Messi
Lionel Messi is an amazing soccer player. He has scored a total of almost 1,200 goals! He has also gave 734 assists (which is when you pass it to your teammate and your teammate scores) , and he has played in 2,203 games! Lionel Messi is a very inspiring person and a very good role model because he is very humble, even though he is good, he doesn’t brag. Lionel Messi grew up in Rosario, Argentina. He was short for his age because he had growth symptoms that stopped him from growing and his family couldn’t afford any medicine to stop it. That's when FC Barcelona comes in. FCB offered to Messi's family the money needed to buy the medicine, They took it because it was the only offer given. After his family took it, he knew he had to go. Afterwards, Messi went to Barcelona and started his soccer career. Every goal Messi scores, he celebrates by tapping his chest and pointing both pointer fingers to the sky. Messi revealed that he does that in honor