One of Lionel Messi's best friends at Barcelona cut his hair after 19 years and is unrecognizable

Life José Manuel Pinto has taken a huge turn after his retirement in 2014. The former Barcelona goalkeeper, who was part of the historic team led by Pep Guardiola, is dedicated to music and also gives gymnastics classes, but now he also decided to give it a change to your look. After 19 years without cutting his hair, the former soccer player went to the hairdresser to change his style and when he left the salon he was unrecognizable.

Evolution is the keyword", wrote the Spanish on his Instagram account in which he published the video of how his cut was, for which he lost almost 40 centimeters of the length of his hair, and uploaded images of how he looks now. Now without the braids that he knew how to wear for years at the Camp Nou or with the long tied hair that was shown in his latest videos, Pinto now has a more modern style, shaved on the sides that allows him more comfort when making his gymnastics routines for your followers.

Anyone who has seen Pep Guardiola's team play when he was in Barcelona will remember him despite not being the starting goalkeeper for his team. Always in the shadow of Victor Valdés, the footballer had opportunities to play in the Copa del Rey and when his teammate suffered an injury or penalty. In addition to winning two Champions League, Pinto was also part of the "sextete", that historic campaign of 2009 in which the Barça club managed to win all the competitions of the year: Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup, Champions League, League, Copa del King and Club World Cup.

There he generated a great friendship with Messi, to the point that both currently maintain a relationship and within the squad they were one with whom La Pulga spoke the most. In 2016, when the Rosario married Antonela Roccuzzo, Pinto was invited to the wedding held in Argentina

Finally in 2014, at 39 years old, Barcelona informed him that he was not going to renew his contract, so Wahin decided to retire, without first winning the friendship of all the members of the squad. Later, he dedicated himself fully to the world of music, became a producer, won a Grammy for Best Flamenco Album and was in charge of giving sound to the show that Cirque Du Soleil made of Lionel Messi.