..."Messi" redirects here. For the biopic, see Messi (film). Lionel Messi 2015 UEFA Super Cup 64 crop.jpg Messi with Barcelona during the UEFA Super Cup in August 2015 Personal information Full name Lionel Andrés Messi[note 1] Date of birth 24 June 1987 (age 28) Place of birth Rosario, Argentina Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] Playing position Forward Club information Current team Barcelona Number 10 Youth career 1994–2000 Newell's Old Boys 2001–2004 Barcelona Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2004 Barcelona C 10 (5) 2004–2005 Barcelona B 22 (6) 2004– Barcelona 321 (289) National team‡ 2004–2005 Argentina U20 18 (14) 2008 Argentina U23 5 (2) 2005– Argentina 105 (49) Honours[show] * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2015 Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ( listen); born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only football player in history to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or four times, all of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Shoes. With Barcelona he has won seven La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League...
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...Lionel Messi’s Place in History Lionel Messi is the greatest soccer player in the history of the sport. Soccer is considered the greatest sport in the world and is adored by people all over the world. It is also played by hundreds and millions of people. It has been played for thousands of years and to be the greatest of all time is a serious achievement. Lionel Messi is only 29 years old and he is already regarded as the greatest player of all time due to his accolades and impact on the game. He’s inspired a nation due to his style of play. One of the reasons Messi is the best player of all time is because of his dribbling ability. Dribbling is one of the most important parts of the game as it penetrates your opponent and gives you space to attack the rival team. Lionel Messi has proven to be the best dribbler of all time countless of times. He has dribbled past multiple professional defenders with ease. It is said by one of his former teammates that when his team at practice would be losing, he would take the ball and dribble it past the whole team to score. He has also proven his...
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...Lionel Messi Biography Lionel Messi is considered to be one of the best professional soccer players to live. He holds a record of 100 goals in the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) club competition and has been the second player to have done this. In this essay you will learn what he did for a living and who he is. Childhood Lionel Andres Messi was born June 24, 1987 he lived in Argentina with his Mom, Dad, and his two older brothers. In addition to living with his family Messi started playing soccer at a early age and his talent was soon apparent. However, at the age 11 Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency. Early Life Messi got his first contract from FC Barcelona on February 2004. He then, moved to Spain...
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...Why is Lionel Messi one of the greatest futbol players to ever go down in history. Lionel is one of the greatest players because he is one of the most technical player in the world. He is also very physical and tactical. Lionels skills belong in a different planet. Different types of people may disagree and think that Ronaldo is the best futbol player to date. At a height of just 5’7’ he is one of the shortest futbol/soccer players to play. Those are just some reasons that Messi is one of the all round players. Why is Lionel a very respected individual. He is very respectable because of his technical skills. His technical skill are marvelous, he uses his footwork to get around the defender/ player that is marked up upon him. He is very well...
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...mediocre size, its shape and its design. The lid takes up less space than a regular lid would usually take, and the mediocre size and shape of the box allow it to be stored on any shelf because it isn't too big. Slide 3 - The brand name of the Product is Nike and it signed by the famous footballer Lionel Messi. The ingredients that I chose to use inside of the packaging are sponges that I have decorated in green and orange on the bottom of the package as well as the top of the surrounding the egg, bubble wrap that is near the middle surrounding the egg as well as cotton balls directly beneath the egg also covered in green and orange. The unique features of the packaging are an easy to use lid (just open from one side) as well as a flap on the inside of the lid for the Messi Trading Card. I decided to use the colours green and orange in the packaging because first and foremost, Green represents the colour of the field that the stars plays on, and it represents what he does and orange represents his team colour. Furthermore, Green because it represents how much Messi has grown throughout his career and because it is associated with generosity and good luck and throughout his Career Messi has donated to...
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...question which is easy on the surface, but difficult actually. This question puzzle all the football fans—— who is the best football player in the world now? The answer comes from two famous football players: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. In my opinion, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are all excellent football players. They all have masterly football technique and high support. Thousands of football fans from the whole world support them. But I pay more attention on their dissimilarity rather than who is the best one. I think they have much different from each other. It is very interesting to discuss their dissimilarity. First, their position in field is different. Cristiano Ronaldo is a wing forward. The job for a wing forward is creating more chances for the centre forward, shooting from long distance and cutting back for centre. On the other hand, Lionel Messi is a second striker. The job for a second striker is organizing the attack for the whole team, helping the centre forward to get goal and attracting the defend players. Second, their way to get a goal is different. Cristiano Ronaldo is a versatile player. He can use many means to get a goal, such as shooting from long distance, free kick and header. In comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi just have simplex way to get a goal. His way is shooting from close distance. Although it sounds very humdrum, but Messi’s shoot is very minatory. Third, their peculiarity of dribble is different. The speed of Cristiano Ronaldo’s...
