Meet Lionel Messi's wife Antonela Roccuzzo, gorgeous model who has insane 22 million followers

Antonela Roccuzzo has been at Lionel Messi's side since his childhood. All the fame and glamour after becoming one of the best players in the world didn't change Messi's love for his wife. Initially, they were in a long-distance relationship, but were brought closer by a tragedy and have been inseparable ever since. 

Messi and Antonela both hail from the same city, Rosario. They have known each other since the age of five. She was the cousin of a friend of Messi, and despite his shy nature, the talismanic forward went regularly went to her house to meet her. 

In 2007, a friend of Antonela passed away in a car accident, Messi had already moved away to Barcelona to follow his ambition for football, but he flew back home and comforted her and they have been together ever since.

Roccuzzo studied humanities and social sciences in her bachelor's and opted for dentistry as her post-graduate studies but she decided to drop out to remain close to Messi, who was in Barcelona. 

She signed a modelling contract with designer Ricky Sarkany in 2016 and opened a boutique with her friend Sofia Balbi, who is the wife of Luis Suarez, Messi's former Barca teammate. 

Messi got married to his sweetheart in their hometown of Rosario back in 2017. Their wedding party was dubbed Argentina's 'wedding of the century.' Many former teammates of Messi, including Gerard Pique and his wife Shakira, attended the bash. 

Antonela is quite the celebrity herself, she has a huge fan following of 22 million on Instagram, and she regularly posts pictures of her family, her three children Thiago, Matteo and Ciro. She also promotes various brands as well.