THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LIONEL MESSI. * At the age of 5, he started playing football for Grandoli, a local club coached by his father, Jorge. * 1995, Messi switched to Newells Old Boys. * At age 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency and treatment for that per month was $900 which the family could not afford. * Messi passed a trial for Barca academy and they took him into their folds to foot his medical bills on ONE condition. That he moved to Spain. He and his father did. * At age 21, Messi had received Ballon dOr and FIFA World Player of the year nomination. * The following year (2009) he won his first Ballon dOr and FIFA World Player of the year awards. * Messi is the first footballer in history to win 4 FIFA/Ballon dOr consecutively. * 2010-11 UEFA best player in Europe award. * At age 24 he became Barcelona all time top scorer in all official club competition. * At age 25 he became the youngest player to score 200 La Liga goals. * First player in history to win 3 European Golden Shoe awards. * In 2012, he made Champions League history by becoming the first player to score 5 goals in ONE match. * On 16 February 2013, Messi scored his 300th Barcelona goals. * He became the player with most goals and most hat-tricks in the history of El- Clasico. Can you name another player with similar records?
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