<P><B>The first book for children and young adults about the world's leading football star</B></P><P>Thanks to his sublime skill, mesmerizing vision, and incredible goal-scoring record, Lionel Messi is widely regarded as the world's greatest footballer and he looks set to become the greatest footballer of all time. This stunningly illustrated celebration of this footballing magician contains everything a junior fan could want to know about the Barcelona and Argentina superstar. With photos throughout, the book charts Lionel Messi's incredible career, exploring his early years in Argentina through to him becoming a double Champions League winner and multiple holder of the FIFA World Player of the Year title. Written in a lively, buzzing style and filled with fun features, fantastic photographs, and enlightening quotes, this book celebrates the footballer's greatest moments and famous goals, and gives readers a special insight into how he became the world's greatest footballer.