Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  An haifi Lionel Andrés Messi a ranar 24 ga Yuni, 1987 a Rosario, na uku daga cikin 'ya'ya hudu na Jorge Messi, manajan masana'antar karafa, da matarsa Celia Cuccittini, wacce ta yi aiki a wani bitar kera maganadiso. A bangaren mahaifinsa, yana da asalin Italiyanci da Mutanen Espanya, babban jikan baƙi daga yankin Marche na arewacin Adriatic na Italiya da Catalonia, kuma a bangaren mahaifiyarsa, yana da asalin Italiyanci. Ya girma a cikin dangi mai son ƙwallon ƙafa, "Leo" ya sami sha'awar wasan tun yana ƙarami, yana wasa koyaushe tare da manyan 'yan uwansa, Rodrigo da Matías, da' yan uwansa, Maximiliano da Emanuel Biancucchi, dukansu sun zama ƙwararrun 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. A lokacin da yake dan shekara hudu ya shiga kungiyar Grandoli ta gida, inda mahaifinsa ya horar da shi, kodayake tasirinsa na farko a matsayin dan wasa ya fito ne daga kakarsa mahaifiyarsa, Celia, wanda ya raka shi horo da wasanni. Mutuwarta ta shafe shi sosai, jim kaɗan kafin ranar haihuwarsa ta goma sha ɗaya; tun daga wannan lokacin, a matsayin mai bin ɗariƙar Katolika, ya yi bikin burinsa ta hanyar dubawa da nuna sama don girmama kakarsa.  Tambaya: Yaushe aka haifi Lionel Andre Messi?
24 ga Yuni, 1987