Lionel Andrés Messi

Name: Lionel Andrés Messi
Position: forward
Place of birth: Santa Fe (Argentina)
Date: 24-06-1987
Heignt: 1'69
Weight: 67
Debut:
RCD Espanyol-FC Barcelona (0-1, League), 16/10/2004
Personal Website: http://www.leomessi.com/ 

Leo Messi, with two Ballon d'Or awards to his name (2009 and 2010), is the best player in the world. This modest Argentinian has speed, dribbling and shooting skills. But despite so many individual virtues, he is also a remarkable team player.

This Argentinian striker's footballing career started in 1995 at Newell's Old Boys, where he played until the year 2000. At the age of 13, Lionel Messi crossed the Atlantic to try his luck in Barcelona, and joined the Under 14s.

Messi made spectacular progress at each of the different age levels, climbing through the ranks of the different youth teams and then Barça C, followed by Barça B and the first team in record time.

In the 2003-2004 season, when he was still only 16, Messi made his first team debut in a friendly with Porto that marked the opening of the new Dragao stadium. The following championship-winning season, Messi made his first appearance in an official match on October 16, 2004, in Barcelona's derby win against Espanyol at the Olympic Stadium (0-1).

With several first team players seriously injured, the services of several reserve team players were called upon, and Messi became a regular feature of Barça squads. On May 1, 2005, he became the youngest player ever to score a league goal for FC Barcelona - against Albacete when Messi was only 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old. That record would eventually be beaten by Bojan.

At the Under 20 World Cup in Holland, Messi not only won the title with Argentina, but was also the leading goalscorer and was voted best player in the tournament. Aged 18 years, he had become one of the hottest properties in the world game. Shortly after, he made his first full international appearance in a friendly against Hungary.

His breakthrough as a player came in the 2005-06 season, starting with an amazing performance in the Joan Gamper Trophy match against Juventus. He was also outstanding at the Santiago Bernabéu, in Barcelona's unforgettable 3-0 win, and also at Stamford Bridge, in the Champions League match against Chelsea. Injury kept him sidelined for much of the latter stage of the season. Messi played a total of 17 league games, 6 in the Champions League and 2 in the Copa del Rey. Messi scored eight goals.

The following season Messi moved up a gear and astounded the world with goals such as the one he scored against Getafe in the King’s Cup. In the 2006/07 season, and even though the team didn’t win any titles, the Argentine was second in the FIFA World Player awards and third in the Golden Ball. He continued to develop in the 2007/08 campaign, when he scored 16 goals and gave 10 assists in the 40 games he played in. In 2008, Leo Messi was runner up in the FIFA WORLD PLAYER AWARD for the second season in a row.

In the 2008/09 season, and now without Ronaldinho alongside him, Messi continued to be the main star of the Barça line up. He managed to stay injury free all season, and played 51 games, scoring 38 goals. The Argentinian was also fundamental in the two finals, scoring Barça’s second goals in both. El año 2009 ganó el FIFA World Player y Balón de Oro.

How far can Leo Messi go? He was the league’s top scorer in the 2009-10 season and equalled Ronaldo’s historic total of 34 goals (96-97). He scored the goal against Estudiantes de La Plata that gave Barça the Club’s first World Club Cup.

Messi also consolidated his place in the national side, now having played at a World Cup (2006) and Copa America (2007) for Argentina. In 2008 he also went to the Olympic Games in Beijing, where his country won gold.

PROFILE

Messi is an excellent, sensational, unique player. He is astoundingly creative, has amazing individual skill and is able to constantly put his rivals at unease. A natural left footer, he is stunningly versatile, and can play either in the middle or on whichever of the wings required, although it is out on the right that he feels most comfortable.

He may not be very tall, but his speed and physique enable him to cope with even the toughest of defenders. He is surprisingly strong, and can hold on to the ball in style, as if it were stuck to his feet. There is simply nobody like him anywhere else in the game. He is also a specialist at all dead ball situations, especially free kicks and penalties.

His cold blood and ability to take on responsibilities are other virtues that make Leo Messi simply the best footballer on the planet.

