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Lionel Andrés Messi was born on June 24, 1987 at Rosario, Argentina

Messi started playing football when he was young. In 1995, he joined the Newell's Old Boys junior team. He scored 21 goals in 14 games with the junior team.

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Messi scored 73 goals in the 2011–12 season. This broke a record that had stood for 39 years for most goals scored in a single season in a major European football league.

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Messi led Argentina to the 2014 World Cup final, which was the first time in 24 years that they had done so. Argentina lost to Germany, but Messi won the Golden Ball for being the best player at the tournament.

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Messi scored 73 goals in the 2011–12 season. This broke a record that had stood for 39 years for most goals scored in a single season in a major European football league.

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In 2005 and 2006, he played for his country at the FIFA World Youth Championship and the World Cup.Messi is one of the best football players in the world.

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Lionel Andrés Messi was born on June 24, 1987 at Rosario, Argentina