How old was Messi when he went to Barcelona?

At the age of seven, this little guy was highly praised by the Newell old boys team. But Messi was diagnosed with developmental hormone deficiency at the age of 1 1, which would hinder his bone growth. The family's economic conditions could not afford the treatment cost of little Messi, so the whole family decided to immigrate to Spain to find a solution. In September 2000, Messi, who was only 13 and only 140cm tall, went to Barcelona for trial training. The Catalans did not hesitate to register him in the club and arranged for him to go to the medical department for treatment. Now this 22-year-old boy from Rosario has grown to 169cm. In 2000, 13-year-old Messi joined Barcelona and began to shine in the youth team competition. His outstanding performance of scoring 365,438+0 goals in 38 games attracted Rijkaard's attention. Soon, the Dutch decided to give him a chance. Messi, who was only 1 16 years old, made his first appearance for Barcelona's first team in a friendly match in June 2003. However, Messi played for Barcelona's first team in the official competition one year later-Barcelona played against Spaniard in La Liga in June 5438+in 20041October, Messi replaced Deco in the 83rd minute, and the age of 17 years, 3 months and 22 days made the Argentine teenager the second young player to play for Barcelona in the league. The only player who surpassed him was alcantara, a legendary Filipino striker from Barcelona, who played for the first team of Barcelona when he was 15. The existence of Messi means that too many records of Barcelona clubs will be broken. In May 2005 1, Barcelona played against albacete, and Messi became the second young player to score in the first team of Barcelona. Messi scored his first Champions League goal in the 2005-06 Champions League match between Barcelona and Panathinaikos.