Who is Lionel Messi’s wife Antonela Roccuzzo? Everything you need to know

Messi has been dating Antonela since his childhood.

The 36-year-old Argentinean model and businesswoman Antonela Roccuzzo is well-known due to her union with the famous football player Lionel Messi. She grew up in the same neighbourhood as Messi and hails from Rosario, the third-largest city in Argentina.

The two are rumoured to have been childhood sweethearts, introduced by Messi’s pal Lucas Scaglia, who is also Roccuzzo’s cousin who played with Messi in the Newell’s Old Boys juvenile squad.

Argentina’s victory in the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar on a spectacular Sunday night, December 18, filled the stadium and the entire world with joy and satisfaction. After a dramatic 3-3 tie with France that featured a hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe, the Argentine squad won 4-2 in a penalty shootout, headed by their top player, Lionel Messi. For everyone involved, it was a tense and captivating evening that brought the tournament to a perfect conclusion.

Roccuzzo sent an emotional message expressing her gratitude for Lionel Messi and her happiness at his role in Argentina’s victory in the FIFA World Cup 2022. She began her letter by saying, “I don’t even know how to start,” and then she expressed her appreciation for Messi’s inspirational perseverance and fight to the very end.

Antonella Roccuzzo (Messi’s wife) on Instagram:“1 year ago 🥹” pic.twitter.com/qRTj2IoQEk

— L/M Football (@lmfootbalI) December 18, 2023

Messi’s wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, was spotted supporting their team from the sidelines during the tournament while their kids were all wearing Argentina jerseys.

Before making their relationship public by going to a festival in Sitges following a Barcelona-Espanyol match in 2009, Lionel Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo revealed their friendship in an interview. In 2017, the couple got married in a lavish ceremony in Rosario, their hometown, which the media labelled “Argentina’s wedding of the century.” Shakira and Gerard Pique, Messi’s former colleague, were among their guests. The couple now have three sons:

Thiago, born in 2012; Matteo, born in 2015; and Ciro, born in 2018. All three appear to be football fans; Thiago, the oldest, is reportedly continuing his father’s legacy by practising with Inter Miami’s youth team.

What does Messi’s wife Antonela Roccuzzo do?

After earning a bachelor’s degree in humanities and social sciences, Roccuzzo made the decision to pursue postgraduate dentistry in order to continue her education.

Nevertheless, she moved from Argentina to Barcelona to be near her partner Lionel Messi. She is now a well-known model and has accumulated an astonishing 40.1 million followers on Instagram.

She fashions for many big brands and is also a fitness freak evident by her gym photo posts with Messi.

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