5 Facts about Lionel Messi Posted on March 5, 2016September 24, 2017 by TFE Times See also: 6 Awesome Cristiano Ronaldo Facts 1. 12 years ago during financial trouble, FC Barcelona almost let Lionel Messi leave the club for free. 2. Leo Messi, widely considered the best soccer player in the world and arguably the best player in history, often vomits before games because he is so nervous 3. Lionel Messi, possibly the greatest soccer player ever, had a hormone deficiency growing up and is only 5’7″. 4. Had Barca doctors not prescribed the then-4’8″ 13 year old Lionel Messi with daily growth hormones, he could have ended up being a dwarf. 5. In Lionel Messi’s hometown of Rosario in Argentina, it is no longer allowed to name a kid Messi. Many people in the city have the Messi surname, and they wanted to prevent a lot of kids suddenly being named after him, or the name Messi Messi becoming common. SOURCE Related