As the former Navy SEAL gets ready to defend the Inter Miami star once more this MLS season after going viral for talents last year, Lionel Messi’s bodyguard Yassine Chueko has flaunted his shockingly ripped figure on Instagram.

Over the past few months, the media has paid close attention to the trained MMA fighter specially selected by Inter Miami president David Beckham upon the arrival of the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner in the US last summer.

Messi was photographed with him while the Argentina player was openly lounging in October of last year with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo in South Florida.

But a few weeks before that, he stopped a little admirer from collecting Messi’s autograph following a loss to Cincinnati. Stopping the young lad as he approached the field, Chueko put his arm around him and guided him over to Messi, who posed for a picture and signed his autograph.

Completing his outfit with artificial biceps and a bald hat, Inter Miami forward Robert Taylor brilliantly dressed up as the bodyguard for Halloween.

Yassine Chueko showed off his ripped physique by a pool in Miami, FL, on Monday afternoon

The trained MMA fighter and former Navy SEAL was seen with Messi ahead of Inter Miami’s pre-season game against El Salvador in January

 Yassine has 302,000 followers on Instagram and once uploaded a picture of himself with former MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov

After the 36-year-old Argentine had won his record, eighth Ballon d’Or, Yassine was also photographed posing for a snap with Messi aboard a private plane returning to Miami from Paris.

Yassine made news once more in November when fans were perplexed by a video of him abruptly appearing out of nowhere behind Messi and behind Miami’s No. 10 was meeting kids who wanted to snap a selfie with him.

After the three-time Champions League winner suffered an adductors injury, Yassine recently saw protecting Messi during his return in pre-season for the Herons in a game against El Salvador.

Yassine claims 302,000 followers on Instagram, but Messi is not among them.

He routinely shares footage of himself sparring and even once met former MMA artist Khabib Nurmagomedov.