Lionel Messi's dream job as a 13-year-old was to be a PE TEACHER
Lionel Messi’s dream job as a 13-year-old was to be a PE TEACHER, handball was his second sport and ‘Baby’s Day Out’ was his favourite film as an old interview with the PSG star resurfaces and goes viral back home in Argentina
- Argentina star Lionel Messi’s first-ever interview as a 13-year-old has gone viral
- The 35-year-old forward is currently bidding to win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
- An old interview has unearthed a telling insight into the superstar at a young age
- The PSG star admitted his dream job was to be a PE teacher in the old interview
- Click here for the latest World Cup 2022 news, fixtures, live action and results
Argentina star Lionel Messi’s first ever interview as a 13-year-old has gone viral ahead of the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar.
The 35-year-old is currently joint top goalscorer alongside France’s Kylian Mbappe in the major tournament ahead of Sunday’s final, as he bids to bag the one trophy that still eludes him.
An old interview, however, from Rosario-based newspaper Diario La Capital has resurfaced and has gone viral in Argentina and Spain.
Argentina star Lionel Messi’s first ever newspaper interview as a 13-year-old has gone viral
The forward is currently bidding to win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with the final on Sunday
The PSG forward was at Newell’s Old Boys in his native Argentina and it just prior to his move to Spanish giants Barcelona.
Almost 19 years later, his first interview has been unearthed, and gives you a telling insight into the superstar and what could have been if he didn’t become a global superstar.
Not surprising he always dreamed of making it big in football in the Q&A, he insisted: ‘To play in the first division with Newell’s [Old Boys].’
Messi was at Newell’s Old Boys in his native Argentina, just prior to his move to Barcelona
But his first interview unsurfaced plenty of gems of what a young future superstar was interested in and what his ambitions were, if he didn’t make it in football.
When asked about his future job, he responded: ‘PE teacher.’ Before also revealing handball was his second sport and his favourite film was ‘Baby’s Day Out’.
The former Barcelona star also admitted that he loved listening to music, his favourite TV programme was Primicias, and that his hero was his dad Jorge and his god-father Claudio.
Messi is now set to lead his team out on Sunday afternoon at the 2022 World Cup final against France, as he bids to add another trophy to his collection.
MESSI’S Q&A
A coach: Everyone I’ve had, because I’ve learnt something from all of them (Gabriel, Morales, Domínguez, Vecchio and Coria).
A fitness coach: Pablo Sánchez.
A player: Two, my brother and my cousin.
A team: Newell’s
A hobby: Listening to music.
A type of music: Cuarteto and Cumbia.
A TV programme: Primicias
A magazine: Pasión Rojinegra (Newell’s fan magazine)
A book: The Bible.
A film: Baby’s Day Out.
Other sport: Handball.
A model: Nicole Neumann.
A food: Chicken and sauce.
A subject: Spanish
A job: PE teacher
An objective: Finish secondary school.
A goal: Play in the first division.
A joy: When we were champions.
A sadness: My grandmother’s death.
A hope: To play in the first division with Newell’s
A memory: When my grandmother took me to play football for the first time.
A dream: To play for Argentina.
A tale to tell: When we travelled to Peru and became champions.
Humility: What a human being must never lose.
Argentinean youth teams: I’d love to play for them.
Expectations for this year: To be champions again.
Family: My dad Jorge, my mum Celia and my brothers and sisters Rodrigo, Natalia and Marisol.
Friends: I’m lucky I’ve got lots of good friends – if I tried to name them I’d forget someone.
What does Newell’s mean in your life? Everything, absolutely everything.
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