Tico Legion poses with Lionel Messi and Ballon d’Or

ESPNNovember 3, 2023 16:04 ETReading: 2 minutes

The Costa Rican-born player this week posted a photo with Lionel Messi and the awards he received

Costa Rican striker who plays for inter miami second teamdid not miss the opportunity to share it with Lionel Messi, who has already won his eighth Ballon d’Or at the club.

An Instagram post by Johnson himself showed how he was given the opportunity to ask the Argentinian star for permission to take a photo with him.

Johnson, who joined the Pink squad at the start of the year, described himself in the photo he posted: “Legendary.”

Cameron Johnson is 19 years old and was born in the United States. Before joining Inter Miami, he experienced the minor leagues of Inter Miami. Lanus in Argentina, so he has a lot of attachment to the country that won the World Cup in Qatar 2022 and whose greatest exponent is Lionel Messi

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Although he plays in the second team inter miami, Cameron Johnson He has the chance to coexist with first-team players who have been sidelined due to ineligibility for the play-offs.

Cameron Johnson’s connection to Costa Rica is through his mother, who is Costa Rican, so he also holds a nationality and was even considered a member of his Under-20 and Under-23 teams for the Central American Championships, And Maurice Revello in the middle of the year.