Lionel Messi

Hold on to your hats, football fans! Reza Parastesh, a 28-ish Iranian enthusiast, bears an uncanny resemblance to Argentina’s football virtuoso, Lionel Messi. So convincing is this resemblance that it nearly got him incarcerated. Flashback to 2017, our unsuspecting doppelgänger was just ambling through Hamedan’s streets when he was apprehended by authorities.

His crime? Simply looking too much like Messi! Wearing the iconic #10 jersey, Reza caused quite a stir—fans swarmed the streets, believing they’d spotted their idol. Now isn’t that a remarkable tale? Get ready for more astonishing facts about this Messi’s mirror image! Is he good at soccer too? ‘Cause he could easily make some millions posing as the real Messi.