There’s no one in the world quite like Lionel Messi … or so it was once thought.
The Barcelona star has been called everything from superhuman to alien, such is his mastery of the skills of football. While he is oft-imitated, no other player has managed to capture Messi’s magic on the pitch. But off it? We might have a winner, folks.
Meet Reza Parastesh, an Iranian student who bares an uncanny resemblance to the diminutive Argentine. Parastesh was recently taken in by Iranian police for causing too much of a ruckus in the city of Hamadan as he strolled around in a No. 10 Barcelona shirt on a dare from his father.
“Now people really see me as the Iranian Messi and want me to mimic everything he does,” Parastesh told AFP, as quoted by BBC Sport. “When I show up somewhere, people are really shocked.
“I’m really happy that seeing me makes them happy and this happiness gives me a lot of energy.”
Parastesh may have the looks, but does he have the skills? On that front, the 25-year-old admitted he’s working on a few tricks to play the role better.
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