After announcing he wants to leave the Catalan club, AFP Sport examines the career highlights of one of football's all-time greats.Messi, from Rosario in Argentina, was a diminutive 13-year-old and suffering from growth hormone deficiency when he joined the academy at Barcelona, who agreed to pay for his US$1,000-a-month treatment.
The Olympic title remain's Messi's biggest achievement with Argentina, despite being their all-time top-scorer with 70 goals.Messi eclipsed Cristiano Ronaldo, then newly arrived at Real Madrid, to be named the world's best footballer by a record margin in 2009. Among the highlights, Messi became the first player to plunder five goals in one Champions League game, in the 7-1 hammering of Bayer Leverkusen.
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