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“No one knew them”: The story behind the iconic 2005 photo of Lionel Messi and Matías Fernández

From BioBioChile · () Spanish

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  • Photographer José Alvújar recalled taking an iconic 2005 photo of Lionel Messi and Chilean footballer Matías Fernández.
  • At the time, both players were around 20 years old and had not yet achieved broad fame.

“Can I take a little photo of you, guys?” photographer José Alvújar asked when he saw Lionel Messi and Matías Fernández together.

The question sounds like something any football fan might ask on seeing the Argentine idol and the former Chile international. But when Alvújar took the picture in 2005, neither player had yet become widely known.

Both were only around 20 years old, making the image an early snapshot of two footballers before they became the figures fans would later recognize.

Can I take a little photo of you, guys?

· José AlvújarThe photographer recalled asking Messi and Matías Fernández for a picture when he saw them together in 2005.
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Originally published by BioBioChile in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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