Antonela Roccuzzo is the wife of famous soccer player Lionel Messi and mother of their three sons Thiago, Mateo, and Ciro. Roccuzzo was first mentioned in the media when she and Messi publicly announced their relationship in 2008. ^[21]

Antonela Roccuzzo was born on February 26, 1988, in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Antonela was raised along with her two sisters, Carla, and Paula Roccuzzo. Her father, Jose Roccuzzo, was a businessman and her mother, Patricia Blanko, was a homemaker.^[18]

She has known Messi since she was five years old as her cousin, Lucas Scaglia, was a childhood friend of his. She attended Universidad del Rosario, studying odontology before switching to social communication - and then moved to Barcelona to join Messi.

In November 2016, she posted on Instagram stating that she had signed a modeling contract with Argentine fashion label Ricky Sarkany.

Antonela Roccuzzo was Messi's childhood sweetheart.

They stayed in touch after he left to play football in Spain at 13 and they eventually started a romantic relationship in the late 2000s.

Roccuzzo moved to Barcelona, where the couple lives with their two sons, Thiago, four, and Mateo, one, but often return to their native Rosario. It is not known how long the pair have been together behind closed doors, but they went public with their relationship in 2008. The bond between the couple was believed to have strengthened in 2007 when Messi flew back to Rosario to comfort Antonela after the death of her friend. A pair was widely identified as a couple by the world's media before the 2010 World Cup.

They have both had the Roman numerals XXX-VI-XVII tattooed onto their ring fingers.

That stands for 30-6-17 - the date of their wedding.

Leo and Antonela have three sons; Thiago, born on November 2, 2012, Mateo, who was born on September 11, 2015, and Ciro, born in 2018.

In his hometown of Rosario, a host of footballing greats past and present - including Xavi Hernández, Carles Puyol, Cesc Fàbregas, and Sergio Agüero- gathered to celebrate the marriage of the multiple Ballon D'or winner to the mother of his two children.

About 250 guests attended the wedding of Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo at a luxury hotel, including Messi's Barcelona teammates Neymar Júnior, Luis Suárez, and Gerard Piqué, who was joined by his wife, Colombian pop star Shakira. About 150 journalists were allowed to cover the event but had no direct access to the ceremony or the party afterwards.

The public was not allowed access to the hotel where the wedding took place, instead of watching on big screens in other parts of the city.