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...Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, ComM, GOIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃ'tjɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu], born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. He is a forward and serves as captain for Portugal. In 2008, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. He then won the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2013 and 2014. In 2015, Ronaldo scored his 500th senior career goal for club and country. Often ranked as the best player in the world, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation, during its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2015. He is the only player to win four European Golden Shoe awards. One of the most marketable athletes in sport, in 2016 Forbes named Ronaldo the world's best paid athlete. In June 2016, ESPN ranked him the world's most famous athlete. Ronaldo began his club career playing for Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United at age 18 in 2003. After winning his first trophy, the FA Cup, during his first season in England, he helped United win three successive Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League title, and a FIFA Club World Cup. By age 23, he had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. He was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth €94 million ($132 million). In Spain...
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... Upbringing Lionel Messi was born June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina to a working class family. His father was a factory steel worker, and his mother a cleaner. He began playing soccer from an early age, and his talent was soon apparent. However at the age of eleven, Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). This was a condition that stunted growth, and required expensive medical treatment, including the use of the drug human growth hormone. (T-V PG, 03:22) Career Local clubs, River Plate were interested in signing Messi, but did not want to pay for his medical treatment. However, Messi was given a trial with football club of Barcelona, and Coach Carles Rexach was impressed-offering Messi a contract (written on paper napkin) which included paying Messi’s treatment in Spain. Messi moved to Barcelona with his father and became part of the prestigious FC Barcelona youth academy. “I made a lot of sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. But everything I did I did for football, to achieve my dream. That is why I did not go out partying, or do a lot of other things” (Lionel Messi). Messi progressed through the ranks and was given his first league appearance in the 2004/2005 season becoming the youngest player to score a league goal. In 2006, Messi was part of the double winning team which won both Laliga (Spanish League) and champions’ league. By the next season, (2006-2007) he was just twenty, Messi was the first choice striker...
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...playing sports, entertainers performing, and teenagers hanging out). Adidas went “All in (Brettman)” with their new marketing ad, showing viewers the great diversity the company has. “"This is a campaign that will show the breadth and depth of the Adidas brand," said Patrik Nilsson, president of Adidas America. (Brettman)” Their ad gave consumers a sense of inspiration and happiness, believing that with these new Adidas products they could achieve their goals. The commercial begins with a rear view of a teenager jogging alone wearing a jacket the reads “Adidas” with the company’s logo across his back. Then the video transitions flashing short glimpses of the company’s sponsored athletes and musical artists such as Derrick Rose, Lionel Messi, B.o.B, and Katy Perry, each preparing for their game or performance with a look of focus and determination in their eyes. The crowds begin cheering while cameras are flashing as the various athletes and professional artists enter the stadium. Fireworks are set off exploding with bright lights outside the fields as strobe lights illuminate the areas waving back and forth. Their events soon...
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...Josue Pena English Composition WP3 Messi vs Ronaldo Football has produced some of the most iconic and legendary sporting personalities. However, in the present era there is a question that every football fan argues on. “Who is better, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?” Messi and Ronaldo are two of the most gifted and skillful footballers on the planet. The former is an Argentinian, who plays for his national team and Spanish club, FC Barcelona (Brach). The latter is a Portuguese, who plays for his national team and another Spanish club, Real Madrid C.F (Mitra). Ronaldo used to play in England for Manchester United before moving to Real Madrid. At that time the two weren’t compared to each other much. Messi was regarded as a huge young prospect who had a lot of potential to become a super star in the future, coming from Barca’s youth academy “La Masia” (Levinsky), while Ronaldo was an already established star in an amazing Man United squad, winning the prestigious Ballon D’ Or award in 2008, which is an award that recognizes a player as the best in the world for that particular year. It was the year 2009 that sparked the rivalry between the two when a Messi inspired Barcelona team defeated Ronaldo’s Man United team 2-0 in the final of the Champions League, the largest club competition in the world. It was that year, Ronaldo moved to the capital of Spain; Madrid to join Real Madrid, Barcelona’s arch rivals. Later that year Messi won the Ballon D’ or and announced himself...
