

Forbes Magazine released the list of the highest-paid athletes in the world in 2019, with a number of familiar names on the top 10. The richest athlete label is taken from a number of athletes' income ranging from prize money, salaries, and sponsors from June 2018 to June 2019. As many as 100 richest athletes come from 10 sports and from 25 countries.

In the 2019 list, Lionel Messi occupies the top position for the first time with a total income of 127 million USD or 1.8 trillion rupiah equivalent. He was able to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo who sat on the second step.

This achievement feels commensurate with what Messi has done so far. Despite having worked for more than 10 years in the world of football, Lionel Messi is still able to perform consistently and is still a mainstay for La Blaugrana.