Lionel Messi Wedding Attended By People From All Walks Of Life,See Pictures

Lionel Messi and Wife Antonela Roccuzzo.

Argentine football star Lionel Messi has married his childhood sweetheart in his hometown in what has been called the "wedding
of the century".

A civil ceremony for Messi, 30, and Antonela Roccuzzo, 29, was held at a luxury hotel in the city of Rosario.
Football stars and celebrities were among the 260 guests, with hundreds of police deployed for the event.

The sitting arrangement.

Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona forward, met Roccuzzo as a child before he moved to Spain aged just 13.
Among the guests at Friday's wedding were Messi's Barcelona teammates Luis Suárez, Neymar, Gerard Piqué and his wife, Colombia's pop star Shakira. A number of guests flew into Rosario on private jets.

Messi with wife

Argentina's Clarín newspaper has variously called the wedding "the wedding of the year" and "the wedding of the century".

Gerard Piqué (left) and his wife Shakira posed for a picture with airport staff as they arrived in Rosari.

Earlier, crowds gathered at the local airport to try to spot some of the famous guests.
A private security firm was working inside the hotel to keep out potential gatecrashers.
About 150 journalists received accreditation to enter a special press area, but were not given full access to the venue, organisers said. 

Messi's former teammates, including Xavi Hernandez, Cesc Fàbregas and Carles Puyol attended with their partner

Messi met Roccuzzo when he was just five years old. She is the cousin of his best friend, Lucas Scaglia, who also became a professional football player.
Messi accepted an offer to play for Barcelona when he was 13, on condition that they pay for treatment for his growth hormone deficiency.

Argentine footballer Ezequiel Lavezzi was also spotted on the red carpet.

Messi kissing his wife.