{"id":4626,"date":"2014-03-06T13:48:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T13:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2014-03-07T14:45:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T14:45:36","slug":"watch-highlights-of-lionel-messis-barcelona-b-debut-10-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/watch-highlights-of-lionel-messis-barcelona-b-debut-10-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Highlights of Lionel Messi\u2019s Barcelona B debut 10 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lionel Messi was 16 years old when he played his first game for Barcelona\u2019s B team. Lionel Messi (Denis Doyle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before he was a Ballon d\u2019Or winner and one of the best to ever play the game, Lionel Messi was just a kid. Exactly 10 years ago, at age 16, that kid played his first game with Barcelona B.<\/p>\n

He had already played for the first team in a friendly at the time, and he displayed the same touch and unmatched dribbling ability that has shaped his reputation into what it is today.<\/p>\n

In the 10 years since that debut in Mini Estadi against Matar\u00f3, which Barca B won, 1-0, Messi has won four Ballon d\u2019Or trophies as the World Player of the year. The Argentine has also racked up six La Liga titles, three UEFA Champions Leagues, and two Club World Cups, scoring 379 goals in 487 appearances for club and country.<\/p>\n

Watch highlights of Messi\u2019s Bar\u00e7a B debut \u2014 and his free-flowing hairstyle \u2014 below:<\/p>\n