Lionel Messi’s bodyguard Yassine Chueko shows off incredibly muscular physique on Instagram… as the former Navy SEAL prepares to protect the Inter Miami star again this MLS season after going viral for his skills last year .

Yassine Chueko, Lionel Messi’s bodyguard, has shown off his incredibly ripped body on Instagram, as the former Navy SEAL prepares to protect the Inter Miami star again this MLS season after going viral for his skills last year.

The MMA-trained fighter, who was hand-picked by Inter Miami president David Beckham following the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner’s arrival in the United States last summer, has received a lot of media attention over the past few months.

He was spotted with Messi when the Argentine star publicly relaxed with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo in South Florida in October last year.

But, a couple of weeks earlier, he prevented a young fan from getting Messi’s autograph after a loss to Cincinnati. Chueko stopped the young man, who jumped onto the grass, put his arm around him and led him to Messi, who posed for a photograph and signed an autograph.

For Halloween, Inter Miami forward Robert Taylor hilariously dressed up as a bodyguard, completing his costume with fake muscles and a bald cap.

Yassine was also seen posing for a photo with Messi on a private jet returning to Miami from Paris after the 36-year-old Argentine won his record eighth Ballon d’Or.

In November, Yassine was in the news again when fans were baffled by a video of him suddenly appearing out of nowhere and behind Messi, as Miami’s number 10 waved to children who wanted to take a photo with him.

Yassine was recently seen protecting Messi on his pre-season return for the Herons in a match against El Salvador in January, after the three-time Champions League winner suffered an adductor injury.

On Instagram, Yassine has 302,000 followers, but Messi is not among them.

He regularly posts videos of himself training and even once met former MMA artist Khabib Nurmagomedov.