HONOURS
FC Barcelona 2010/11 Spanish Super Cup
2009/10 Liga
2009/10 World Club Cup
2009/10 European Super Cup   2009/10 Spanish Super Cup
2008/09 Champions League 
2008/09 Liga
2008/09 Copa del Rey
2006/07 Spanish Super Cup
2005/06 Champions League
2005/06 Liga
2005/06 Spanish Super Cup
2004/05 Liga

Argentinian National Team
2008 Gold Medal Beijing'08
2004/05 World Cup Under-20

Individual awards 2010 Ballon d'Or
2009/10 Golden Boot
2009/10 Spanish League Top Scorer
2009 FIFA World Player
2009 Ballon d'Or
2008 2nd best FIFA WORLD PLAYER
2007 2nd best FIFA WORLD PLAYER

CAREER

2010-11 FC Barcelona
2009-10 FC Barcelona
2008-09 FC Barcelona
2007-08 FC Barcelona
2006-07 FC Barcelona
2005-06 FC Barcelona
2004-05 FC Barcelona

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Andrés Iniesta Lujan

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Andrés Iniesta Luján
Position: midfielder 
Place of birth: Fuentealbilla (Albacete)
Date: 11-05-1984
Height: 1'70
Weight: 65
Debut Brujas-FC Barcelona (0-1, Champions League), 29/10/2002
Personal Website:  www.andresiniesta.es/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AndresIniesta
Twitter: http://twitter.com/andresiniesta8 

Andrés Iniesta joined Barca as a twelve-year-old in 1996 after scouts had spotted him at the Brunette Tournament playing for Albacete.

From the start he progressed rapidly through the club's various youth teams and was promoted to the Barca B team for the 2000-01 season, where he almost immediately became the team's main playmaker under coach Josep Maria Gonzalvo.
Andrés' dream of making the first team finally came true in October 2002 when he was picked to play in the Champions League game against Bruges in Belgium. Van Gaal's Barca won that evening and Andrés made an excellent impression.
Now an recognised squad member, Iniesta has established a place for himself through hard work allied to his undoubted natural skills. In the shadow of some of the team's bigger names, Andres became a key piece of the League winning 2004-5 team, winding up as Rijkaard's most used player, figuring in 35 of the 38 league games. Iniesta also played 8 Champions League matches, scoring twice.
But he really established himself as a first team player in the 2005-06 season. Playing in central midfield in place of Xavi, who was sidelined for a long time with injury, Iniesta became one of the key players in the Barça side that won the League and the Champions League. He played in 33 League fixtures and 11 in the Champions League.

Iniesta continued to develop in the 2006-07 season and was one of the players most used by Frank Rijkaard in that campaign. He played in 37 out of 38 League games scoring 6 goals, his best return to date. In the 2007-08 season, and by now in the number 8 shirt, the midfielder continued to be an ever present in the side until the last few games when he picked up a knee injury.

In the 2008/09 season, Iniesta had an even better season than ever. Playing in a central or wide role he delighted the whole world with his amazing dribbling skills. He grew into one of the essential components of the Barça engine, and took the team to the Champions League final with an injury time goal at Stamford Bridge.

Injury affected his contribution in the 2009-10 season when he was already one of the leading players in the team. He played 29 matches in the league, 9 in the Champions League and 3 in the Cup.

Plus Andrés Iniesta is one of the key players in the Spanish national side, playing in the 2006 and 2010 World Cup and Euro 2008, when he was one of the players most used by Luis Aragonés as Spain lifted the trophy.

Without a doubt Iniesta will never forget 11th July 2010 and his winning goal in the dying minutes of extra time in the World Cup final against Holland. Despite his youth, Iniesta has now won every title the game offers.
PROFILE
Intuitive, vertical, fast and intelligent, Andrés Iniesta is a man of many virtues. The midfielder started out in defence for Barça B and before that the club’s youth teams. But as he gained in first team experience, he was also moved into a more attacking role. He is now a full-on striker, and is also able to play as a midfielder or on either of the flanks of the Barça forward line.

Iniesta is not only versatile, but also a true professional, being talented yet modest. Especially talented. The player from Fuentealbilla has set standards for other attacking midfielders to follow. Practical and intelligent, he reads the game to perfection and is a constant threat to opposing defences.

The Barça number eight is getting better with every year. Always learning, his shooting has come on in leaps and bounds, and he can use either foot, as he showed us so dramatically with his last-gasp winner at Stamford Bridge.

