Lionel Messi
Messi in 2011, photo by Natursports / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
Place of Birth: Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Date of Birth: 24 June, 1987
Ethnicity: Argentinian [Italian, as well as Catalan, Spanish, possibly other]
Lionel Messi is an Argentinian professional footballer. He is considered one of the best players of the sport. He plays as a forward for, and captains, Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, and the Argentina national team, both. He has also played for Barcelona C, Barcelona B, Barcelona, and Paris Saint-Germain, and captained Barcelona. With Argentina, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics; and holds the record for most goals in La Liga. He has won seven Ballon d’Or awards and six European Golden Shoes. He has also been an endorser for sportswear company Adidas. He is also known as Leo Messi.
Lionel is the son of Celia María Cuccittini and Jorge Horacio Messi Pérez, a steel factory manager. His cousins are professional footballers Maxi Biancucchi and Emanuel Biancucchi. He moved to Spain at thirteen to play for Barcelona. He is married to social media personality Antonella Roccuzzo, with whom he has three children. Pictures of Lionel’s grandparents and relatives can be seen here and here. He is a citizen of Argentina, Italy, and Spain.
Lionel’s paternal grandfather was Eusebio Italo Messi Baró (the son of Aniceto Antonio Messi and Santa Baro). Aniceto was the son of Italian parents, Angelo Pasquale Messi Catena and Maria Latini Donatii, who were from Recanati, Province of Macerata, Marche. Angelo was the son of Pacifico Messi and Lucia Catena. Maria was the daughter of Raffaele Latini and Rosa Donati. The couple married c. 1890 and moved to Rosario, Argentina c. 1893. Lionel’s great-grandmother Santa was also the daughter of Italian parents, Secondo Baro and Maria Piovesana, who were from Treviso, Veneto.
Lionel’s paternal grandmother was Rosa María Pérez Mateu (the daughter of José Pérez Solé and Rosa Mateu i Gesé). Lionel’s grandmother Rosa was born in Santa Fe, Argentina. José was the son of Ramón Pérez Llobera, who was born in El Poal, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, and of Maria Solé Font, who was born in Bellcaire, Girona, Catalonia. Lionel’s great-grandmother Rosa was born, c. 1910, in Blancafort de Tragó de Noguera, Catalonia.
Lionel’s maternal grandfather was named Antonio Cuccittini (the son of Arderigo “Federico” Coccettini). Federico was born in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Italian parents, Raniero Coccettini and Rosa Ricchezza, from San Severino, Marche.
Lionel’s maternal grandmother was named Celia Ramona Oliveira.
Sources: http://www.aldia.cr
http://archivo.globovision.com
http://442.perfil.com
http://lanoticia.hn
Genealogies of Lionel Messi – http://www.calciomercatonews.com
https://www.geni.com
Notes on some of Lionel’s ancestry – http://futbol.as.com
http://www.mundodeportivo.com
Arcadiana, there are 4 types of races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Africanoid, and Australian Aboriginal. Messi and anybody with the same features would be categorized as a Mongoloid. No matter what they believe to be. Those people you’he mentioned account for the same. I hope I educated those who seem confused.
This is mongoloid : http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rAsiSS06Zgg/TFu6w7W7wMI/AAAAAAAAA1E/RfHfkS15V4E/s1600/FC%25252BBarcelona%25252Bv%25252BChivas%25252B34QNBWz2Zkol.jpg or this
http://www.lionel-messi.co.uk/wp-content/themes/new-cstwebservices/images/lionel-messi-wallpaper.jpg
You are very confused…
SMH. You seem to be proudly ignorant. What can I expect from a “developing” country’s educational system. What about those pictures? Are you trying to insinuate Messi despises the sun and stays away from it and/or uses sunblock? Messi is still a Mestizo.
Messi’s very “White” parents:
http://www.blaugranas.com/media/galeria/25/5/2/6/5/n_f_c_barcelona_lionel_messi-5625.jpg
Especially his very caucasoid, non-mongoloid featured mother:
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laf25n8lvD1qzcnjx.jpg
Sure proving me wrong….
This discussion I get tired, you win.
His mother is a mestiza…
even mestizos aren’t mongloid smartass, but caucasoid, so regardless messi is caucasian
You don’t have to do a “blood test” on somebody who clearly has a Mongoloid skull. Please educate yourself. Thanks.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V4Li9INRwjY/SpwMWuV11_I/AAAAAAAAAu0/HzG2BqKe78Y/s400/Fabio_Grosso_Juventus.jpg
He is Fabio Grosso, an italian player.
