Leo Messi receives the prestigious Creu of Sant Jordi of the Government of Catalonia

Leo Messi does not leave to harvest successes. The player of the FC Barcelona attained to win the League Santander beside the rest of his mates the past weekend. The forward marked the so much that gave him the victory and the title in front of the Raise to the blaugranas and added of this way his tenth league in the 15 years that carries in the first staff of the Barça.

This same Tuesday, the '10' has received another prize, this time by part of the Government of Catalonia. Messi has been condecorado with the Creu of Sant Jordi, a prestigious Catalan distinction created in the year 1981 that only awards to the people that have done something very stood out by Catalonia, defending his identity or contributing something important to cultural level.

The delivery of said distinction will not take place until the month of May. Specifically, it will be around the middle of month, probably before the Barcelona have to displace to Seville to play the final of Glass of the King in Benito Villamarín, against Valencia. Leo will convert of this way in the second footballer of the history in being condecorado with the Creu, after the always remembered Johan Cruyff.

Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of the FC Barcelona, Gerard Gigueras, Secretari General of l'Esport and Marta Carrabza, Commissioner of Sports of the consistory of Barcelona signed three letters to endorse the candidature of the Argentinian to this distinición. The Barça was the one who decided to initiate the formalities so that I Read received the Creu.

Although it was not Catalan, Messi has done spare merits so that they have given him this Creu of Sant Jordi. It has won all the titles with the FC Barcelona, that is one of the greater representatives of Catalonia by the world. It has lived almost the half of his life in Barcelona and has turned into the best of the world in the Barcelona club. Besides, it has donado money to several social causes of Catalonia as for example the construction of the Sant Joan of Déu Pediatric Cancer Center.

In addition to Cruyff, also received it 'Epi'

Cruyff And now Leo Messi are the only footballers that have won the Creu, but are not the only sporty in doing it. The mythical player of basketball Juan Antonio Saint Epifanio 'Epi' also received the award in 1996. Also the Barcelona like club received such distinction in the 1992, when it won his first Glass of Europe.