These content is going to let you know some secrete you dont know about Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi is an incredible talented player, he was considered by many to be the best football player in the world right now and he is the greatest of all time (GOAT). Lionel Messi was born on june 24th 1987 in Argentina. It was clear from an early age that he was gifted with football talent. He made his professional day with Barcelona at the age of 17 in 2004. At 22 years old he won his first ballon d'or and also won the FIFA world player of the year. He is the only player who has won five FIFA ballon d'or and he also has a record times of winning a golden shoes. Lionel Messi also won 8 laliga titles 5 copa del rey, 4 EUFA champions league titles and a total of 29 trophies with Barcelona. He is also Argentina's all time top goal scorer. Leonel Messi success, ability, passion and dominant in his field are source of inspiration. So let us focus on the some things you don't know about Lionel Messi.
1. As a child, Messi suffered from growth hormone deficiency. When Messi was a child he has clear natural football ability. He also suffered from growth hormone deficiency which was discovered when he was 11 years old, the deficiency limited his growth and caused other health complications he has to stalk treatment which consisted of daily injections. During that time he was seen as the smallest on the playing field but he said that make him agile and quicker.
2. His first contract was written on a napkin. When Leo was 13 years old he had a try with Barcelona and Barcelona's technical secretary wanted to sign him fast but there was some hesitations by the board of directors, they say it wasn't common to sign a young player such as Messi. Carlos was desperate for not missing out on signing Messi who is a football star. On meeting his parents, he wrote up a contract on a new least available material which was a napkin. The napkin was later framed and displayed in the office of Messi's Lawyer.
3. In 2017, Lebron James took sport as the 2nd highest payed athlete. In 2016 Leo came 2nd on the list of highest paid athlete in the world right before his rival Christiano Ronaldo, His 2016 income was 81.4 million dollars and it drops slightly to 80 million dollars in 2017 allowing Lebron James to pass him by to claim the 2nd spot with 86. 2 million dollars. He became third on the list in 2017.
4. His estate was built in the shape of a football pitch. Messi hired architect Luis to design his estate to look like a football on the field. The house was named the 10 Ego house and it cost 7 million euros to about 8 millions euros to design and build. The house is located outside the city of Barcelona.
5. He has listed his Maserati Granturismo mc stradale for sale for $125,000. The car is more powerful
6. Adidas pays him the most out of all their athlete ambassadors. Through out his career Messi has look for endorsement with Adidas that also give him a say in a football boot designs. In 2017 he sign a life time contract with adidas. His previous 7 years contract worth about 140 million dollars or 20 million dollars per year this made him the highest adidas payed athlete.
7. He celebrate goals with an tribute to his grandmother. Leo's biggest support from his young age was his grandmother, from the time he started playing football at the age of 4, she accompanied him to all his practices and matches. When she passed away when Leo was 10 he was greatly affected by her death. He would look up and point up as a tribute to his grandmother.
8. He wore a $ 3,800 polka dot tuxedo when accepting his 4th ballon d'or. In 2013 when Leo was awarded with 4th consecutive ballon d'or award, he turns hurt with his bored wardrobe characteristics. His polks dot tuxedo was design exclusively for Messi by Dog chain Boucana which cost about $3,800.
9. He was the 2nd athlete on facebook to gain 50,000,000 followers. Leo was one of the followed public figures on facebook with worth of about 87 million dollars. On the first day his page was been launched he gained for about 7 million followers.
10. A solid gold replica of his left foot was sold for $5,250,000. In 2013 his left foot was design containing 25g of gold which was sold for $5,250,000.