5-year-old sweethearts: The story of a shy Lionel Messi and a beautiful Antonella Roccuzzo

Lionel Messi's wife is Antonella Roccuzzo, an Argentine-born in Rosario just like Messi. The couple got wedded in 2017 in their hometown of Rosario after dating in 2000. Messi and Roccuzzo have 3 sons together, Thiago, Mateo and Ciro with the eldest born in November 2012. Lionel Messi has known Antonella Roccuzzo all his life and he has dated only her with no reports of other women ever surfacing. 

How and when did Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo meet?

Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo met whilst she was still five years old in Rosario, Argentina. Lionel Messi was friends with Antonella Roccuzzo's cousin, Lucas Scaglia. Lionel Messi instantly liked her and was always visiting her when he was still young despite his shy nature. This was the beginning of Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo's relationship.

Young Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo

After Lionel Messi left Rosario to move to new club FC Barcelona in Spain, there was reportedly a break in the relationship with Antonella Roccuzzo because of distance. However, in 2008, Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo got back together again when he travelled down to Rosario to console Antonella who had lost her friend. From then on, they started dating again and had their first child in 2012. 

How many kids does Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo have together?

Lionel Messi is seen by most as a very straightforward and shy personality. So Lionel Messi is not known to go after other women. He has 3 children and all 3 of them are with Antonella Roccuzzo. The couple gave birth to their first son, Thiago Messi Roccuzzo on November 2nd, 2012.

Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo got married in 2017

The second son, Mateo Messi Roccuzzo was born 3 years after on September 11, 2015. The last son of Lionel Messi as of now, Ciro Messi Roccuzzo was born 1 year after the couple's wedding, on March 1st, 2018. The family now live in Paris after Lionel Messi completed a free transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain this summer.