Landmark moments from Lionel Messi's magical decade with Barcelona

A decade to remember Lionel Messi made his official Barcelona bow as a promising 17yearold on October 16 2004 having previously featured in a preseason friendly against Jose Mourinhos Porto But in his eightminute cameo against Espanyol few could have predicted what would happen nextALSO READ Why has Messi been banned in his own hometown of RosarioWearing the number 30 shirt Messi replaced goalscorer Deco in a 10 win at Montjuic to become Barcas youngestever player in La Liga at 17 years and 114 daysThat feat was later bettered by Bojan Krkic but many of Messis milestones records and marks will never ever be beaten In 10 years with the firstteam the Argentine forward has played 434 games scored 361 goals and amassed 21 trophiesALSO READLionel Messi eclipses Diego Maradonas goal tally for ArgentinaThose include six Liga titles three Champions League crowns two Copas del Rey two Uefa Super Cups and two Club World Cups while the Argentine has also claimed an unprecedented four Ballons dOr during his time at Camp Nou and is about to become La Ligas alltime top goalscorer as he closes in on Telmo Zarras mark of 251 strikes in the Primera DivisionAt 27 and with many seasons still ahead of him Messi looks set to build on his already remarkable record So here as he celebrates 10 years since making his Blaugrana bow in 2004 lets take a look at his some of his landmark momentsLionel MessiOctober 16 2004 Messi made his league debut for Barcelona against city rivals Espanyol He was aged 17 years and 114 days and came on as a late substitute for Deco I will remember those 10 minutes my whole life he said afterMay 1 2005 His first competitive goal for Barcelona came against Albacete This time Messi came on as an 87th minute replacement for Samuel Etoo He has now notched up 249 Spanish league goals for his club Barcelona won the La Liga title the same month the first of Messis six league crowns so farAugust 17 2005 Argentina fans could not wait for the protege to make his international debut but it finished almost as quickly as it began He came on as a second half substitute against Hungary but was sent off within two minutes for elbowing an opponentMarch 1 2006 Messi scored his first international goal in Argentinas 32 defeat of CroatiaJune 11 2006 Messi played his first World Cup finals game as Argentina romped to a 60 firstround thrashing of Serbia and Montenegro He bagged the final goal too and was the youngest scorer in the tournament in GermanyMarch 11 2007 Matches between Barca and its archrival Real Madrid are dubbed El Clasico and regarded as one of the biggest games in the sport Messi showed he belonged on the highest level with a hattrick as the two teams drew 33July 7 2007 At his first Copa America tournament Messi starred alongside Hernan Crespo and Juan Roman Riquelme as Argentina stormed to the final Messi scored in the quarter and semifinals before Argentina fell 30 to Brazil in the finalAugust 23 2008 Barcelona tried to force Messi to forgo the chance to take part in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games But he insisted and provided the assist to Angel di Maria as Argentina beat Nigeria 10 in the gold medal match before 89000 people at the Beijing National Stadium better known as the Birds NestMay 27 2009 Messi was not on the teamsheet when Barcelona beat Arsenal in the 2006 Champions League final but he still earned a winners medal for taking part in the campaign He scored the second goal as Barcelona beat Manchester United 20 in Rome for his first real Champions League winThe club completed a treble of Spanish league cup and European Cup triumphs in an historic seasonDecember 1 2009 Having come third then second in the two previous years Messi was voted Ballon DOr in 2009 It was the start of a record run of four straight triumphs in the contest Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo managed to outdo him in 2013May 28 2011 Messi fires Barca into another Champions League final once again against Manchester United at Wembley Messi scored as Barca outclassed the English champions securing a comfortable 31 win and third European Cup triumph in six years Messi is subsequently awarded a third straight Ballon dOr in December 2011March 20 2012 A moment of destiny arrived for Messi during a match against Granada He bagged a hattrick to move on to 235 goals for Barca and overtake Cesar Rodriguez as the clubs alltime leading goalscorer Cesar played for Barca between 1939 and 1955December 22 2012 Messis goalscoring exploits scaled new heights in 2012 A strike against Valladolid on December 22 was his 91st of the calendar year breaking a record previously held by Germanys Gerd MullerJuly 13 2014 Heartbreak for Messi The Argentine maestro scored and laid on priceless goals as he reached his first World Cup final Messi had chances to score but it was Germanys Mario Goetze who got the extratime goal that stole the game Messi won the Golden Ball as player of the tournament