Lionel Messi – Before
Lionel Messi is often regarded as being one of the most talented and influential soccer players of this generation. However, before he started making millions with Barcelona, he had a pretty rough childhood, to say the least. His father worked at a steel plant, while his mother was a maid.
He grew up in the La Bajada neighborhood in Rosario, Argentina. If you were to pass through the neighborhood today, you would probably have no idea that one of soccer’s highest-earning athletes spent his childhood there. Although no one lives in his childhood home anymore, it still belongs to the Messi family.