10 Things You Didn't Know About Lionel Messi

7. He Had A Growth Hormone Disorder

Barcelona's Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho, left, and Samuel Eto'o, from Cameroon, right, show their FIFA world player trophies and Argentinean Leo Messi, center, with his Golden Boy Trophy before their Spanish League soccer match against Ce
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As a boy, Messi was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency syndrome that played a big part in reducing his body height.

FC Barcelona would pay for legal steroids to aid his growth, which were around $900 a month.

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