List of Football Players Who Married Their Childhood Friends

VIVA – Football players are one of the most famous athletes in the sporting world. They are also having an exciting love story; one is love story with childhood friend. Keeping up with the promises of their genuine friendship and relationship while they were young, some professional footballers tied the knot with their best childhood friends as they are happily married to them, in the present life.

Here’s a list about professional footballers who married their best childhood friends.

Gareth Bale who has just announced his retirement from professional football. The former Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid player is married to his childhood friend, Emma Jones. They have been blessed with four children.

Now, their relationship looks very romantic, their togetherness is always superior in their respective Instagram accounts. In addition, their first meeting took place in Cardiff.

Thomas Mueller is one of the best players in the world who plays for Bayern Munich and the German national team. Now the 33-year-old player has reportedly married his own best friend when they first met at the same college when he was 17 years old. The two decided to get married in 2009.

But from his marriage has not been blessed with a child. However, their life looks very happy. This can be seen from the upload of Lisa Trede's Instagram account. He also has a hobby of horse riding.

3. Bruno Fernandes & Ana Pinho

Bruno Fernandes is a midfielder for Manchester United and the Portuguese national team. Now the 28-year-old player is married to Ana Pinho in 2015 and has two children. He has known Ana Finho since he was in high school. As known, both are friends and classmates when attending school in Portugal.

4. Luis Suarez & Sofia Balbi

Luis Suarez is a player who has just joined the Brazilian club Gremio. The former Liverpool and Barcelona player has been married to Sofia Balbi since 2009 and has been blessed with three children. His first meeting when Luis Suarez was 15 years old, while Sofia Balbi was 13 years old. It is known that they are friends from the same village in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Antonella Roccuzzo is not a foreign figure to Lionel Messi; he already knew Antonella Roccuzzo when he was about seven years old. In addition, Roccuzzo often watched Messi play when he was still strengthening the Newell's Old Boys junior team around 1996.

"I've known Antonella Roccuzzo since she was 7 years old. When I arrived in Barcelona, there was no way for me to communicate constantly. We spoke once a week. But throughout my life, Antonella Roccuzzo has always been in my head," Lionel Messi said.

Lionel Messi's marriage to Antonella Roccuzzo was established on June 30, 2017, now both of them have been blessed with three sons.