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When Did Lionel Messi Start Playing Soccer?

Discover when Lionel Messi began playing soccer, from his childhood in Rosario to joining FC Barcelona’s youth academy. Learn how his legendary journey started.

Sports Illustrated

‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocity

The river port of Rosario lies on the route between cocaine-producing Peru and Bolivia and lucrative markets in Europe. The result is terrifying violence and addiction

The Guardian - UK

Crime Deterring Return Of South American Footballers

A wave of crimes against South American footballers has underscored the risks faced by players loath to return home from overseas clubs to a region where they, or their loved ones, risk being kidnapped, blackmailed or targeted by gangs with a message to send.

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Argentina's Di Maria threatened by drug gangs in hometown

Angel Di Maria receives threat at family home in Rosario amid drug-related violence, sparking concerns for safety.

The Hindu

Death Threat To Soccer Star Ángel Di Maria In Rosario

Investigation into death threat against soccer star Ángel Di Maria in Rosario, Argentina, amidst city's violence and drug trafficking issues.

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Lionel Messi Net Worth 2024: The Financial Legacy Of A Football Icon

With an innate ability to mesmerize audiences with his magical footwork, Lionel Messi has etched his name into the annals of sporting history. From his humble beginnings to his meteoric rise, Messi's story is one of unparalleled success on and off the football pitch.

International Business Times

Argentine Armed Forces to Beef Up Security Efforts in Rosario Amid Escalating Drug-Related Violence

The escalation comes as other countries in the region are also experiencing a deterioration of security conditions

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Alejo Veliz: Tottenham in talks to sign highly rated Argentine striker

Tottenham are in talks to sign highly rated Rosario Central forward Alejo Veliz.

Evening Standard

How Lionel Messi went from the tiniest boy on the field to the biggest athlete in the world

MIAMI — Long before Lionel Messi was a larger-than-life soccer icon with 468 million Instagram followers, before he became one of the world’s richest athletes and immortalized on giant murals from Buenos Aires to Barcelona to Calcutta to Miami, he was the tiniest boy on the field at Grandoli, the…

Miami Herald

Lionel Messi, as he turns 36, is still timeless as ever and for many the best in history

Argentina striker Lionel Messi, arguably one of the greatest ever to play the beautiful game, turned 36 on June 24. The modern-day footballing demigod, nicknamed ‘La Pulga’ (the Flea in Spanish) and ‘Messiah’, was born in a humble household in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.

The Hindu

Argentines grill more steak despite pressures of 109% inflation

Argentines are expected to eat the most beef in five years in 2023, extending the country's reign as the No. 1 steak consumer per capita despite the painful impact of 109% inflation on food prices, a Rosario grains exchange report showed on Friday.

Reuters

Argentina boosts security forces in violence-plagued Rosario

Argentina’s president says he will send hundreds more federal security forces to the central city of Rosario where drug violence has drawn international attention due to a recent threat against soccer superstar Lionel Messi

The Independent UK

Argentina: Police arrest suspect in killing of 12-year-old

Police in Argentina have detained a man on suspicion of killing a 12-year-old boy and neighbors wrecked his house amid anger over escalating drug-related violence in the city of Rosario

The Independent UK

‘We’re waiting for you’: Gunmen threaten Lionel Messi in attack on wife’s family supermarket

Two men on motorbikes were seen shooting the supermarket in Messi’s hometown Rosario

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Daily Mirror

Dramatic footage shows gunmen attacking Lionel Messi's wife's family business

Footage has emerged of an Argentinian supermarket which is owned by the family of Lionel Messi’s wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, being attacked by gunmen, who left a chilling message

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gunmen Leave Messi a Menacing Message

Gunmen left a threatening message Thursday for Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi and opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina’s third-largest city, police said. Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in…

The Independent UK

Gunmen leave Argentine soccer star Messi a menacing message

Police say gunmen have left a threatening message for Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi and opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina’s third-largest city

Daily Mirror

Lionel Messi left chilling message by gunmen in attack on wife's family's supermarket

Gunmen opened fire on a supermarket in Rosario, Argentina owned by Antonela Roccuzzo's family and left a harrowing message for Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi

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Evening Standard

Antonela Roccuzzo — the first lady of Argentinean football

From childhood sweetheart to one-half of sport’s couple of the moment — this is Mrs Messi

Irish Mirror

Dublin-based Argentine backs Lionel Messi to sign for hometown club Newell’s Old Boys

Former Newell's Old Boys player Fabian Costello, who hails from the same neighbourhood as Lionel Messi, watched Argentina's World Cup win on Sunday from his home in Glenageary, Co Dublin.

The Independent UK

‘We have the best players here’: Lionel Messi’s hometown of Rosario celebrates World Cup win

The streets of Rosario erupted in celebration as Argentina dramatically beat France to win their third World Cup title

Daily Mirror

Birth of Lionel Messi - inside gritty district urging their hero to win the World Cup

Lionel Messi dazzled Rosario from the age of four with his prodigious talent - flourishing on the scruffy, sun-scorched pitches in gang-ridden neighbourhood to become arguably the greatest footballer of all time

Al Jazeera

How Argentina fans brought a bit of Buenos Aires to ‘Barwargento’

Barahat Al Janoub was renamed ‘Barwargento’ by Argentinian supporters who have brought a touch of their home to Qatar.

Miami Herald

Michelle Kaufman: World Cup final Sunday is so much more than just a game for South Florida Argentines

MIAMI — It is hard to fathom just how much Sunday’s World Cup final means to Argentine soccer fans, but you get a pretty good idea after five minutes on the phone with Patricio Colazo, a 41-year-old handyman who runs a small construction company in Pembroke Pines.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Messi's Hometown in Argentina Yearns for World Cup Victory

Fernanda Quiroga still remembers how Lionel Messi played soccer in what were then dirt roads around their working class neighborhood in Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city. “(Messi) was always kicking something, a ball, a bottle cap,” said Quiroga, who at 35 is the same age as the captain of Argentina’s national…

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