a delegation of the AFA will be visiting Kerala shortly," he said. Lionel Messi’s visit to Kolkata in September 2011 marked a historic moment for both Argentine football and Indian sports fans.

In 2007, a young Lionel Messi posed for photos with a baby in the dressing room of the Camp Nou in Barcelona for a charity calendar photoshoot. Messi, who was 20, was already making a name for ...