Argentine football star Lionel Messi and bride Antonella Roccuzzo pose for photographersEITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images
Argentina celebrated the marriage of their national treasure Lionel Messi to his childhood sweetheart on 30 June. The footballer tied the knot with Antonella Roccuzzo in a star-studded ceremony in his hometown of Rosario.
In what local media have dubbed the "wedding of the century", the couple were joined by 260 of their family members and friends, including Messi's Barcelona team mates Luis Suárez, Neymar and Gerard Piqué who attended the event with singer Shakira.
Roccuzzo, 29, looked relaxed and radiant in a mermaid-style lace gown by Spanish designer Rosa Clara, who has dressed actress Eva Longoria and Queen Letizia of Spain. Messi, 30, wore a three piece suit with a powder blue tie.
Around 150 journalists were given accreditation to enter a specific area of the City Centre Complex where the couple later posed for photos.
Messi first met Roccuzzo, the daughter of a supermarket owner, at the age of five. She was the cousin of his friend and professional footballer Lucas Scaglia. At the age of 13, Messi moved to Spain to play for Barcelona but the two continued to stay in touch and started dating later on.
In 2009, he finally went public with his romance, revealing that he had a girlfriend while a guest on the Catalan talk show Hat Trick Barça.
The couple have two sons together, Thiago and Matteo and live in Barcelona.
Check out the photos of the Messi-Roccuzzo wedding below:
Argentine football star Lionel Messi and bride Antonella Roccuzzo pose for photographersEITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty ImagesArgentine football star Lionel Messi's parents Jorge Horacio Messi (C) and Celia Maria Cuccittini and his sister Maria Sol Messi pose after Messi's wedding with Antonella Roccuzzo, at the City Centre Complex in Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina on June 30, 2017EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty ImagesBarcelona's football player Jordi Alba and his wife at Barcelona's football star Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo wedding in RosarioEITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty ImagesUruguayan football player Luis Suarez and his wife Sofia Balbi pose on a red carpet during Barcelona's football star Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo weddingEITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty ImagesManchester's United goalkeeper, Argentinian Sergio Romero, poses with his wife at the wedding of Lionel Messi and Antonella RoccuzzoEITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty ImagesParis Saint Germain's footballer Argentine Angel di Maria poses with his wife at the wedding of Lionel Messi and Antonella RoccuzzoEITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty ImagesChelsea's football player Cesc Fabregas and his wife pose on a red carpet upon arrival to attend Argentine football star Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo's weddingEITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty ImagesArgentine footballer Ezequiel Lavezzi and his wife pose on a red carpet upon arrivalEITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images
Spain's Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique (R) and his wife, Colombian singer Shakira (2-R), arrive at Rosario's airport to attend the wedding of Lionel Messi and Antonella RoccuzzoMARCELO MANERA/AFP/Getty Images
