June 24 birthday of the GOAT Lionel Messi .All his fans celebrate this day by pouring wishes in social media as he turns 34 today. Being his fan, here I found another interesting way to celebrate his birthday. Let's celebrate the 34th birthday of Lionel Messi with some of his facts.
A HOLDER OF EXTRAORDINARY RECORDS: MAGICAL MESSI
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi single-handedly makes the club 30% or the one-third of their total revenue. Reportedly, he makes roughly 130-200 million Euros for the club. The Argentina legend had made well over 500 million Euros since he signed the contract back in 2017. The contract is the biggest one in sports history and everyone in the sports community was quite shocked.
Out of the total titles won by Barcelona since its inception in 1899, approx. 25 % of those are with Lionel Messi, with 35 in his cabinet. Lionel Messi, pictured in 2018, is Barcelona's all time top scorer with 709 goals in all competitions
Whenever Messi scores a goal, he always celebrates it by pointing to the sky as a gesture of gratitude to his grandmother who passes away in 1998. This is the most common Messi celebration as he walks back to the center circle. The reason behind this celebration is Celia Olivera Cuccittini, Messi's grandmother
Lionel Messi is the only footballer is history to
According to a 2014 ruling, Messi's hometown of Rosario in Argentina prohibits parents from naming their kids after him. ‘Messi’ a surname cannot be used as a forename. The law was passed after a man named his son ‘Messi Varela’, the first in the town to do so.
Messi's first contract with Barcelona was detailed out on a paper napkin! FC Barcelona sporting director Carles Rexach was so impressed with Messi's skills that he wanted to make a contract immediately and there was no paper available at that time.
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