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Love him or hate him, you could not just ignore Lionel Messi. There are many fans in the world who would like to know more about Messi’s son. He has three children, out of which Ciro Messi Roccuzzo is the youngest one in the family.
Ciro Messi Roccuzzo
Name | Ciro Messi Roccuzzo |
Birth Place | Barcelona |
Birth Date and Birthday | March 10, 2018 |
Siblings | Thiago Messi Roccuzzo, Mateo Messi Roccuzzo |
Nationality | Argentine |
Religion | Christianity |
Lionel Messi’s third son and youngest till date, Ciro Messi Roccuzzo was born on March 10, 2018. His eldest son Thiago Messi Roccuzzo was just five years old when Ciro was born. Similarly, second children in the family, Mateo Messi was two years old when this world welcomed his younger brother.
Ciro was born to Lionel Messi and Antolena Roccuzzo in Barcelona at the Hospital USP Dexeus. Ciro and even his brothers Thiago, Mateo were born in same hospital.
When Ciro was born, the news was first given by Antolena’s sister, Messi’s sister in law, Carla Rocuzzo. She wrote ‘Very Happy’ in her Tweet along with three hearts, one for each child.
Messi wrote on Instagram: “Welcome Ciro! Thanks to god everything went fine. The mother and baby are doing very well, we’re so happy.”
Ciro Messi Roccuzzo’s life in Timeline

Ciro Messi is the youngest children in the family. He is the only Children who was born after his parents married officially. His brother Thiago was born in 2012, meanwhile Mateo was born in 2015 which was both ahead of Messi and his long time love Antollena’s marriage.
The word ‘Ciro’ is a Greek name which means Sun or Lordy. Messi and his wife choose mighty name for their youngest children. Meanwhile, in Spain, Ciro means Sun and Throne.
Ciro is loved by all the family members. Lionel Messi regularly posts pictures on his instagram with Thiago and Mateo who both show pure love to their youngest brother who is not even a year old in 2018.
Some Facts about Ciro’s father Lionel Messi
Ciro’s father Lionel Messi is one of the most decorated Footballer in the history of game. He is one of the best player in the world, highly compared to Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi is often criticized for not playing up to his potential when he plays for Argentina.
Spain is his second home, where he has spent more than 17 years old. Messi was born in Rosairo, Argentina and started his carer as a child in Newell’s Old Boys. Later he joined Barcelona Football academy in 2001. He then progressed to the Barcelona C, Barcelona B and finally to the Barcelona senior team in 2005. He has then been the most important part of Barcelona Football Club ever since.
Messi has won five Ballon d’Or awards, five European Golden shoe award for becoming the highest scorer in top European leagues. He has won FIFA world player of the year once, FIFA world cup Golden ball winner in 2014 when his team Argentina lost to Germany in the final of the tournament.
Alongside the above mentioned awards, Lionel Messi has won much more individual awards during his career, making him one of the most decorated Footballer in the history of Football.
Ciro Messi Roccuzzo’s eligibility to play Football
While Ciro Messi is a child at the moment, it will be a term of concern of which country he will represent when he becomes young enough to play Football.
If he choose Football as his career, he will be eligible to play for both Argentina and Spain. He is Argentina by nationality but due to his birth in Spain, he could play for Spain if he wants to. Ciro and both his brothers Thiago and Mateo could choose either Spain or Argentina when they play for the nation.
It is matter of his preference on which country he wants to represent. Depends on if he will play future later on his life.
Some Facts about Ciro Messi’s Mother Antonella Roccuzzo
Antonella Roccuzzo was born in Rosario, Argentina. This is the same city where Lionel Messi was born. She was born on February 26, 1988. She is 1.57 meters high. She was born to Jose Roccuzzo and Patricia Roccuzzo.
Antonella is Lionel Messi’s childhood love and they have been together since their childhood. Although they got married only in 2017 after years long in relationship, they had their first son Thiago in 2012. Meanwhile, their second children Mateo was born in 2015, which was two years before Lionel was married to Antonella.
Lionel and Antonella’s only child after their marriage is Ciro Messi Roccuzzo.
Some facts about Ciro’s brothers
Ciro Messi has two elder brothers, Thiago Messi and Mateo Messi. Thiago is the eldest children in the family, meanwhile Mateo is second child.
Lionel Messi has told goal.com about his children Thiago and Mateo. According to Messi on goal.com, Thiago is very decent and good child, while Mateo is kind of difficult to handle. Messi says that his two children are completely different in nature. While Ciro is just born, it is exciting to wait and see how he resembles. Depends on whether he will be good and decent as his elder brother Thiago or quite difficult to handle like Matro.