BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — When Joan Monfort took photos of Lionel Messi with a baby for a charity calendar almost 17 years ago, he knew the long-haired young man would make it big in soccer.

At 20 years old, Messi participated in a photoshoot for a charity calendar organized by Spain’s Diario SPORT. In one of the photos, a young Messi is seen holding and bathing a baby—none other ...

In 2007, a young Lionel Messi posed for photos with a baby in the dressing room of the Camp Nou in Barcelona for a charity calendar photoshoot. Messi, who was 20, was already making a name for ...

Nigerian artist Goke Oyewo asked Messi which player from the new generation reminded him of his younger self. “There’s a very good generation of young footballers who have many years ahead of ...

Lionel Messi has acknowledged that Barcelona teenage sensation Lamine Yamal reminds him of himself when he was young. Messi was asked earlier this week during an event in Adidas' Herzogenaurach ...