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How tall is Lionel Messi?

Q: How tall is Lionel Messi?

Lionel Messi is 169 cm tall, which is 5′7″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

Recorded height
169 cm 5′7″ · 1.69 m · 66.5 inches

Lionel Messi is 169 cm tall (5′7″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 6 cm shorter than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

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