Footie ace Carlos Tevez re-marries his childhood sweetheart as they kiss and make up after he ‘cheated on her with model’
The former Premier League star ties the knot with Vanesa Mansilla in Argentina
FORMER Premier League legend Carlos Tevez has tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart Vanesa Mansilla in an extravagant service in Argentina.
Tevez was pictured wearing a light blue suit and white shirt - Man City and Argentina colours - in the provincial district of San Isidro close to Buenos Aires.
Locals mobbed the streets as the loved-up couple paraded with their family and proudly showed off their wedding certificate to the crowds.
The couple reportedly had an 'informal wedding' when they were school kids 19 years ago but nothing like the huge show with their family and friends today.
The former Man City, Man Utd and West Ham ace now plans to fly 260 guests to Uruguay for a four-day party before his expected big money £615,000-a-week move to Shanghai Shenhua.
Tevez waved an emotional goodbye to the Boca faithful on Sunday at La Bombonera in a 4-1 victory over Colon.
"I have a unique feeling, the truth is that we are very happy spending one of the best days of our lives," he said.
"Today is a confirmation of our love, I enjoyed it very much."
Thursday's marriage came six years after the diminutive striker reportedly played away while long-time love Vanesa was back in Argentina.
In March 2010, it was claimed Tevez, 32, spent a night in a hotel with a stunning model.
The then Manchester City striker was spotted leaving the room of blonde Mariana Paesani early in the morning.
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The Argentinian and Mariana, with whom he had been repeatedly linked, were seen emerging from the five-star Kempinski Hotel in Munich.
The previous evening, he had come on as a substitute for Argentina in their 1-0 win over Germany in a friendly international.
A hotel source told how Tevez pushed Argentina-born Mariana's distinctive zebra-print suitcase out of the reception area to a waiting car.
The source said: "Carlos had come down in the company of the blonde girl. We saw him leaving her room and then as they left the hotel he was pushing the girl's luggage.
"Carlos was in a room with the girl until they left the hotel at about 6.30 on Thursday morning."
He has also been linked to Argentinian TV star and singer Brenda Asnicar.
It was far from the first time Tevez has been spotted with former footie cheerleader Mariana.
In 2008, the pair were seen laughing and holding hands as they played golf together in Cheshire.
The following night they dined at Manchester's San Carlo restaurant.
In 2008 it was reported that Tevez had even ditched Vanesa for Mariana after meeting the model three months earlier.
But the couple were later reported to have patched their relationship back together.