Messi was born into a poor family in the city of Rosario in Argentina, whose father worked as a sanitation worker in a steel factory. 

Like many other South American boys, at the age of 5, Messi practiced playing football for a local club coached by his father.Just three years later, he was transferred to the youth team Newell's Boys, a name well known from outside Argentina.

Early detection of football talent but his football career was not easy because of a growth hormone deficiency. Messi seems stunted and shorter than his peers. At the age of 11, Messi had growth hormone problems but his family could not afford to take care of their children. Although very interested in this young talent, but because of the low cost, 

the River Plate club had to watch in disgust when Barcelona won Messi with a contract written on a napkin but the content was only respond immediately to pay for Messi's medical treatment.

Moving to a new land, Messi officially became a member of the famous training academy La Masia . Daily practice, study, play with teammates of the same age as Cesc Fabregas, Xavi Hernandez, Sergio Busquet, Andres Inesta, etc. Messi would never 

have thought that he and his friends were participating the process of forming a proud golden generation of Catalan in particular and Spanish football in general.

Satisfied with the player he personally trained, Barcelona thought of binding this young talent for a long time. 

Barcelona convinced the family to let Messi join the Spanish nationality and gave him a five-year contract until 2010 with a cancellation clause of up to 150 million euros. Seeing this humble young man compete, many experts have to admire and admire. 

The ball does not seem to leave Messi's feet every time he decides to accelerate to remove all obstacles in the way just to aim for the opponent's goal. The turning phase, turning the ball very quickly missed all the most famous defenders. Followed by a quick sprint and a quick kick in the penalty area to knock out the goalkeepers. The familiar scenario is that, but almost no defense can stop El Pulga.

Even coach Arsene Wenger had to exclaim:

Messi is the only one who can change a game with just a few steps, the best player in the world from a great distance with the rest. Messi plays like a PlayStation when taking advantage of every mistake that the opponent makes

Paradoxically with the national team, that's what people mention every time Messi returns to the Argentina team, which has witnessed a lot of sadness including the disappointment of this talented player. That is too different from the countless glory he has achieved while playing for Barcelona and then Paris Saint Germain at club level.

In addition to winning the 2005 World Youth Championship and winning the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal as a member of the youth teams, for a long time, Messi did not reach for success with Argentina's national team in the highest tournaments since 2006 - When he was considered the youngest Argentine player to play in the World Cup. 

After winning the Copa America in 1993, Argentina football fell into a spiral of chaos and terrible performance that culminated in defeat in three consecutive major finals including the 2014 World Cup. , Copa America in 2015 and Copa America in 2016. Lionel Messi was unbelievably unlucky in the two Copa America finals, leading to the announcement of his retirement from the team twice before trying to stay. For a long time, the Argentina team suffered a lot from Messi's bad luck.

Scaloni was appointed coach of the Argentina team after the team had to stop early in the 2018 World Cup. Under this young coach, Argentina brought a whole new look with a series of 36 unbeaten matches before the World Cup 2022.

Messi has come back stronger when playing with talented young teammates like Lautaro Martinez, Paulo Dybala, De Paul, etc. when he won the Copa America in 2021 and the title of the CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions 2022 when winning the Euro 2020 champion is Italian national team with a score of 3-0.

Despite entering the 2022 world cup with a very confident attitude, in the opening match Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia with a score of 2-1.

but then Argentina won 6 consecutive victories against Mexico, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, Croatia and France to win the World Cup 2022.