17-Year-Old Lionel Messi's First Professional Goal Was A Genius Chip Over The Goalie
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Messi's scored some mind-boggling goals for both Barcelona and Argentina over the years, but you have to go all the way back to 2005 to find Messi's first-ever professional goal. It came in stoppage time against Albacete, on May 1, 2005.
Although his hair's a little longer and he's wearing #30 instead of #10, 17-year-old Messi looks just as calm in front of goal then as he does now. Ronaldinho's lovely chip frees Messi, who cooly lobs the keeper for his first (of many) goal:
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Messi and Argentina begin their World Cup campaign June 15th against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Watch the full highlights from Messi's debut below:
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