Messi autism speculation / Messi is autistic

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messi autism speculationalso known as messi is autistic, refers to the viral debate about whether Argentinian professional footballer Lionel Messi has autism or is on the autism spectrum. Many Internet users claim Messi was diagnosed with Asperger’s as a child. During the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, after the Argentina national team’s win, Messi’s suspected autism was postulated on Twitter and TikTok. In 2022, a compilation of Messi allegedly showing autism in games and elsewhere surfaced online. Many users were making fun of Messi’s autism compilation on Twitter and elsewhere. The original rumor surfaced in Brazilian media in 2013.

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On June 30, 2013, the Brazilian website Diariodo Centro Domundo published an article titled “Como o autismo ajudou Messi a se tornar o melhor do mundo”. world. The article claimed that Messi was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome when he was eight years old, and that diagnosis was never made public as a way to protect him. He claimed it was evident in his style of play.

In August 2013, this article was shared in a non-viral tweet from a Brazilian Twitter user. However, on September 8, 2013, Romario (Brazilian politician and former professional footballer for Team Brazil and FC Barcelona) sent a tweet translated into English, stating: “Messi has Asperger’s Syndrome. Did you know? It was mild autism and most of all gave him focus and focus.” Romário’s tweet received over 245 likes in nine years (see below). ). Additionally, he followed the tweet with another post that compared Messi to Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, suggesting he has Asperger’s.

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On September 9, 2013, Diariodo Centro Domundo’s article was shared by Redditor MAINEiac4434 to the /r/aspergers subreddit, garnering 45 upvotes and 8 comments in 9 years. Also on September 9, 2013, Brazilian news outlet Marca published an article about Romario’s series of tweets.

Speculation surrounding Messi’s autism has been prevalent since 2018, largely due to a YouTube video uploaded by the Fr4nce Football channel in 2018. The original video was taken down along with the channel, but on July 15, 2018, YouTube channel Highlight Football reposted the video titled “Proof that Lionel Messi is Autistic” and has been on it for four years. garnered about 221,100 views and 3,000 likes (see below). The video summarizes Messi’s alleged autism.

On August 16, 2019, the YouTube channel Soccer Stories – Oh My Goal posted a video entitled Is Lionel Messi High-Functioning Autism? Nearly 901,100 views and he has 14,000 likes in three years (see below).

On November 20, 2020, Twitter user ffsssholebas tweeted that he would highlight a compilation video of Messi’s soccer autism on his YouTube channel. This tweet and its video were referenced by his Twitter user KieranCFC88 on April 10, 2021, stating, “Someone didn’t make Messi’s autism comp,” and over the course of a year he has 770 Received more likes. A few days later, on April 19, 2021, Twitter user Messi_Worldwide tweeted about Romario’s original words, garnering nearly 2,000 likes over the course of a year (see below).

On August 24, 2021, TikToker’s mycheeksaresus reposted a football highlight video on the platform, raising awareness of Messi’s supposed autism. TikTok received about 826,500 views and he received 44,300 likes in one year (shown below left). On January 10, 2022, TikTokerkit.ifc created a meme using the autistic girl and autistic boy templates to show Messi scoring a goal as a male example. TikTok has garnered nearly 175,400 views and his 8,300 likes in 11 months (see right chart below).

More compilations of Messi’s autism surfaced on TikTok as the 2022 World Cup approached. , and garnered 26,300 likes (shown below left). On November 15, 2022, during his Cup of the Worlds in Qatar, TikToker enniskey posted a video about “Messi’s disability”, which received nearly 381,600 views and 20,500 likes in one month. (shown below, right).

Around the same time, Twitter users continued to joke about who made Messi’s autism compilation, like Twitter user TrujistaSancho on October 4, 2022. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.

Which friend made messi’s autism comp 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/IaVKGyr1Q4

— TS🍇🇧🇷 (@TrujistaSancho) October 4, 2022

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