Footballer Leo Messi has shared a photo of his baby son for the first time. The cute snap shows the FC Barcelona player and his girlfriend Antonella Rocuzzo enjoying themselves at the beach with their five-month-old Thiago. "Afternoon stroll with Thiago!" reads the caption, which was posted on the sports hero's Facebook page.
The Argentine striker has been out of action since early April because of a hamstring injury, which he picked up in a Champions League match against David Beckham's team Paris Saint-Germain. "I will be back soon. Thankfully it was not so serious," said the 25-year-old, who won the Ballon D'Or, equivalent to a player of the year prize, for the fourth time in 2012.Leo described himself as the" happiest man in the world" when the little boy was born on 2 November that year, adding: "Thanks to God for this gift!"The footie star first revealed he was to become a father during a match in Argentina the previous June. After scoring a goal he jokingly stuffing a football up his shirt in celebration and later confirmed Antonella's pregnancy on Facebook.In homage to his lookalike son, the player has a tattoo of his son's handprints and date of birth on his left calf.
Leo has been dating Antonella, a fellow native of his home city Rosario, which is just north of Buenos Aires, since 2009.With more than 44 million fans on Facebook, the footballer has a strong social networking presence. But this is one of the first family snaps, he has ever posted.
