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Lionel Andres "Leo" Messi is an Argentine professional footballer. Born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Messi has spent his entire professional career at Spanish club Barcelona. His prodigious talents were spotted at an early age; he was discovered by Barcelona scout Josep Maria Minguella at the age of 13, and promptly moved to Spain where he progressed through Barcelona's youth academy La Masia, before making his senior debut on 16 October 2004. At the age of 10, Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency and upon joining Barcelona, the club paid for his treatment. Throughout the early years of his career, Messi had to endure the pressure of the tag New Maradona, comparisons furthered by scoring goals comparable to those Diego Maradona scored against England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup; on 19 April 2007, he scored a mazy dribble against Getafe which bore remarkable resemblance to that of Maradona's, before scoring his own version of the Hand of God on 9 June against rivals Espanyol. Maradona himself said of the comparison "I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentinian football and his name is Messi". Messi is the all-time top goalscorer in La Liga, has scored co-record seven UEFA Champions League hat-tricks, and holds a single Champions League game scoring record with five goals. On 17 April 2016, Messi scored his 500th professional career goal. Awards Ballon d'Or/FIFA Ballon d'Or: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 European Golden Shoe: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2014 FIFA World Player of the Year: 2009 UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award: 2011, 2015 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2009 UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2009 World Soccer World Player of the Year: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 Onze d'Or: 2009, 2010–11, 2011–12 Globe Soccer Awards Best Player of the Year: 2015 Best Player in La Liga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 Best Forward in La Liga: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009, 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 2009, 2011 FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball: 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Shoe: 2005 Olimpia de Oro (Argentine Sportsperson of the Year): 2011 Olimpia de Plata (Argentine Footballer of the Year): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 Copa America Best Young Player: 2007 FIFPro Young World Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 Bravo Award: 2007 Golden Boy (Young European Footballer of the Year): 2005 IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2015,[462] 2016 IFFHS World's Best Top Goalscorer: 2011, 2012 IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goalscorer: 2012, 2013 La Liga Player of the Month: January 2016, April 2017 Trofeo Aldo Rovira: 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17 Trofeo EFE: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 UEFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 ESM Team of the Season: 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year La Liga Team of the Season: 2014–15, 2015–16 FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014 Copa America Dream Team: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 AFA Team of All Time (published 2015) UEFA Goal of the Season: 2006–07, 2014–15, 2015–16 Copa America Best Goal: 2007 UEFA Champions League Final Fan's Man of the Match: 2009, 2011 UEFA Champions League Final UEFA Man of the Match: 2011 UEFA Super Cup Man of the Match: 2011, 2015 Best International Athlete ESPY Award: 2012, 2015 Performances La Liga top goalscorer: 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17 La Liga top assist provider: 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16 Copa del Rey top goalscorer: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17 UEFA Champions League top goalscorer: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15 UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2011–12, 2014–15 FIFA Club World Cup top goalscorer: 2011 FIFA World Youth Championship top goalscorer: 2005 Copa America top assist provider: 2011, 2015, 2016