ALBAWABA - Fans of the best-known football player Lionel Messi were very happy to see his oldest son, Thiago, 12, hitting the football court as well, ma

Thiago Messi is part of the Inter Miami squad playing in the Newell's Cup for under-13s in Rosario - the city in Argentina where his father Lionel was born.

The 12-year-old Thiago Messi wore the No. 10 jersey for an Inter Miami youth team, which lost 1-0 to Newell's Old Boys on Monday in the under-13 competition. The team also played on Tuesday. Thiago’s father,

Argentina captain Lionel Messi's eldest son, Thiago Messi, made his debut in the 'Newell's Cup' tournament in the city of Rosario. At just

Lionel Messi's oldest son has played a match against the boyhood club of the Argentina captain. Thiago Messi, 12, played for the under-13 team of Messi's current club Inter Miami against Newell's Old Boys from Messi's home town of Rosario on Monday.

Thiago Messi's mother, Antonela Roccuzzo, and several members of his family, including grandparents Jorge Messi and Celia Cuccittini, were in the stands.

Thiago Messi made his debut for Inter Miami’s U-13 team at the Newell’s Cup, a youth football tournament held in Rosario, Argentina.

Thiago honored his father by wearing his iconic No. 10 shirt for his first match against Newell's Old Boys, Messi's boyhood