Lionel Messi: Inter Miami Discloses His Favourite Sports Apart From Football

Lionel Messi: Inter Miami Discloses His Favourite Sports Apart From Football

Martin Moses
updated at March 27, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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  • Lionel Messi has opened up about his other interests
  • He has given his life to football for over two decades
  • He is currently learning the rules of a different sport

Lionel Messi has candidly spoken about his other interests apart from football. By virtue of his successes, many fans consider Messi to be one of the best players of all time.

He quit European football last year to move to the less competitive Major League Soccer with Inter Miami. He left Europe after having won every trophy available to him after stints at Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.

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Lionel Messi in action for Inter Miami against FC Dallas on January 22. Photo by Carmen Mandato.
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Messi also realised his dream of winning the World Cup after he starred in Argentina's memorable triumph to victory in the Qatar edition in 2022.

The eight-time Ballon d'Or winner disclosed his other favourite sports apart from the one that has brought him immense success and joy over the years.

Messi admitted to taking an interest in American football as he seeks to understand the game better. He also revealed his fondness for some racquetball games.

"Tennis, padel, basketball, and also American football. I am learning a lot about American football and have come to understand it more and enjoy it," as quoted by All About Argentina.

Messi's relationship with other sports personalities

Messi has a good relationship with leading sports figures in other disciplines. He has in the past shared beautiful messages on social media with leading tennis players Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

When the former retired, Messi took to Instagram to pen a lovely retirement message, while Nadal has previously backed Messi for the Laureus Awards despite also being nominated for the same awards.

LeBron James of the NBA and Serena Williams were among the leading sports personalities in attendance at the DRV PNK stadium when Messi made his Inter Miami debut.

Messi's son names Enzo Fernandez in classy video

Sports Brief has also reported that Mateo Messi is a staunch Argentina fan.

The younger Messi is keen on following in his father's footsteps and has been enrolled in the Inter Miami Academy.

In a video, he was asked to name an Argentina player whose name started with F and quickly mentioned Enzo Fernandez.

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Martin Moses is a sports journalist with over five years of experience in media. He graduated from Multimedia University of Kenya (Bachelor of Journalism, 2017-2021)