F.C. Barcelona, Lionel Messi’s club, may have lost this year’s league to Real Madrid, but if there was an award for owning the biggest football shirt collection, it would probably go to Lionel Messi. Let’s take a look at some of the most impressive football shirt collections around!
Gerard Pique's Collection
When Gerard Pique shared a picture of his football shirt collection, it got a lot of attention. The 36 shirts laid out on the floor got over 13,000 likes on Twitter and more than 10,000 retweets! He dedicated a special, separate tweet for his favourite shirt, a gift from one of his closest allies, Carles Puyol.
Ronaldinho’s Biggest Fan
Giovanny Tocohua could quite possibly be Ronaldinho’s biggest fan. It must have been the best day of his life when his hero Ronaldinho tweeted a picture of his Ronaldinho shirt collection. The picture shows Giovanny standing in front of over 70 shirts with the legend’s name on the back, including on the shirt he’s wearing. Giovanny has spent over €35,000 on Dinho related memorabilia, ever since he started following him in 1999.
Ronaldinho himself has also shown a glimpse of his own collection of shirts when he creatively used his old shirts to celebrate his 10 millionth follower on Instagram.
And Of Course Messi Himself
And now to the man himself: Lionel Messi. Just how impressive is his collection? Well, see for yourself.
There he is with his son Thiago and his incredible collection of shirts. Across the 13 years of his amazing career, he has been in the perfect position to swap shirts with the other players, building up a vast collection in private. If features some headline names and some smaller ones. It is very likely that this picture is only the tip of the iceberg and that he has a lot more shirts that aren’t on display in this photograph. Nevertheless it is a very impressive collection!
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