Later, Messi joined Barcelona in 2001.He rose to fame during the 2003-05 season playing for Barcelona. He has also become the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.His team Argentina is selected in the World Cup 2018 Russia .Messi has won Ballon d’Or four straight years from 2009 to 2012 and he again won it in 2015. At the age of five, Messi joined a local club called Grandoli coached by her father. Pictured: Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero and his girlfriend Karina TejedaPictured: The first guests begin to arrive for the wedding of Lionel Messi and his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo in Rosario, Argentina Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez and his wife Sofia Balbi pose on a red carpet before the nuptials Spanish footballer Jordi Alba and his girlfriend Romarey Ventura pose for picturesThe crowds in Rosario (pictured) gather to see their famous son as guests - including football stars and Colombian singer Shakira - arrive on the red carpet for his weddingThere was one aspect which threatened to overshadow the Earlier an aunt of Messi's was caught out live on TV when an America TV channel called her to interview her about her nephew and she revealed bitterly that she hadn't been invited to the wedding. Pictured right: Sergio Aguero's wife Karina preparing for the big event Palm trees mark the perimeter of the casino hotel where Lionel Messi will be marrying later todayThe family friend, who knew the Messis before the footballer became famous and accompanied them on their first trips to Barcelona, said bad feelings first boiled over in 2010, before the South Africa World Cup.
Meanwhile, one Messi superfan, a Brazilian called Alex who is also a Messi double, claimed he had come to Rosario to marry his wife at exactly the same time as the footballer, on a homemade altar on the pavement outside the hotel.Hundreds of fans lined a red carpet at the entrance of the hotel in Rosario to watch the newlyweds leave after the ceremonyMessi and Antonella took their wedding vows with eldest son Thiago sitting inches in front of them.
In Rosario this week, security has been tight close to the venue (above)Messi had reportedly wanted to have a big wedding in the majestic Catedral de Rosario in the historic centre of the city.But after his father sacked the wedding planner claiming the nuptials were getting too expensive, and drastically cutting the list of guests, he had to look elsewhere.The smaller Parroquia Nuestra Senora de las Nieves was also thought to be a possible church for the couple to marry in but for security reasons they decided against it, instead choosing the City Center Rosario, which was reportedly offered free of charge.Slightly awkwardly perhaps, most of the WAGS attending the wedding have chosen the same dress designer for their dresses as the bride (pictured above with Massi and son Mateo)Determined to have a religious ceremony presided by a priest, Messi said he wanted to build a chapel inside the hotel complex, as in Argentina priests can only take weddings inside a church or chapel - but the city's Catholic church refused to allow the chapel to be built so close to a 'sinful' casino.Messi did not have a religious ceremony and the civil proceedings were said to have lasted only 15 minutes.The witnesses who signed the registry were Lionel and Antonella's brothers and sisters.
Guests will also have the chance to play in the on-site casino, bowling alley, grass tennis courts, and indoor and outdoor swimming pool as well as relax in a number of bars and restaurants within the complex.But they won't have Messi for very long - he has reportedly asked for festivities to end by midnight as he will be catching a flight back to Barcelona at 4am on Saturday morning.I'm so happy for them ^^ They met when they were k... Messi has also kept the record for being the first player to ever score five goals in a single match in the Champions League history in March 2012.He was honored with the European Golden Shoe thrice in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Guests chose whether they walked along it to be photographed and interviewed, or went through a discreet side entrance.Samuel Eto'o was the first guest to walk along the red carpet and past the world's press, followed by Aguero and girlfriend Karina, Cesc Fabregas and fiance Daniella Seeman, Antonella's best friend, and Argentine national team player Ezequiel Lavezzi.Barcelona teammate Neymar arrived on his own because, according to Argentinian media, he proposed to girlfriend Bruna Marquezine and she said no.Messi and Antonella, who have two sons, chose to marry in their home town of Rosario, northern Argentina, where they grew up together.Rosa Clara custom wedding dressChildhood sweethearts Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo have finally tied the knot in their hometown in Argentina. He was born with the birth name Lionel Andres Messi.While talking about Messi’s family his father worked as steel factory manager and his mother worked in a magnet manufacturing workshop.