Luis Lionel Andres (“Leo”) Messi is an Argentinian soccer player who plays forward for the FC Barcelona club and the Argentina national team.

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At the age of five, Lionel Messi started playing for the Grandoli, a local club coached by his father.

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Fill in some At the age of 13, Messi moved from Argentina to Spain after FC Barcelona agreed to pay for his medical treatments.

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Messi was first seen with his wife Roccuzzo at a carnival in Sitges after the Barcelona-Espanyol derby.

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