LIONEL ANDRÉS MESSI 

Name: Lionel Andrés Messi

Date of birth: 24 june 1986(26)

Place of birth: Rosario(Argentina) 

Height: 1m and 69cm

Playingposition:Foward

Current club: Barcelona

Nmber: 10

Messi played in Barcelona´s junior infantil B & A teams from 2000 to 2003 (scoring 37 in 30 matches in cadete A). He was nearly  released from the club in 2003 because of financial costrain but his youth coaches convinced management to keep him.