What is the name of Messi's second son?

Lionel Messi’s second son is named Mateo. He is the middle child of Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo’s three sons, between Thiago, the eldest, and Ciro, the youngest.

Mateo was born in Spain on September 11, 2015, while Messi was playing for Barcelona. His birth came nearly three years after the couple’s first son, Thiago, who was born in November 2012. Their third son, Ciro, was born in March 2018.

Mateo has occasionally attracted attention because Messi has described him as playful and competitive, including joking about supporting teams that oppose his father’s favourites. Those anecdotes have made him especially memorable in interviews about Messi’s family life.

The names can be easy to mix up: Thiago is the firstborn, Mateo is the second, and Ciro is the third. Benjamín is not one of Messi’s sons; it is the name of Sergio Agüero’s son. Mateo is also sometimes confused with Ciro because both younger boys were born during Messi’s Barcelona years.