In Pictures: Lionel Messi's 'wedding of the century' with childhood sweetheart

Argentina football star Lionel Messi said "I do" to his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo on Friday (June 30) in his Argentine hometown Rosario, where footballers and celebrities - including pop singer Shakira - were among the 260 guests who attended the star-studded wedding.

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Jul 01, 2017, 02:58 PM

Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi and his wife Antonela Roccuzzo posing at their wedding in Rosario, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi's parents Jorge and Celia and his sister Maria Sol posing at his wedding to Antonela Roccuzzo in Rosario, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi and his wife Antonella Roccuzzo kissing after their wedding in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Argentine football star Lionel Messi and bride Antonella Roccuzzo posing for photographers just after their wedding at the City Centre Complex in Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Former Barcelona players (from left) Xavi Alonso, Cesc Fabregas and Carles Puyol and their wives posing on a red carpet upon arriving at the wedding in Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Journalists and bystanders gathering outside the hotel where the wedding of Argentina soccer player Lionel Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo will take place in Rosario, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Uruguayan soccer player Luis Suarez and his wife Sofia Balbi attending the wedding of Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo, in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Argentine soccer player Sergio Romero and his wife Eliana Guercio, attending the wedding of Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo, in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Actor Nicolas Vazquez and soccer players Ezequiel Lavezzi and Javier Mascherano and his wife Fernanda posing for photographers at the wedding in Rosario, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi and his wife Antonella Roccuzzo, posing for the media after their wedding in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Barcelona's football player Jordi Alba and his wife posing on a red carpet during Barcelona's football star Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo wedding in Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Spanish player Xavi Hernandez and his wife Nuria Cunillera posing as they arrive for the wedding of Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi and Antonella Rocuzzo, in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Former Barcelona player Samuel Etoo and his wife Georgette posing as they arrive for the wedding of Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi and Antonella Rocuzzo, in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Chelsea's football player Cesc Fabregas and his wife posing on a red carpet upon arrival to attend Argentine football star Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo's wedding in Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi and his wife Antonela Roccuzzo posing at their wedding in Rosario, on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo posing at their wedding in Rosario, on June 30, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

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