Inter Miami-bound Lionel Messi turned 36 on Saturday. To help him celebrate, The Athletic has compiled 36 different stats, facts and pieces of trivia about one of the greatest soccer players of all time.
13) As a 10-year-old, Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency which prompted fears he would not be tall enough to make it as a footballer. However, aged 14 and while in Barcelona’s academy, he underwent growth hormone treatment and eventually reached a height of 5ft 7in .14) That height makes him two inches shorter than the average American man and nearly two feet shorter than former Miami Heat center Manute Bol .
17) In total Messi has scored 57 hat-tricks during his career, 48 for Barcelona and nine for Argentina. His first came as a 19-year-old against Real Madrid in a 3-3 draw in La Liga in March 2007. 22) The most goals Messi has scored in a game is five. He has done this twice — for Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in March 2012 and for Argentina against Estonia in a friendly in June 2022.
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