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happy eight years at barca

Facts on his first match for the senior team

Leo Messi made his Barcelona First team debut on October 16 of 2004.  There were 30,000 fans at the Montjuic for the Catalan derby between Espanyol and FC Barcelona. it was Messi's first game with the senior side.

Messi wore jersey with number 30 donned at the back and came in with 8 minutes to go before the end of the match.

He was 17 years, 3 months and 22 days old. He was the second-youngest player ever to don the Blaugrana colours for the first team (The record holder is Paulino Alcantara)

Messi was played as a Right-wing forward and played in this position for the following five years.

Though Messi scores with easy now but it took him 7 and a half months before he could score his first goal for the senior team. He scored his first official goal for the club in a La Liga's week 34, on May 1 of 2005, against Albacete at the Camp Nou. He played for 77 minutes for the first team in the 2004/2005 season.