Lionel Messi revolutionised the modern football in the FC Barcelona. It arrived like a boy to the Barcelona entity, with a loaded case of dreams from Rosario, Argentina, and leaves like a legend and the title of better player of the world. His legacy in the Barça will be insuperable and will remain, by in front of all, in the books of history of the club; by his goals, titles, but especially for carrying to his one and again to the highest.
35 titles summary the path of Leo Messi in the Camp Nou, but his statistics of football go much more there of the trophies. The influence of the Argentinian in the game is something that probably never will repeat in the world. He could change a party, went up the speed, the pressure, 'pushed' to his mates and dressed of offensive leader, one and again, to do with all the renocimientos and, more important still, promote to his to the victory.
Forming to a legend
Leo Messi did not appear of a day to another to win a fixed place in the Barcelona forward. It arrived to Barcelona 21 years ago. The Argentinian formed part of the inferior categories of the Barça between 2000 and 2005. Everything began when it signed his first 'agreement' in a napkin and Rexach engaged to close his signing on 14 December 2004. In his first campaign like culé suffered a very hard injury, but in the following played 14 parties and annotated 21 goals with the Childish To (1,5 so many by party), calling the attention of all the technicians.
This same year rose to the Cadet B (directed by Tito Vilanova), but only could play in friendly by bureaucratic subjects. Already in the 2003-04, played with the Juvenile B, with participations in crashes in the Barça C and B, to finish debuting with the first team on 16 November 2003 in a friendly party in front of the Port wine, to the 16 years and 145 days. This allowed him give the 'jump' to play with the Barça B and first team in the season 2004-05.
Definite gap in the Barça
The official debut of Leo Messi with the Barça produced and l 16 October 2004, under the orders of Frank Rijkaard, in a derbi Catalan. The Argentinian jumped to the field of the Olympic stadium Lluís Companys with 17 years, three months and 22 days. Like an effect dominated, finished debuting in the Glass of Rey (27/10 in front of the Gramenet) and Champions League (7/10 in front of the Donbass Sand), all the same year. And already it began to give recitals.
His first so much with the zamarra Barcelona arrived on 1 May 2005, with 17 years, 10 months and 7 days, in front of the Albacete. It was part of the Barça that achieved the title of LaLiga, for the first time in five years. From there, it has been a referent in the Barcelona area and his numbers do not do more than checking it. However, his 'consecration' arrived in the season 2006-07, when it turned into a fixed headline in the Catalan group. 36 parties and 17 goals warned that the 'monster' of the football was waking up.
Definite consecration
With the arrival of Pep Guardiola, in 2008, to the benches, began to make history. The turning point was when it revolutionised the world with the 'false nine' in a Classical with the Real Madrid. Beside Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta, in addition to other big stars, formed part of the Barça of the sextete, the one who achieved it everything, with impressive figures: 38 goals and 19 assistances in 51 duels. Of there, it did not do more than accumulating records.
From there, at all it detained it. It won his first Balloon of Gold (2009) and began to write his name in the history of the world of the football, hoarding all the focuses and coonvirtiéndose rapidamente in one of the most important players of the history. His influence in the coming years (2010, 2011, 2012) certified it like the best footballer of all time, a title that keeps up to now and that hardly somebody will be able to surpass.
Messi, a star of world-wide class
They have been 35 titles with the Barça, but in his path also stand out the 91 goals (in 69 parties) that annotated in 2012, the majority with the culés, a figure that turned him into the first and only player in the history in reaching this number. They were 59 in LaLiga, 13 in Champions League, 5 in the Glass of Rey and 2 in the Supercopa of Spain, in addition to other 12 with the selection of Argentina.
In the Barça, in fact, do not remain him records for surpassing. It is the player with more parties, goals, assistances or victories. It has won, besides, six Balloon of Gold and Boots of Gold, 8 Trophy Pichichi, in addition to the collective titles: 10 Leagues, 8 Supercopas of Spain, 6 Glasses of Rey, 4 Champions League, 3 Supercopas of Europe and 3 World-wide of Clubs. Numbers of legend... And that few (or anybody) will be able to surpass.
The numbers of Messi with the Barça:
- Parties: 778
- Goals: 672
- Assistances: 288
- Titles: 35
- Titles of League: 10
- Titles of Champions: 4
- Titles of Glass: 7
- Titles of Supercopa of Spain: 8
- Titles of Supercopa of Europe: 3
- Titles of World-wide of Clubs: 3
- Balloon of Gold: 6
- Boots of Gold: 6
- Prize 'The Best': 1