Soccer

It can be said that beautiful football fans were lucky to be born in the present time when witnessed one of the world's most brilliant football talents shine. His name is Lionel Messi. Around the natural talent, the striker is wearing No. 10 in Barca also has many interesting personal secrets that not everyone knows.

1, the original name of Messi is Leonel and he is of Italian origin

Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina to his father, Jorge Horacio Messi (born 1958), a factory worker whose mother, Celia Maria Cuccittini, was a laborer. His family originated in the city of Ancona in Italy and moved to Argentina in 1883.

At first, when Celia gave birth to Messi, his father named his little son Leonel. Then he decided to rename his son Lionel Messi only by the name of the new "read more" than the original name, not because he liked the name of the color of Lionel Richie as rumored.

2, suffer from developmental delay

At an early age, Messi had a strange syndrome associated with growth hormone, despite his natural talent. This made him always stunted and smaller than his peers. In order to cure the disease, the Messi family spent up to $ 900 a month to inject growth hormone on his legs.

3, Pretty clutter when forced

It is not the individual student with the spoils as Cristiano Ronaldo is going to school but Messi is not the best hand when forced. Due to school hardships, he always finds every reason to hide and behave insolently with his own mother. This was revealed to the Argentine press by his mother, Celia Cucctini.

Prior to joining La Masia at age 13, Messi was a student at Las Heras Elementary School in Rosario, Argentina. Talking about her son's childhood, Ms. Celia said: "Messi is good football but hesitant to go to school, always looking for ways not to go to school. One time he kicked me when I was arrested.

4, Idol of Messi is Pablo Aimar

The football star that Messi wants to imitate most is not Diego Maradona but the man Juan Pablo Aimar. This small midfielder was once famous for playing for River Plate and especially for Valencia. Along with "Batman", Aimar has won two league titles, one EUFA Cup and one European Super Cup.

Pablo Aimar
5, being homeless

Despite being very talented and being pursued by clubs at home from childhood, none of the Newell's Old Boys or the River Plate paid for the treatment of Messi. Only Barcelona, but especially sports director Carles Rexach really have faith in Messi and decided to pay for medical treatment and welcome him to the academy La Masia.

Messi's family was also given the opportunity to live in Catalunya. When he was an excellent player and was called up to Argentina, the M10 still did not get the respect of the home fans because they thought he had for the money to leave the country.