The Dhaka Times Desk An Argentinian professional footballer, at this point in his career, Messi has won everything in world football except the Bishop's Cup. Many people call Messi an alien footballer. The life of this twenty-seven-year-old player was very difficult at one time - let's know all that history.
# Messi was so shy as a child that many people thought he was dumb or autistic at first sight. His teachers even advised him to see a psychiatrist.
# At the age of 11, Messi developed growth hormone complications. But his parents could not afford to treat it. The cost of this treatment was about $900 per month.
# Messi's first contract with Barcelona was written on a napkin! Barcelona's sporting director 'Carles Rexach' was so impressed by Messi's talent that he wanted to sign him right away. As he did not have any paper at hand, he made a written agreement on the napkin paper.
# Barcelona were impressed by Messi's football skills and took him to the club and paid full medical expenses as his fee. Messi's parents moved from Argentina to Spain at this time.
# Messi was offered to play for the Spanish national team. But Messi rejected the offer. Because Messi's dream was to play in the blue and white jersey of Argentina. Messi got that opportunity for the first time in 2004.
# Messi has two passports from two countries. One from Argentina and one from Spain. This star got Spanish citizenship in September 2005.
# Messi's Barcelona and Argentina jersey number 10. Another legendary Brazilian player Ronaldinho wore the number 10 jersey before Messi in Barcelona.
# was born on 24 June 1987. Messi won his first Ballon d'Or award at the age of 21. Meanwhile, Messi became the first footballer to win the Ballon d'Or award four times.