{"id":366445,"date":"2026-08-08T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366445\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:56:10","slug":"inter-miami-cf-mourns-messis-father-dead-at-68-after-illness-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366445\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami CF mourns Messi\u2019s father, dead at 68 after illness in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0August 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare organization in Argentina, reports Jorge Messi died on Saturday at Sanatorio Centro in Rosario  lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/W5TRZP22QVZVQEIX5IO7ZCB6VI.jpg\"  width=\"3181\" height=\"1789\"\/>Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) celebrates after scoring his side&#8217;s third goal during the first half of a Leagues Cup soccer match against Atletico de San Luis, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (Rebecca Blackwell\/AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Inter Miami CF released a statement on Saturday afternoon after Lionel Messi\u2019s 68-year-old father died in Argentina. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/08\/inter-miami-cf-lamenta-muerte-del-padre-de-messi-a-los-68-anos-tras-enfermedad-en-argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/08\/inter-miami-cf-lamenta-muerte-del-padre-de-messi-a-los-68-anos-tras-enfermedad-en-argentina\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Grupo Centro, the healthcare organization that owns Sanatorio Centro, a hospital in Rosario, Argentina, announced Jorge Messi died on Saturday morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOur hearts are with our captain, Leo, and the entire Messi family,\u201d a spokesperson for Inter Miami CF wrote in the team\u2019s statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The South American Football Confederation, CONMEBOL, and Rosario\u2019s Club Atl\u00e9tico Newell\u2019s Old Boys also released condolences messages. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USA4KK3T5JBFJM7RQC3K33EWTU.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>FILE PHOTOS: Lionel Messi sits in court with his father Jorge Horacio Messi in Barcelona, Spain, June 2, 2016. REUTERS\/Alberto Estevez\/Pool\/File Photo |  Jorge Messi watches his son play on July 6, 2011. REUTERS\/Marcos Brindicci\/File Photo <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jorge Messi was a midfielder who reached the youth ranks of Newell\u2019s Old Boys. He was his son\u2019s agent and was involved in Leo Messi\u2019s contracts with Bar\u00e7a, Paris Saint-Germain, and Inter Miami CF. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI had the privilege of knowing and working with Jorge. He was a man of his word, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. Miami has embraced the Team Messi family as our own, and we mourn with them today,\u201d Francis X. Suarez, a former Miami mayor, wrote in a statement on X. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During the FIFA World Cup, Lionel Messi told reporters that he was in tears over \u201ca reason unrelated to sports\u201d after going \u201cthrough some difficult, complicated days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In June, Messi\u2019s family released a statement reporting that Jorge Messi was \u201cexperiencing a health issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related social media<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La CONMEBOL lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento de Jorge Messi, padre del futbolista argentino Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>Acompa\u00f1amos con respeto y afecto a Lionel, a su familia, amigos y seres queridos en este momento de profundo dolor.<\/p>\n<p>Que descanse en paz. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QpTWIAgdBU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QpTWIAgdBU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CONMEBOL\/status\/2086082990434562246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">El Club Atl\u00e9tico Newell&#8217;s Old Boys despide con profundo dolor y pesar a Jorge Messi, quien falleci\u00f3 a los 68 a\u00f1os de edad en la ciudad de Rosario.<\/p>\n<p>Reconocido hincha leproso, empresario y padre del capit\u00e1n del seleccionado argentino, Lionel Andr\u00e9s Messi.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge fue el sost\u00e9n y la\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8dFPMRdM9Z\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8dFPMRdM9Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newell\u2019s Old Boys (@Newells) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Newells\/status\/2086078622620651934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My deepest condolences to Leo Messi and the entire Messi family on the passing of his father, Jorge.<\/p>\n<p>I had the privilege of knowing and working with Jorge. He was a man of his word, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. Miami has embraced\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francis X. Suarez (@FrancisSuarez) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancisSuarez\/status\/2086097352310337895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM Updated:\u00a0August 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM Healthcare organization in Argentina, reports Jorge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-366445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}