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...Formal Assessment #2 KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken is an American fast food chain founded by Colonel Harland Sanders (1890-1980) in 1930’s during the great depression. KFC is today the world’s 2nd big fast food chain, after Mc Donald’s, with over 18000 outlets all around the world. Like other growing brands KFC too uses social media as a medium to promote themselves and gain popularity, for which they have used many strategies on social media and tackled viral controversies by turning them as a promotion. To grab extra attention they have also tried many campaigns like ‘it doesn’t count if…’, ‘Kintacy Kintacky Kintacky’ campaign on a reality television show called ‘Arab idol’. KFC has also used influential footballers like Leonel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to promote their meals by holding them in a poster. KFC launched their social media pages about 6 years ago and today they have over 37.3 million Facebook likes and over 700,000 following them on Twitter. When asked the reason for the attraction on social media, a spokesman replied, “The reason we’ve attracted so many followers is because there are a lot of people that have affection for the brand and they find our social media fun and interactive” (Rick Maynard 2010), to promote their social media profiles, KFC has, many times, given away vouchers through social media through which they have attracted many consumers and followers. KFC has also used these social media pages to communicate and share relevant fun stuff with...
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... Can anyone else just take over Mourinho’s skills set and learn from him? Well Mourinho is a one of a kind type of guy. One peculiar thing about him is that his strengths are basically his weaknesses. Mourinho has many weaknesses. He is a very childish, immature coach. He can be very selfish and is a bad loser. He was is known to be a very annoying coach and a lot of referees do not like him. He was even sent off the field once. This simply goes to show that he can be very annoying. I would like to inform you that I am a Barcelona fan. This means that I truly do not like real Madrid as a team. However, my hate is justified. Mourinho is part of the reason why I do not like Madrid. Madrid plays very bad. They always try to injure Leonel Messi, and they have a very dirty way of playing the game. They are very sore losers. However, all of these things seem to be shared characteristics with their coach. Mourinho is not a great public figure and somehow I cannot get myself to actually admire him, despite all of his accomplishments. I even once heard that Mourinho was warned by Real Madrid that he needs to get his act together and be more amiable or else they would kick him out. This rumor I heard right after the time he was sent off the field. Another scene to portray Mourinho’s...
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...The best player on Sporting KC in my opinion would probably be Jimmy Medranda. Reasons for this are his work ethic, shot power, and his conditioning. Medranda shows his work ethic throughout the entire game which the coach Peter Vermes likes a lot which is why he is always in the 18 man squad. His shot power he can shoot the ball from half field and still put it 20 feet over the goal. Lastly his conditioning he can play for a long time more than usual and apparently runs a half marathon each day. His work ethic more examples of his work ethic are probably the fact that every video of him is him running after a ball or chasing down a person with the ball. Him running after the ball actually is harder than it seems for 90 straight minutes and...
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...Developmental norms: These are expectations/standards by which the progress of a child's development can be measured. For example, the average age at which a child walks, learns to talk, or reaches puberty would be such a standard and would be used to judge whether the child is progressing normally. Developmental milestones: These are milestones are behaviours or physical skills seen in infants and children as they grow and develop. For example, a baby rolling over is considered as a milestone. The milestones are different for each age bracket. Life courses: Maturation: Life expectancy: INFANCY 0-3 YEARS Lionel Messi was born with growth hormone deficiency. This is when the pituitary gland does not make enough growth hormone. Which means during his development in the womb and infancy he was slow in growth development. This would have meant the Lionel Messi would reach life milestones such as lifting his head at 3 months at a later stage because the muscle needed to perform that developed later than normal. This may have led to him reaching his developmental milestones later. For example, being able to lift his head at 0-1 months CHILDHOOD 4-9 YEARS He would of had delayed development during his...
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...Becoming arguably the best soccer player in the entire world is not an easy feat and this was especially true for Messi. At the young age of thirteen, Messi was diagnosed with a disease known as growth hormone deficiency. As a result, Messi was much weaker and smaller than many of the other boys he played against. For much of his early career Messi had difficulties playing against many of the other players on the field. He was pushed, shoved, tackled, and even trampled during his matches and no matter how hard he worked, it was extremely stressful for him to perform. His coach told him multiple times that for his own safety he should quit the sport in order to avoid a possible devastating injury. Although he was a talented young boy, Messi ultimately lacked the necessary physique to continue to play at his level let alone gopro. To the young Argentinian boy, it seemed as if everyone and everything was against his goal. However, it would take a little more than a weak body and discouragement from others to stop the young boy. Recognizing his weaknesses, Messi adopted a new playing style in which relied on his speed and skills rather than his body. Rather than straying from his goal, Messi adapted to the adverse conditions presented before him. Ultimately, he was able to overcome his disease and go onto win multiple Ballon d’Ors*. Had Messi stop working towards his goal while the winds...
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