HONOURS
FC Barcelona
2010/11 Spanish Super Cup
2009/10 Liga
2009/10 World Club Cup
2009/10 European Super Cup   2009/10 Spanish Super Cup
2008/09 Champions League 
2008/09 Liga
2008/09 Copa del Rey
2006/07 Spanish Super Cup
2005/06 Champions League
2005/06 Liga
2005/06 Spanish Super Cup
2004/05 Liga

Spanish national team 2010 World Cup 
2008 European Championship

CAREER

2010-11 FC Barcelona
2009-10 FC Barcelona
2008-09 FC Barcelona
2007-08 FC Barcelona
2006-07 FC Barcelona
2005-06 FC Barcelona
2004-05 FC Barcelona
2003-04 FC Barcelona
2002-03 FC Barcelona

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Carles Puyol Saforcada

Carles Puyol began his footballing career in the local team of the small town where he was born, La Pobla de Segur. His talent soon attracted wider attention and, at the age of 17, he was signed up for the Barca academy at La Masía.

He rapidly became a fixture in Barca B and then progressed to make his debut with the first team on 2nd October 1999 against Valladolid at the orders of Louis Van Gaal. His appearances became more and more frequent until he made the right back position his own. Thanks to his determination to improve and a tremendous work rate, Carles Puyol adapted to the position of central defender.

In the 2003-2004 season, having been chosen as third captain, he played a vital role in the team's sensational run of form that led to the runners-up place in the league. Puyol made 27 appearances in the league and seven in the UEFA Cup.

However, Carles Puyol had to wait until the 2004-05 season to win his first medal with Barca. He was, by then, captain of the first team and an essential part of Frank Rijkaard's league championship winning side. At the end of the season, he finally saw his dream come true of lifting the league trophy in the Nou Camp.

During the 2005-06 season, he played as well as he had the previous year. The Barça captain had the honour of being presented with the league title trophy before the game against Espanyol, before lifting the UEFA Champions League in Paris after the monumental victory against Arsenal in the Saint-Denis Stadium. Puyol only missed five matches all season and none through injury. On three occasions he was rested by coach Frank Rijkaard and was then suspended for the other two games which he did not play in. He also scored one goal as he headed home during the 5-0 victory against Real Sociedad on October 30, 2005.

At the end of the following season in 2006/07 (in which he played in 35 of 38 League games), Carles Puyol suffered the worst injury of his career when the League was already over. He damaged ligaments in his knee in a friendly played in Pretoria on 20 June 2007 and this kept him out until 29 September. Despite missing the first months of the competition, the club captain finally played in 30 League games in the 2007/08 campaign.

In the treble winning season 2008/09, Carles Puyol was once again Barça’s most versatile defender. Guardiola used him as a right back in the Champions League final, a left back in the Copa del Rey final and also as centre back in most games. A great utility player, he also showed he can score goals, such as his header in the historic 6-2 win at the Bernabéu. In Rome he made history by becoming the first Barça captain to lift the Champions league trophy twice.

In the 2009-10 season he won his fourth league title. The captain is incredibly consistent and is one of the defenders most used by Pep Guardiola in the heart of defence.

Carles Puyol is also a fixture in the Spanish national side, with which he played in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups and in the European Championships in 2004 and 2008. In the latter he was key figure as Spain won the title in Vienna.

In the summer of 2010 he won the only club or international medal that was missing from his collection. One of the cornerstones of the team, he played in all seven matches and scored the only goal of the semi-final against Germany – a header similar to his goal in the historic 2-6 victory in the Bernabeu.

PROFILE

Carles Puyol started off in the first team at right back but has since developed into a great central defender. He stands out for his tremendous fitness levels and his discipline on the pitch. He's a perfect example of a team player and he never over-complicates the job when he has to cut off an opposing attacking move.

He can also adapt to the left back position when circumstances dictate. Although he is not particularly tall (178 cm), his physical strength makes him very strong in the air and he is capable of man-marking opposing forwards who are taller than him. He also likes to get up in attack, especially for corners and free kicks.

More than anything else, Carles Puyol is a reference point for the rest of the squad due to his character and qualities of leadership and because of his pride in the Barca colours and his total identification with the Club.

