This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2024
The best player on the planet, Lionel Messi is also the highest ever paid player of any professional sport in the world after it was recently revealed that his current contract earns him $167 Million dollars per year. An astounding figure that is truly remarkable, even for a player of Messi's stature. Messi continues to impress the world with his skill and goal scoring abilities for both club and country and he will absolutely go down in history as the best to ever play the game.
Offered here is a match issued Argentina vs. Paraguay Argentina shirt from the 2019 Copa America. The jersey was issued for the June 19, 2019 group stage match that ended in a 1-1 draw. Messi scored Argentina's equalizer to make sure that they didn't lose out on all of the points in the group match. The Argentinian's would end up finishing the Copa American in 3rd place with a 2-1 victory in the 3rd place match. The match issued jersey features the Copa America Brasil 2019 patch affixed to the right arm and the sponsor "Cree en grande" patch is on the right. The match details are embossed onto the center of the chest "Argentina vs Paraguay 19 Junio 2019 Belo Horizonte." Messi's #10 is front and center and the AFA patch is embossed just above to the left. "MESSI'' and his number 10 are also embossed on the reverse of the size 6 Adidas Authentic jersey with "made in Argentina" embossed on the inside neck line.
Provenance: From an AFA Employee.
Authentication: Gotta Have Rock and Roll Certificate of Authenticity.