Soccer king Lionel Messi is a Miami guy now. It’s time to meet his lovely wife
Miami, say hello to the 305’s WAG du jour.
She’s Antonela Roccuzzo, married to soccer god, Lionel Messi, and Inter Miami’s most famous player ever.
The Argentinian power couple landed Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale with their three young sons and we are sure we will be seeing a lot more of this adorable family on the pitch and off.
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As for Roccuzzo, the 35-year-old model is a celebrity in her own right, with 36.1 million followers on Instagram. Don’t look for the brunette beauty anywhere else on social media, she writes in her bio — “No tengo Twitter. No tengo Facebook.”
Roccuzzo, who calls herself a “digital creator,” has a bunch of deals going as brand ambassador for Alo yoga wear, CASETiFY cellphone cases and Guerlain, shilling the company’s new haircare line.
In a recent promo video, the mother of three talks to famous South African stylist Peter Gray about how she experienced hair loss during her pregnancies, especially in the front part, by the forehead. In the comments section, many of her followers did not realize she spoke English, as her husband famously does not. Now we know who will be doing the ordering when the crew goes out to Starbucks for frappuccinos.
Other Insta posts on Roccuzzo’s timeline show off the many men in her life — her childhood sweetheart whom she married in 2017, and their boys, Thiago, 10; Mateo, 7; and Ciro, 5. Last month they all posed together around a table to celebrate Messi’s 36th year on earth with a cake topped with strawberries and gold balloons.
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“Happy birthday, amor. We love you to infinity,” read the caption.
Call it kismet. According to widespread Spanish media reports, the lovebirds first met as kids in Argentina through his childhood pal, midfielder turned coach Lucas Scaglia, Roccuzzo’s cousin.
The road to romance wasn’t totally straight. Messi left home at the age of 13 to train over in Spain, and the pair apparently reconnected over tragedy a few years later. In 2005, Roccuzzo’s close friend died in a car accident and the baller flew back to comfort her; they went public with their relationship about four years later.
For his part, Messi also often posts snaps of his wife and kids. Just this week, the family of five sat around a pool surrounded by palm trees. They were reportedly vacationing somewhere in the Caribbean before the futbol icon set off on his new chapter in South Florida.
“Siempre asi,” he wrote to his 478 million plus followers.
Translation: Always like this.
This story was originally published July 12, 2023 at 12:56 PM.