HONOURS

FC Barcelona 2010/11 Spanish Super Cup
2009/10 Liga
2009/10 World Club Cup
2009/10 European Super Cup   2009/10 Spanish Super Cup
2008/09 Champions League
2008/09 Liga
2008/09 Copa del Rey 
2006/07 Spanish Super Cup
2005/06 Champions League
2005/06 Liga
2005/06 Spanish Super Cup
2004/05 Liga

Spanish national team 2010 World Cup
2008 European Championship   2000 Silver medal. Sidney Olympic Games

CAREER

2010-11 FC Barcelona
2009-10 FC Barcelona
2008-09 FC Barcelona
2007-08 FC Barcelona
2006-07 FC Barcelona
2005-06 FC Barcelona
2004-05 FC Barcelona
2003-04 FC Barcelona
2002-03 FC Barcelona
2001-02 FC Barcelona
2000-01 FC Barcelona
1999-00 FC Barcelona

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FC Barcelona Records - The History

• Record attendance at the Camp Nou

  120,000 people 120,000 people for FC Barcelona v Juventus, first leg of the European Cup quarter final (5/03/1986).
  

• Year with the most titles

  2009 6: Spanish Cup, League, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and World Club Cup (a world record).
  

• The only team in the Spanish league to have won all the official competitions at least once

  From the Copa Macaya (1902) to the World Club Cup (2009).
  

• Team with the most official titles in the Spanish league

  106
  

• Season with most titles

  1951/52 5: League, Cup, Copa Llatina, Trofeu Eva Duarte and Copa Martini-Rossi
  

• Year with most titles

  2009 6: Copa del Rei, League, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and World Club Cup (a world record)
  

• Only team to have appeared in every year of Continental competition

  since they first started in 1955.
  

• Only Spanish team to win the treble

  Barca won the Copa del Rei, Spanish League and the Champions League in the 2008/09 season
  

• Team with most Cup Winners Cup titles

  4 Cups 1979, 1982, 1989 and 1997.
  

• Team with most Fairs Cup titles

  3 Cups 1958, 1960 and 1966. Also won the Grand Final in 1971 to decide who should keep the trophy outright.
  

• Team with most Spanish Cup titles

  25 titles

• Consecutive League titles

  4 titles 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94.
  

• The team with most points at the end of the first half

  50 poitns In week 19 of the Spanish League Season 2008/09.
  

• Team with the most points in the history of the league

  99 points 99 points in the 2009/10 season (record in the major European leagues).
  

• Most goals scored in a league season

  105 goals 2008/09, 105 goals in 38 matches.
  

• Team most away goals in a league season

  44 goals 2008/09 League season
  

• Team with best goal difference in a league season

  + 70 1958/59 and 2008/09 seasons
  

• League with fewest goals conceded

  1968-69 With 18 goals in 30 matches.
  

• Longest unbeaten run in League matches

  26 games 26 games, from the 6th (7-10-1973) to the 31st (21-4-1974) match in the 1973-74 season.
  

• - Longest unbeaten run in League matches from the opening match

  The first 21 matches of the 2009/10 league season.
  

• Longest unbeaten run at home in league matches

  67 matches From the 25th match of the 72-73 season (4-3-1973) to the 21st of the 76-77 season (20-2-1977), a total of 66 matches, of which 55 were won and 12 drawn, scoring 155 goals and conceding 37.
  

• Longest winning run in the League

  14 games 14 games, from the 8th match (22-10-2005) to the 21st (29-1-2006) in the 2005-06 Spanish league season.
  

• Longest winning run in the League (home)

  39 games 39 games, from the 22nd of the 1957-58 season (16-2-1958) to the 8th of the 1960-61 season (6-11-1960).
  

• First half of the season without losing any matches

  19 matches 19 matches in the 2009-10 league season (15 victories and 4 draws).
  

• Most victories in a league season

  31 victories 31 victories in the 2009/10 season, together with Real Madrid in the same season.
  

• Most away wins in a season

  13 matches 2008/09 (13 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats) and 2009/10 (13 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat, together with Real Madrid with 13 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats).
  

• Longest scoring run in the League

  36 games 36 games, from the ninth of the 1942-43 season (21-11-1942) to the 18th of the 1943-44 season (6-2-1944).
  

