The footballs legend Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in central Argentina.Messi inherited football passion from his ancestors. In his early child hood he was declared a child with growth problem. Later, he joined Spanish team club where he got favor for treatment.
In his 17th year, this 1.7M (5 feet 7 inch) tall boy started his international career from Barcelona. He got fame at the age of 22. He was nominated for Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award.Messi’s father Jorge Messi was his first football coach. He was influenced by his grandmother who took him to play football. His brother is also a good soccer player.
His best performance is 21 goals in just 14 matches. This achievement helped him in becoming a star in younger age. He had played 61 games and scored 52 goals. In 2014, he was nominated for the golden ball award. He was in relationship with his girlfriend, AntonellaRoccuzzo. This summer they got married. They have2 kids, Mateo and Thiago.
The Forbes record shows Messi on 3rd highly paid player in the world. His per week salary is $1,477,000.00. In 2016 he had earned 40 million EUR.
Messi is enjoying a luxury life in Barcelona. Messi’s House is very beautiful and unique in architecture. It is designed in a football ground shape by Luis de Garrido. The house has natural light system. Half of the roof is made of glass and other part is covered with the grass.It has a swimming pool and a soccer style lush green field. It shows his passion for football game.
Messi has great collection of cars also. He had bought the most expensive car, Maserati GranTurismo MC Stadale and its price is $181,183.
In 2017, he has started new agreement for $27million per year.