The love story of Leandro Paredes and Camila Galante: the tattoo that worked as a crush when they were teenagers

Leandro Paredes became one of the bastions of the selection Argentina. From the hand of coach Lionel Scaloni, the midfielder emerged from the inferiors of Boca Juniors he became the owner of half the field. At the same time, he forged a nice friendship with Lionel Messi, Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Di Maria and Papu Gómezforming a united group within a campus that was strengthened in the face of Qatar World Cup 2022 after the historic consecration in the final of the Copa América in the mythical Maracana.

But not everything is football in the life of the midfielder who arrived at Juventus a few weeks ago after several years at PSG. Family is an extremely important aspect for the 28-year-old footballer. And what if it is that he began to forge his love story with what is now his wife more than 15 years ago, when they were both still teenagers.

Camila Galante (30) has been Paredes’ wife since the end of December 2017. That was the moment they decided to put a signature on her love story. But the heart marks another date on the calendar. The story between the two was launched with a common factor and it has to do with football.

It is that the former Zenit footballer met his current partner because fate wanted it that way. The current businesswoman of a cosmetics and beauty brand is the sister of a former companion of Paredes’ inferiors in the Xeneize. “I fell in love from the moment I saw her. He was very young and I told my mother that she was my girlfriend and she still wasn’t, but I said I was going to marry her “said Paredes in the presentation as a player of the Parisian team in a club video.

Paredes loved Galante so much when they were still very young that Leandro made a drastic decision. Regardless of what anyone in his family said, including his friends, the then Boca midfielder he got a tattoo before he started dating his now wife. “I got a tattoo of my wife before I became a boyfriend. I got the tattoo, then I became a boyfriend and then I got married, “she confessed a while ago. “My sister, the one in the middle, Jimena, liked tattoos. She wanted to do one on my back. She signed for me to have it done and I did the one she wanted, and she told me ‘you’re not going to do Cami’s’. And I put the name. When she saw him she began to cry. The father was jealous, badly, “she detailed in a note with humorist Grego Rosello.

So it was. They dated when she was 16 and he was 14.. Ramiro Galante, Camila’s brother and Leandro’s friend, discovered the love story on vacation in San Bernardo: “He saw that we were kissing. And it comes from her, and instead of saying something to me and says to her ‘if you make my friend suffer, don’t talk to me anymore’. And she left “.

Before the couple decided to take the step of marriage, the excursion of both as a formal couple was promoted eight years ago. In 2014, and after playing a handful of games in Argentina -there were 31, with five goals-, Leandro was transferred to the Roma. The Italian giant set his sights on the catcher who later moved to the central midfield position thanks to his great punch and his ability to generate play and associations.

They didn’t go alone because Two months before the transfer to Europe was confirmed, Victoria, her first daughter, was born, who is now 8 years old.. From there began a journey that led them to live in Verona to play for Chievo for a season. After his return to the Italian capital for two years, and after another loan to play for Empoli, the mighty Russian football brought him to his land. Zenit bought him for around 23 million euros and the family went to the coldest temperatures. There they were blessed with the arrival of Giovannithe last link in a family that enjoys spending time when Leandro has a few days off or when they decide to return to their native country and go to Luján, where they have a beautiful farm.

“They are the best of my life, they make me happy every second. When I am sad, they change my day in a second, ”Paredes said about his children. The player recognizes that his little daughter already recognizes the fame that her father has. The same goes for his son, who started playing in PSG’s youth squad, although he acknowledged that he doesn’t really like football at the moment.

“I try to make them come out as polite as possible, that they have respect,” said Paredes, who was born and raised in San Justo and knows the effort his family made to accompany him in his first steps in the sport.

If you check your social networks, you can see postcards of all kinds. Many of his works, but for Leandro and Camila, the most important thing is their family. And so they show it. A clear sign is the message that Galante gave her husband some time ago. “Everything is simpler if you are hugging me. I love you with all my heart my life Always together “, wrote. And he added regarding the value of the four of them being together. “I have no words to describe how amazing you are my love! Thank you for all the love you give to our children and for teaching them to be better people every day. They melt with love for you. Without a doubt I chose the best! We love you with our whole soul.”

After spending four years in Paris, changes to the team’s squad coupled with the arrival of new coach Christopher Galtier prompted his departure from the Parisian outfit. Where did he move? To a familiar place, but a different city. He went back to Soccer, but this time to put on the number 5 of Juventus, one of the greats of Italy. But beyond his first weeks in Turin, both Leandro and the rest of his family are waiting for the long-awaited trip to Qatar.

In a short time, Paredes will play his first World Cup with the Argentine team and, if there are no problems, he will start on November 22 against Saudi Arabia. There, in the stands of the Lusail Stadium She will be there, Camila, thousands of kilometers and many years after the place where her love story began.

THE PHOTO ALBUM OF LEANDRO PAREDES AND CAMILA GALANTE

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