• Longest scoring run in the League (home)

  88 games 88 games, from the 22nd of the 1951-52 season (10-2-1952) to the 18th of the 57-58 season (19-1-1958).
  

• Most league away goals 44goals

  2009/09

• Team with best goal difference

  +74 2010
  

• Biggest League win (home)

  10-1 FC Barcelona 10 - Gimnàstic Tarragona 1 (11/09/1949).
  

• Biggest League win (away)

  0-8 Las Palmas 0 - FC Barcelona 8 (25/10/1959) and Almeria 0 - FC Barcelona 8 (20/11/2010).
  

• Longest scoring run in a season

  34 34 consecutive matches in the 2009-10 season (27 league, 5 Champions League and 2 World Club Cup).
  

• Biggest win in any competition

  0-18 Macaya Cup: Tarragona 0 - FC Barcelona 18 (17-3-1901).
  

• Longest unbeaten run in competitive matches

  28 matches 28 matches 2010-11 (17 league, 6 Champions League, 5 Copa del Rey), from 14-9-2010 to 16-1-2011
  

• Most matches without conceding a goal in one season

  31 matches 31 matches in the 2009/10 season (20 league, 6 Champions League, 1 Spanish Super Cup, and 1 European Super Cup)
  

• Most wins in a season

  45 victories 45 victories in 59 competitive matches in the 2009/10 season.
  

• Most consecutive wins in the Champions League

  11 In the 2002/03 season.
  

• Longest winning run in official matches

  19 games 19 games in the 2005-06 season (13 League, 3 Champions League, 2 Copa de Rey and one in the Catalan Cup) between 22-10-2005 and 22-1-2006
  

• Longest unbeaten run in European competition

  17 games 17 matches between 1988-89 and 1992-93 and also between 2005/06 and 2006/07.
  

• Player with most international games for the club

  4 titles 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94.
  

• League with most goals scored

  2008-09 With 105 goals in 38 matches.
  

• League with fewest goals scored

  1939-40 With 32 goals in 22 matches.
  

• League with most goals conceded

  1941-42 With 66 goals in 26 matches.
  

• Biggest win a friendly match

  1-20 Smilde (Holland) 1 - FC Barcelona 20 (6-8-1992)
  

• Heaviest defeat

  12-1 Athletic Club Bilbao 12 - FC Barcelona 1 (8-2-1931), in the 1930-31 Spanish league season.
  

• Biggest wins in European competitions (home)

  8-0 FC Barcelona 8 - Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) (Cup Winners Cup. 15/09/1982); FC Barcelona 8 – Matador Púchov (Slovakia) 0 (UEFA Cup. 15/10/2003).
  

• Biggest win in European competitions (away)

  0-7 Hapoel Beer Sheva (Israel) 0 - FC Barcelona 7 (UEFA Cup. 12/09/1995).
  

• Most consecutive away wins

  13 games Between the 21st of September 2008 and the 11th of January 2009, FC Barcelona recorded 13 consecutive victories in official competition away from home. Eight came in the league (Sporting de Gijón, Espanyol, Athletic Club, Recreativo, Sevilla, Villarreal and Osasuna), three in the Champions' League (Shaktar Donetsk, FC Basel and Sporting Clube) and two in the Copa del Rey (Benidorm and Atlético de Madrid)
  

• Record run of away wins in the league

  9 victories Sporting de Gijón, Espanyol, Athletic Club, Málaga, Recreativo, Sevilla, Villarreal, Osasuna and Racing were the victims in Barça’s consecutive run of victories away from home in the season 2008/09.
  
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Guardiola has a "bad feeling" about the game against Shakhtar

Barcelona and Shakhtar will battle tomorrow for a place in the Champions League semifinals. And Spanish coach Josep Guardiola has a bad feeling about this game.

It's not usual to hear Guardiola talking about the possibility of having a bad result. But this time, he did. "Some people laugh at the Shakhtar, but they are a super team. They have won their national league, the Europa League... they are really good".

Guardiola has a "bad feeling" about the game against Shakhtar

Barcelona and Shakhtar will battle tomorrow for a place in the Champions League semifinals. And Spanish coach Josep Guardiola has a bad feeling about this game.

It's not usual to hear Guardiola talking about the possibility of having a bad result. But this time, he did. "Some people laugh at the Shakhtar, but they are a super team. They have won their national league, the Europa League... they are really good".

