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LIONEL MESSI Ricardo Quintanilla………………………………………………………………………………….………….p 4
ARSENAL Alexis Gonzalez…………………………………………………………………………………………………….p 5
AMERICAN FOOTBALL Xochitl Titla…………………………………………………………………………………………………………p 6
BASKETBALL Hakob Hakobyan………………………………………………………………………………………………p 7
BRET “THE HITMAN” HART Arman Simonian………………………………………………………………………………………………p 8
MICHAEL VICK #7 Kyren Santos………………………………………………………………………………………………….p 9
BROCK LESNAR’S WWF WRESTLING CAREER Diego Ramos………………………………………………………………………………………………….p 10
MY ARTICLE ABOUT MESSI’S BIOGRAPHY Orlando Alvarez………………………………………………………………………………………..…..p 11
USC PLAYERS Jennifer Cruz………………………………………………………………………………………………….p 12
LIONEL MESSI Written and researched by: Ricardo Quintanilla LIONEL MESSI Lionel Andres Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina. At the age of eleven. Lionel Messi was told by the doctors that he had a human growth hormone problem. After that Lionel Andres Messi signed a contract with the Spanish club team FC Barcelona. The team told him that they would pay his treatment. So his family and him moved to Barcelona, Spain where he played with the Barcelona youth soccer team. In the 2004 Lionel Messi made his league debut in the 2004 when he started in his professional soccer career. Messi got his Spanish citizenship, but still kept his Argentine citizenship. In the 2006 Lionel Messi was the youngest player to play in the world cup. Lionel Messi is the best soccer in the world. Why is Lionel Messi the best soccer player in the world? Lionel Messi has been awarded by the FIFA with the ballon d’or. The ballon d’or is a golden soccer ball awarded to the best soccer player of the year and Lionel Messy won it in the 2009 and in the 2010. Lionel Messi with his short age he is the best player in the world. After in the 2009 through 2010, Lionel Messi scored 38 goals in the season, he also helped Barcelona wins “la copa del rey”. Lionel Messi is an amazing soccer player. He is the best soccer player in the world. Why is Lionel Messi so short? Lionel Messi is short because he has a human ½ or else he would’ve been taller. This hormone is a hormone that everybody has hormone makes you grow through puberty. They found Lionel’s problem at the age of eleven, but that doesn’t affect anything else. What team was Lionel Messi’s first professional soccer team? Lionel Messi’s first professional soccer team was the youth team of FC Barcelona. Then Lionel Messi was put in the professional soccer team that he is in right now and that team is FC Barcelona. After he was called to play in the international league with the team Argentina. These teams are Lionel Messi’s professional soccer teams. After all I admire Lionel Messi because he puts all his efforts to play with his teams. Lionel Messi is the best player in the world and his problems don’t bother him when he is giving all he has when he plays. With twenty three years old of age Lionel Messi has made history, for being the youngest player in the 2006 to play in the world cup and by his great skills of a player he has. Lionel Messi is the best player in the world. This is why I admire Lionel Messi.
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