Highlights 1 Lionel Messi and his childhood sweetheart married Friday night. Lionel Messi and his childhood sweetheart married Friday night at a ceremony in his Argentine hometown attended by some of the biggest names in soccer. Messi's mother Celia Maria Cuccittini, father Jorge Messi (AP Photo)Messi, 30, grew up in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Rosario along with two brothers and a sister. His bride, 29, is the cousin of a close Messi friend and the new couple has been close friends since meeting at a young age. "He was always the same and he never changed," said Diego Vallejos, a childhood friend who was invited to the wedding.

Source: India Today July 01, 2017 02:48 UTC