Champions League: Barcelona fans will not arrive in time for the match against Donetsk

Guardiola's team will battle against Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine without their loyal fan legion. Catalan supporters won't travel with their club because of an unexpected cancellation by the travel agency.

According to the club, the trip was cancelled because the demand for tickets was too low. In fact, the agency already warned the club about this possibility.

The trip for the football match, no hotel room included, costs 510 euros, which was consider too expensive for most fans.

Champions League: Barcelona fans will not arrive in time for the match against Donetsk

Guardiola's team will battle against Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine without their loyal fan legion. Catalan supporters won't travel with their club because of an unexpected cancellation by the travel agency.

According to the club, the trip was cancelled because the demand for tickets was too low. In fact, the agency already warned the club about this possibility.

The trip for the football match, no hotel room included, costs 510 euros, which was consider too expensive for most fans.

Gerard Pique: Messi has something else that makes him better than Cristiano Ronaldo

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is convinced that Lionel Messi is far better than Cristiano Ronaldo, even when he admits that the Portuguese is a "spectacular player".

"Both are extremely strong and really hard to play against" but Messi "has something else". According to Pique, Lio is one of the few footballer in history that can decide a game by himself.

"To stop Ronaldo, you must force him to drive the ball with his left leg, and keep him from shooting a long pass" Pique assured. "But Messi... you just can't steal the ball from him".

Gerard Pique: Messi has something else that makes him better than Cristiano Ronaldo

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is convinced that Lionel Messi is far better than Cristiano Ronaldo, even when he admits that the Portuguese is a "spectacular player".

"Both are extremely strong and really hard to play against" but Messi "has something else". According to Pique, Lio is one of the few footballer in history that can decide a game by himself.

"To stop Ronaldo, you must force him to drive the ball with his left leg, and keep him from shooting a long pass" Pique assured. "But Messi... you just can't steal the ball from him".

Llongueras Hairdresser in Barcelona

I did not really know what title to choose for this image. The man facing the woman in the poster, standing under a beautiful ceiling lamp was the first thing I wanted to show but then on second thought I realized that the Llongueras hairdresser in the background, run by a well known coiffeur in the city was better for my SEO. I find this a dilemma nowadays, either you get artistic with your titles, you know, trying to express a concept with one or two words, like say, "Waiting" or you mention the obvious: "Man and Lamp". But then there is the third choice which is the most abject, trying to please search engines to stay on top. Well, I think I managed to squeeze all possible titles in the post, that is the last minute resource. The hairdresser is at Passeig de Gracia, one of the many by the same name spread around Barcelona.

Lionel Messi Profile

Lionel Messi Biodata

Full Name:

Lionel Andres Messi

Date Of Birth:

June 24, 1987

Place Of Birth:

Rosario, Argentina

Lionel Messi Key Matches

Lionel Messi started his professional football playing at the age of 5 with Grandoli Football Club, where the guidance of his father. Barcelona FC got notice of Messi’s skills and then he quickly moved to Spain for Barcelona youth team. Represented the Catalan Giants in several El-Classico Derby matches against Real Madrid.

Photo: Lionel Messi

Current Status

Lionel Messi made his official debut for Barcelona on October 16, 2004 at the age of 17 against Espanyol in Spanish La Liga.

Lionel Messi Achievements

Lionel Messi won the World Soccer Young Player of the Year award in 2006 and 2007, Runner-up in World Soccer Player of the Year award in 2007, Third place in European Footballer of the Year in 2007 and runner-up in FIFA World Player of the Year in 2007.
Playing with Barcelona the team won the 2004-2005, 2005-2006 spanish primera liga(La Liga) title and 2005-2006 UEFA Champions League Trophy.

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Balloon Man, Barcelona, Spain

Selling balloons on the street is an occupation almost inherent to gypsies in Barcelona but this man and two other at Passeig de Lluis Companys, in the Arc de Triomf area, seemed to be Portuguese, maybe gypsies too, who knows. I suppose this activity is regulated but they always look worried and vigilant as if they were hiding from the police. To tell the truth balloons are a good treat for our eyes and if they make our kids happy, no matter how short a helium balloon's life can be, then what the heck, let them speculate a little bit. What is selling balloons compared to the subprime mortgages crisis?!!

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