He won 2 Champions with Barcelona, is Messi's friend, now he's a musician and won a Grammy

Only a handful of players have the happiness of having been part of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona that dominated Europe and is considered by many to be the best team of all time. Some like Lionel Messi or Sergio Busquets are still valid, while others like Xavi, Andrés Iniesta or Carles Puyol have already put an end to their careers.

Now, in this last group of retirees another footballer also enters who, although he did not have much prominence in that Barcelona, was a great friend of Messi and has two UEFA Champions League titles, among other important titles. This is the substitute goalkeeper José Manuel Pinto.

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The man from Cádiz was part of Barcelona between 2008 and 2014. Precisely after ending his relationship with the Blaugrana, he stopped playing football, but it was not until 2018 that he announced that he was hanging up his boots, or gloves, at the age of 42.

However, everything has an explanation: he has always dedicated himself to music as an artist, producer and composer at the same time. In fact, in 2016 he won the Latin Grammy for Best Flamenco Album. Fans on social media could not believe it, but it is true.

Pinto's career as a musician

His relationship with the world of music goes back a long way. In the 2000s he had already founded his own record company called Wahin Makinaciones and since then everything has gone up. He worked with various artists -both national and international-, in 2019 he published his single '24HORAS' with the collaboration of CNCO and was even one of the musical directors of the Messi-themed Cirque Du Soleil play entitled 'Messi 10'.