HOTTEST COUPLES <br>OF THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP

Christiano Ronaldo & Irina Shayk

Cristiano Ronaldo & Irina Shayk
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Portugal national team. He became the most expensive footballer in history when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth £80 million. Ronaldo has previously dated English models Alice Goodwin and Gemma Atkinson, and since the start of 2010, he has been dating Russian model Irina Shayk. Irina Shayk is a Russian supermodel/actress and is the girlfriend of Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. But she has generated an impressive career of her own. She has graced the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition and will star in Hercules opposite The Rock in the epic action film that opens on July 25, 2014.

Lionel Messi & Antonella Roccuzzo

Lionel Messi & Antonella Roccuzzo
Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He serves as the captain of his country's national football team. By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year, in 2009, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. His playing style and stature have drawn comparisons to compatriot Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor". Antonella Roccuzzo is partner to Lionel Messi, who, to many football lovers, is the greatest player in the world at the moment. On 2 June 2012, Messi assisted and scored a goal in Argentina's 4–0 win against Ecuador in a World Cup 2014 Qualifying match. He celebrated scoring his 23rd goal for Argentina, by placing the ball under his jersey, as his girlfriend was reportedly 12 weeks pregnant.

Gerard Pique & Shakira
Gerard Piqué i Bernabeu is a Spanish footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Barcelona. Piqué has represented Spain, making his debut on 11 February 2009. He played an integral role in the Spain team that won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. Shakira, Gerard's partner, in case you have been on another planet, is the hip-shaking Colombian pop sensation who makes millions of men around the world want to speak Spanish! Since Spring 2010, Piqué has been in a relationship with her. They share the same birthday but she is ten years his senior. They met when Piqué was featured in the music video for Shakira's song "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They officially became a couple in 2011. In September 2012, Shakira announced that she and Piqué were expecting their first child together. Their son, Milan Piqué Mebarak, was born in January 2013 in Barcelona, Spain.

Iker Casillas & Sara Carbonera
Iker Casillas Fernández is a Spanish football goalkeeper who plays for and captains both La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. In 2008 he was the captain of the Spanish team that won their first European Championship in 44 years, the Spanish team that went on to win Spain's first World Cup (a tournament in which he won the Golden Glove and known as Yashin Award) and the 2012 European Championship. Sara Carbonero is a sports reporter for Telecinco in Spain and regularly reports on national team games. This can get a touch awkward when your boyfriend happens to be national goalkeeper and team captain Iker Casillas.

Neymar & Gabriella Lenzi
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, commonly known as Neymar, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona in La Liga and the Brazilian national team, as a forward or winger. At the age of 19, Neymar won the 2011 South American Footballer of the Year award, after coming third in 2010. He followed this up by winning it again in 2012. He is known for his acceleration, speed, dribbling, finishing and ability with both feet. With 33 goals in 50 matches for Brazil, he is the seventh highest goalscorer for his national team. In 2012 and 2013, SportsPro named him the most marketable athlete in the world. In December 2013, Neymar was ranked by The Guardian as the sixth best player in the world. Having split from soap starlet Bruna Marquezine in January, Neymar has found his new partner not too long ago for the host nation to purr over in the shape of Sao Paulo-born supermodel Gabriella Lenzi.

Wesley Sneijder & Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau
Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for the Turkish club Galatasaray and the Netherlands national team. He was named UEFA midfielder of the season and one of the three best midfielders in the world for 2010 by FIFA.  Individually, he was awarded the 2010 Bronze Boot, the 2010 Silver Ball, and included in the team of the tournament for UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as well as named man of the match for six out of eleven games played by the Oranje at these two tournaments. Sneijder has been married to a Dutch-Spanish actress and presenter Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen since July 2010, who now calls herself Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau.

Mesut Özil & Mandy Capristo
Mesut Özil is a German footballer who plays for Premier League club Arsenal and the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated for the Golden Ball Award, which is awarded to the tournament's best player. Mandy Capristo is a German model and girlfriend to Mesut Özil.

Bastian Schweinsteiger & Sarah Bradner
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the German national team. He has been voted as the best German player in 2013. He is also known as the "midfield mastermind". A right-footed player, he usually plays as central midfielder. The beautiful Sarah Bradner calls Schweinsteiger her beau, and the couple lives together in Munich.