Lionel Messi’s incredible journey at Barcelona
Lionel Andres Messi is perhaps the world’s top forward who has seen many highs in his glowing career so far, and there has barely been any controversy associated with his name so far.
Messi, throughout his career, has been in the lime light for all the positives he has achieved and hasn’t stopped yet. Many clubs wanted to sign him and he gained a lot of attention from a number of English clubs. Messi’s attractive play earned him a trial
call up at Barcelona as he eventually started playing for Barcelona’s youth teams.
The little magician started his professional career with Barcelona in 2003-04 and is still a part of their set up. Since joining the club, Messi has managed to score a total of 164 goals in 246 appearances, along with 67 assists till date.
One thing that can not be denied is that Messi’s reign at Barca can’t be forgotten for years and decades to come. Messi has only become better as years have passed by and virtually unstoppable as he has formed a habit of breaking the opposition’s defence
on a more regular basis.
The 2008-09 season saw him making a total of 51 appearances scoring 38 goals and 18 assists in all competitions. This prolific scoring form of his, never really dipped as the Argentinean forward was intent on improving upon his scoring career.
The following year, Messi again was in the head lines as he literally went on to a goal spree and in a total of 53 appearances in the whole season, Messi managed to tap in 47 goals to go along with 11 assists. This performance of his helped him win his manager
and club’s confidence for a further seven years as he signed a contract extension till 2016 for reportedly 250 million euros. It made him the highest paid player along with his, then team-mate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029. This year saw Messi earn a lot of honours as
he managed to win Ballon d’Or after leaving behind Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi also managed to win la liga player of the year award in 2009.
Messi’s magic wasn’t limited till this award as he also fired his club to victory in the FIFA Club World Cup final after he scored the winner. This was amazingly Barcelona’s sixth title of the year. Just a couple of days later, Messi also won the FIFA World
Player of the year award beating the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, team-mates Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta and the Real Madrid midfielder Kaka.
In the same season, Messi notched up his first hat-trick of the season and also scored his one hundredth goal for Barcelona. During the ongoing season he also became the first Barcelona player to score two consecutive hat-tricks in la liga. Also, for the
first time in his career, Messi scored four goals in one match. He achieved the feat against Arsenal in the second leg of the UEFA Champion’s League quarter-final. Messi was announced la liga player of the year for the second successive season.
Messi’s story isn’t any different in the current season. So far, Messi has scored a total of 37 goals in just 32 appearances to go along with 18 assists. He again managed to win the 2010 Ballon d’Or leaving behind the team-mates Xavi and Iniesta.
Messi’s flawless career has seen him achieve great heights at the club and after signing a contract extension, Barcelona will hope that Messi could achieve further in his career and break all the records previously set at the club.
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