10 things you (maybe) didn’t know about Lionel Messi

1. At school, the PSG champion didn’t do very well: “I didn’t mess up but I got bad grades because I didn’t like to study,” he said

2. He was selected by Barcelona because of a video in which he did 113 dribbles with an orange.

3. Messi signed his first contract on a restaurant napkin at age 13

4. Most of his goals are dedicated to his grandmother who passed away when the player was 10 years old

5. In his first game with the Argentine senior national team, he was sent off after less than 1 minute

6. Spanish dictionaries have the word ‘InMESSIonante,’ dedicated precisely to Leo

7. One of Messi’s favorite dishes is the cotoletta alla milanese

8. He is named Lionel because his parents were big fans of singer Lionel Richie

9. Messi was discarded by Como at the age of 15 because he was considered too slender

10. The Argentine champion can even sleep for 12 hours straight