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You know as a player that you won’t have many opportunities to play in World Cups - so you have to take them when you can.
Lionel Messi
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Lionel Messi
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: June 24
Association Football Player
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Rosario de Santa Fe
Leo Messi
Lionel Andres Messi
Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
Lionel Andrés Messi
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