Lionel Messi's wife Antonella admitted to hospital

Antonella Rocuzzo

Buenos Aires: The pregnant girlfriend of Argentine football idol Lionel Messi has been hospitalised with a urinary infection.

Argentina football captain Lionel Messi's wife Antonella Rocuzzo with their two-year-old son Thiago. Pic/Getty Images

Antonella Roccuzzo (27) was admitted early on Tuesday at Hospital Espanol in Messi's native city of Rosario, Efe reported.

he infection does not pose any threat to her pregnancy, the official Telam news agency sources said, which added that Messi arrived at the hospital during the afternoon.

However, the hospital personnel said Roccuzzo's name was not listed on the register. Messi and Roccuzzo have a two-year-old son, Thiago.