The story of “Mini Messi”, the short Brazilian who lives for football and is a Leo fan: “I give the advantage with strength, but my ability surpasses everything”

The figure of Lionel Messi it reaches everyone corner of the world and as time goes by it gets bigger and bigger. Thousands of boys, girls, men and women They idolize the idol of the Argentine national team. It is no longer a surprise that they are everywhere hundreds of t-shirts of the Rosary fissure. What continues to attract attention, and is increasing, is the fanaticism for Messi in the country of the classic rival of the Argentine national team, Brazil.

This is the case of Manel Zinho (36) which reached a certain fame on Instagram and Tik Tok to upload videos play football and for adopting the nickname Mini Messi. He lives in the north of the country near Tourosa coastal city in the state of Rio Grande do Nortehe suffers from dwarfism, but this does not stop him from practicing the sport he loves most: soccer.

“I am Messi’s number one fan, he is my idol, he is the greatest thing there is in football. When I saw the things he did at Barcelona I fell in love with him and since I had a certain ability with the ball they started calling me Mini Messi”He says Manel Zinho. He started uploading content to his networks three years ago with his brotherwho suffers like him, and they call him “Mini Neymar”.

As for what it generates use Messi’s 10He says: “When I wear his shirt I feel immense joy, I go onto the pitch much more motivated to be able to play in the best possible way, I feel unstoppable”.

Use his content and the exposure the networks give him help your family and be a financial support at home. He dedicates himself only to the game of football and He has the support of his entire family so he can continue creating content. Like a child he suffered a lot of bullying because of his condition and it caused him a lot of problems, but “By reflecting on Messi I was able to overcome all this”.

He called his team Mini Champions League and participate recreational tournaments where he films those matches and uses them for his social networks. “My biggest difficulty is my height, I don’t have the same strength as others, but my ability surpasses all this”he says Mini Messi and he makes it clear despite not being on equal terms every time he enters the field he leaves everything for the sport and his team.

He also explains that they told his brother Mini Neymar because also It has a very attractive game and adds luxuries like 10 of green and yellow. “On the pitch we have a lot of fun playing and uploading our content”.

“My dream is to be able to see Messi play on the pitch, not to mention being able to share a chat and get a shirt signed”he says and adds that his other dream is to be able to see a match The Bombonera. In addition to his fanaticism for Messi and the InterMiamiis also a fan of Flamengo.

On the importance of football in his life, Manel Zinho He says: “Football is my life, it’s everything, it’s the best thing I have”. His love for Messi is so great When Argentina plays against Brazil his heart is dividedbut he wants Argentina to win just to see Argentina’s captain happy. the world champion team.

His videos on social networks are very popular, On Instagram he has more than 350 thousand followersMeanwhile a tick tock has a similar number, ha 310 thousand followers and his videos have millions of views. He is a rising soccer celebrity in Rio Grande do Norte..