I’m informed :)
Um…..again, what about that? Grosso has accented cheekbones, but not high, frontal and wide cheekbones like those of Amerindian descent. Also, doesn’t have almond-shaped eyes. Again, another futile and depleted attempt to prove “whiteness”. Thee Latin American caste system brainwashing is lamentably sad.
Many Mediterranean have the brown eyes. Many oriental Europeans have big cheekbones, the Finns also. He is a distant cousin of Bojan krkic (Spanish and Croatian heritage). Besides, you think that for having a mestizo great-grandmother, he is mestizo ?… And other seven European great-grandfathers? The Italians did not mix with the amerindian in Argentine.
For you Wentworth Miller is white ? …think it.
The american people know little on races…they invented the Latinos. The Latin race does not exist.
Anyway, i respect your opinion.
It seems to me you resent the categorization of “race”. You think race should be categorized by- “look” and “skin color”. That’s not the case. There are a lot of Hispanics/Latinos with light-skin and pale skin but I can still tell they’re not white. Which brings to your case.
You seem to not like the category for people from Latin America. The thing is Latin Americans, about 85%-90%, are mixed. Mainly with Indigenous extraction. They counted as a Ethnic group of people, but not a race.
Messi is a Mestizo by genetics and heritage. Looking at pictures of his family members I can tell that’s the case.
hahaha…man..!!! You do not understand !!
You classifies the race by “look” and “skin color”. You say “Looking at pictures of his family members I can tell”.
I do not classify people by their skin color. There are many Spanish, Italian they are olive-skinned. They are Caucasian, not mestizos.
You can not compare Argentina with other Latin American countries. You can not say “The thing is Latin Americans, about 85%-90%, are mixed. Mainly with Indigenous”. In Argentina there are more descendants of Italians in the U.S.
U.S. only surpassed Argentina in European immigration.
Where are you from ? Why not know much about European immigration.
“They counted as a Ethnic group of people, but not a race”. I do not think… for them Latinos and mestizos are the same. They say whites, “Latinos”, blacks, Asians.
The descendants of Spanish and indigenous, non-Latinos, are mestizos.
In any case, I’m Latino, because my great-grandparents were French, Italian and Spanish. They are the true Latinos.
You say “Messi is a Mestizo by genetics and heritage”…How do you know friend?…did a blood test? Do not use words needlessly.
I know American history, and the rest of america, especially the history of my country…Argentina.
Regards
LMAO, are you stubbornly still trying to pitch that Messi “White”? It’s sad how some Latin Americans have been brainwashed with the whole “caste” system they wouldn’t dare they’re anything but “White”. Do you believe Messi is “White” solely because he has pale skin?! Haha I need a break?! What about if Messi was tan or darker, would he still be “White”? Look at his almond-shaped eye with creases on his eyelids. Also look at his cheekbones. There are no Europeans with with high and wide cheekbones. Those are all traits of a person of Asianoid (indigenous) descent. He is not White (race). Maybe he is in skin-complexion, but not race.
You are actually wrong about the cheekbones as well. There are many Europeans with high cheekbones and almond-shaped eyes. Those are common traits in the East.
Listen, I’m not saying there can’t be people of only European descent in Latin America but it seems they’d have a misconception of race of the majority of people share your same view. You thought Messi was because solely because of his last name and skin-complextion and I reiterated to you that wasn’t the case. Italians and Spaniards don’t have those features I explained to you and J highly doubt Messi is of ethnic-Finnish descent like you’re saying. Messi may be of European extraction like most Latin Americans, but is not 100% White. Therefore, NOT “White”.
Listen…forever we will discuss. I have an anthropological vision, and your a racist vision and exclusive. Start doing blood tests and endpoint. LMAO ??? Me garco en vos, sos un pelotudo importante !!
“White” is a social construct anyway. If you have not noticed, many “whites” have at least one non-white ancestor or a mixed ethnic background, yet still go through life as “white.” It is not a big deal. For example, I visited several countries in Eastern Europe, and I noticed that their bone structure and head shape is very distinctive and different from most other Europeans. They still see themselves as “white,” though.
Bojan Krkic is half SERBIAN half spanish…..he is not half croatian !!!
You so retard…he is white. 100 % Italian
I’m pretty sure this guy is a Mestizo. I saw a picture of his grandman and she does not look European. She looks like a chola (a mestizo of mainly Indigeonous descent). He’s a mestizo.
No .
I’m pretty sure Messi is a mestizo. Just look at his cheekbones and almond-eyes…all are characteristics of amerindian descent. Italians don’t look like him. Also, look at parents and grandmother…clearly not. Please, you now idea what you’re talking about.