They're childhood sweethearts. Although Lionel Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo went public with their romance in 2008 and married in 2017, the couple has been best friends since growing up together Messi, 30, and his fiancée Antonella Roccuzzo hosted their wedding at a luxury hotel on Saturday in the city of Rosario. In place of wedding gifts, the couple also requested donations to the Leo Messi Foundation, which supports children through healthcare, education, and sport. Lionel Messi(R), Antonella Roccuzzo(L), and their sons Thiago, Mateo and Ciro attend the Ballon D'Or photocall at Theatre du Chatelet on the 29th of November 2021 in Paris, France Argentine football star Lionel Messi and bride Antonella Roccuzzo posing for photographers just after their wedding at the City Centre Complex in Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina on June 30 Lionel Messi married childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo on Friday night His aunt, Susana Messi, said his own grandmother was not invited to wedding She blames his mother Celia Cuccitini for Leo's Wedding Ceremony. As I create Lionel Messi's Bio, he has three sons. Thiago Messi (born 2nd of November 2012), Mateo Messi (born 15th of September 2015), and Ciro Messi (born 10th of March 2018). Antonella Roccuzzo. According to Argentina's culture, it is extremely offensive for anyone other than the bride to wear white during a Lionel Messi and his wife, Antonela, on their wedding day Marcos Brindicci / Reuters The bride wore a custom Rosa Clará gown that was flown in from Spain on a private jet and took more than 200 An Argentine diocesan official has clarified that the local archbishop did not deny a sacramental Catholic wedding to Argentinian soccer player Lionel "Leo" Messi and his girlfriend, Antonella Roccuzzo. Rather, the archbishop forbid that a Catholic wedding for the couple be celebrated in a casino chapel, per Church norms. LIONEL MESSI tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo and "wedding of the century" had a legendary after-party complete with dodgy dancing and an even dodgier Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo got married in Rosario in June 2017 ( He married Antonela in a glitzy wedding at Rosario's City Centre Hotel and Casino in June 2017. CYz5.