r/MadeMeSmile • u/ControlCAD • Jul 07 '24

Small Success Messi’s bodyguard protecting him at all costs

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

Yassine Chueko is his name . Great article about him last year in sports illustrated .

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u/igby1 Jul 07 '24

https://www.si.com/fannation/soccer/futbol/features/who-is-lionel-messi-bodyguard-yassine-chueko

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u/mochixspace Jul 07 '24

Wow Ex US Navy Seal

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u/GalaxzorTheDestroyer Jul 07 '24

Also a boxer, taekwondo, and mma practitioner, which explains how he’s so calm, the man knows he can kill you so why escalate things?

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u/First_Inevitable_424 Jul 07 '24

That’s weird. He is a Tunisian who went to France, I wonder how he would have ended up as navy seal, seems bizarre.

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u/igby1 Jul 07 '24

He may not have been a Navy Seal -

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/lionel-messi-bodyguard-really-navy-seal-giant-smoke-bomb-around-yassine-cheuko-inter-miami-boss-tata-martino/bltc600eecf0da05cf8

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u/First_Inevitable_424 Jul 07 '24

Exactly what I thought, thanks for having found this link. I don’t think he ever said he was a Navy Seal. On top of that his resume and life story are impressive enough already, I don’t understand why people felt the need to invent something else entirely.