Lionel Messi World Cup betting

Lionel Messi was identified by Barcelona scouts at a young age and was brought to Spain from Newell's Old Boys in 2000, where he continues to play for Barcelona.

Messi made his Barcelona debut in the 04/05 season breaking the league record for youngest player to play and youngest player to score that season. In the next season Messi started to break seriously into the first team and scored six league goals in seventeen games.

In the 06/07 season Messi became a first team regular for Barcelona and he marked himself down as a great by scoring a hat trick against Real Madrid, finishing the season with fourteen league goals in twenty six games.

The following season Messi made his 100th appearance for Barcelona and was deemed one of the best players in the world and went on to be second in the 2008 Ballon d'Or award, improving one place from the previous year.

In the 08/09 season Messi had what was probably his best season yet, scoring a total of thirty eight goals, including one in the Champions League final, as Barcelona won the treble. Messi also picked up the Ballon d'Or in December 09. Messi has so far scored more than seventy league goals for Barcelona, averaging more than a goal every other game.

Lionel Messi made his international debut in August 2005, having previously represented his country at Under 20 level.

Messi suffered an injury in the lead up to the 2006 World Cup but still went and played a bit part in the tournament for Argentina and he was the youngest scorer in the tournament, but he was left on the bench whenGermany knocked Argentina out.

In March 2009 Messi wore the famous Number 10 shirt for the first time and scored the first goal of the game. Over his career he has drawn many comparisons with Diego MAradona because of his style of play and Maradona has even declared him to be his successor. He is just into double figures for international goals and tends to average one every three games.

Lionel Messi Golden Boot odds

Lionel Messi has an outside chance of becoming the 2010 World Cup Golden Boot, he certainly appeals from an each way perspective. He appeals even more to be the Player Of The Tournament, his skill and pace will not go unnoticed in what is perhaps a more average Argentina side than we are used to seeing. Argentina have a fairly comfortable passage to the World Cup Quarter Finals so he should get plenty of games to show off his skills and score some goals.

Back Lionel Messi to be the World Cup Golden Boot at 21.00 with Bet365.