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Who is Coscu, Messi's unexpected new friend

Who is Coscu, Messi's unexpected new friend

To the surprise of many, Argentine star Lionel Messi appears to have included a couple of streamers within his inner circle. One of them is... 08.12.2021, Sputnik World

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Lionel Messi, the world soccer star, barefoot, shorts and a casual shirt, during the days when his professional future was front page news around the world. At his side, a young man unknown to most, with dyed blonde hair and clothes as casual as the striker's, smiles as if it were the happiest day of his life. Messi's partner in the photograph, taken on August 2021 at Messi's house, he is not a Hollywood actor, an international singer or another elite footballer. This is Coscu, an Argentine streamer who, like other young people dedicated to creating content on the Twitch platform, seems to be part of the new caste that captures the attention of millions of young people in Latin America and Spain, including one of the most celebrities on the planet. For those outside of the streamer culture, the name of Coscu began to sound strongly when the Argentine was one of the diners at the last dinner that Messi gave at his house in Casteldefels before leaving for Paris. The presence of Coscu and the popular Spanish streamer Ibai at dinner was a surprise for everyone, since, despite the popularity of both on Twitch, YouTube or Instagram, they were not part of Messi's most intimate circle, which that night was only made up of several of his closest teammates at Barcelona. For this reason, the invitation revealed one of the lesser-known passions of the Argentine number 10: online broadcasts. A taste that was demonstrated when Messi dedicated a video to the Argentine streamer after winning the 2021 Copa América: "Hello Coscu, I send a big greeting to you and the entire Coscu Army (name given to the streamer's fan community)". But the link with Messi did not end at dinner: already from Paris, the Argentine star communicated with the streamer again in the middle of a transmission. When the Argentine told the story of his dinner with Messi, he realized that the now Paris Saint-Germain player was among his spectators. "I can't believe it! Messi is watching me," he shouted in full transmission. And he joked: "I already got into trust with you, you're playing with fire." Minutes later, Messi himself sent him a WhatsApp audio, confessing that he had taken time to listen to it before going to sleep to start, on the morning of Thursday the 12th, his first training session in Paris. Who is Coscu and how did he become Messi? Coscu was born on August 3, 1991 in the city of La Plata, province of Buenos Aires, under the name of Martín Pérez Disalvo. Before becoming a streaming star, his life was similar to that of many young Argentines. He studied computer science at university, worked as a graduate travel salesman, and was even the lead singer of an indie band known as Looking Up. His passion, however, was the League of Legends video game, popularly known as LoL, and he even competed professionally in Latin American communities. His success as a LoL player led him to gain a large following on the Twitch platform. Little by little, he replaced the purely game transmissions with others in which he dedicated himself to chatting with his followers, telling anecdotes or exchanging with other streamers. His popularity led him to lead his own community, the Coscu Army, with which he still participates in video game competitions. 2021 seems to be the year of consolidation for Coscu, with more than 3 million followers on Twitch and a contract with the Nike firm to be an "ambassador" of the brand. Fame among video game lovers was the that brought him closer to the Argentine soccer player Sergio 'Kun' Agüero, also a fan of playing online. Both met in person when the streamer traveled to Spain —to carry out joint broadcasts with Ibai— and ran into the soccer player on the plane. The sudden friendship with Agüero in Barcelona —the Argentine striker's new residence— led to Coscu and Ibai being the guests most unexpected at Messi's house, when the Argentine star said goodbye.

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To the surprise of many, Argentine star Lionel Messi appears to have included a couple of streamers within his inner circle. One of them is the Argentine Coscu, who became famous on Twitch playing League of Legends and to whom Messi sent messages hours after his first training session in Paris.

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"I got out of bed because they're all sleeping. I'm here at the hotel, tomorrow I start training and I was seeing you for a little while", Messi said.