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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

European Golden Shoe Weekly Update: Barcelona star Lionel Messi joins Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo in first spot

Kenny Miller sits in third place

Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo still sits first in the standings after scoring once in his side's 3-1 win over Real Zaragoza at the weekend. However, the Portuguese international is no longer the only player in the standings with 34 points.

Tricky attacker Lionel Messi has joined Ronaldo as the joint No.1 following his excellent performance on Sunday. The Barcelona star scored twice to help his side to a comfortable 5-0 win over Real Sociedad and has now scored 17 league goals, too.

Furthermore, Rangers striker Kenny Miller has climbed to joint third spot after scoring once in the Scottish champions' 1-1 draw against Inverness. The attacker could have added another, but failed to find the net from the penalty spot.

The biggest winner of the weekend was Freiburg attacker Papiss Demba Cisse. The Senegal star netted a brace to help Freiburg to a 3-0 home win over relegation candidates Borussia Moenchengladbach and has now netted 13 Bundesliga goals.
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Lionel Andrés Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljo'nel an'd'es 'mesi]; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for La Liga's Barcelona and the Argentine national team. Messi is considered to be one of the best football players of his generation, having received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to football legend Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor".
Messi began playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. He left Rosario-based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 2004–05 season, he broke the La Liga record for the youngest footballer to play a league game, and also the youngest to score a league goal. Major honours soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's debut season, and won a double of the league and UEFA Champions League in 2006. His breakthrough season was in 2006–07: he became a first team regular, scoring a hat-trick in El Clásico and finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games. Perhaps his most successful season was the 2008–09 season, in which Messi scored 38 goals to play an integral part in a treble winning campaign.
Messi was the top scorer with six goals, including two in the final game of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Shortly thereafter, he became an established member of Argentina's senior international team. In 2006 he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year. In 2008, in Beijing, he won his first international honour, an Olympic gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic football team.