There is no football follower who has not heard of the name "Flea", which is given as a nickname for the star of Barcelona club, Argentine Lionel Messi, and the nickname "Don", which the Portuguese is famous for, Cristiano Ronaldo.

The nickname "Flea" has been associated with Messi over the past years, because it was considered a scourge that afflicts all his competitors, and the owner of bites that no defense or goalkeeper could stand in front of.

Messi was also called "the flea", in relation to his small size and speed, as the flea is one of the small organisms that stings at a glance, as well as Messi, in a blink of an eye, snatches the ball and scores goals.

Returning to his small size, the reason for this is due to his childhood stage, where Messi suffered from a disease of growth deficiency, and he needed to take medications and hormones in order to overcome this disease.

Despite his suffering from illness, FC Barcelona trusted his abilities, and contracted with him, when he was not more than 14 years old, and after his recovery, Messi rewarded the team that treated him and believed in him, by giving him many local and continental titles. Messi is known by other nicknames, such as "Bulga", a Spanish word that means "flea" in Arabic, and he is also nicknamed "GOAT", an acronym for the greatest of all time, the greatest of all time.