messi started playing for barca first team on 16 november 2003.
messi started playing for barca first team on 16 november 2003.
when did messi started playing for barca first team?
16 november 2003
at 16 years, four months, and 23 days old, messi made his first team debut when he came on in the 75th minute during a friendly against josé mourinho's porto on 16 november 2003. his performance, creating two chances and a shot on goal, impressed the technical staff, and he subsequently began training daily with the club's reserve side, barcelona b, as well as weekly with the first team. after his first training session with the senior squad, barça's new star player, ronaldinho, told his teammates that he believed the 16-year-old would become an even better player than himself. ronaldinho soon befriended messi, whom he called "little brother", which greatly eased his transition into the first team.
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georges parfait mbida messi (born 8 december 1980) is a cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.









































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born in yaoundé, messi started playing professionally with hometown's tonnerre yaoundé and canon yaoundé, having an abroad spell in between with turkish club çaykur rizespor, appearing scarcely during the 2000–01 season as the süper lig team finished in ninth position.
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