Not long ago, Messi’s oldest son Thiago played in a practice game with his U12 Inter Miami friends. There seemed to be a special crowd at this competition. Yes, that is Messi’s dad, Jorge. Thiago played hard the whole game and made a big difference in how the team played. Thiago raised his hand to tell his friends to mark him in a video clip.

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Some fans who saw this thought that Thiago had shown he was a good leader and could soon be named captain of U12 Inter Miami. In fact, the Messi family’s early skills were not seen as very impressive. But the 11-year-old boy is said to have gotten better recently at everything from passing the ball to finishing.

Thiago got a lot of attention in October when he dribbled the ball past two people and then shot off the post. Messi says that all of his kids really like sports. So, when the 36-year-old superstar moved to Inter Miami, he put his two boys, Thiago (11 years old) and Mateo (8 years old), in the team’s youth academy.

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Even though Messi made it possible for his three kids to play football, he said that he would let them choose what they wanted to do. He often takes his free time to go to the field to watch his son play football.