- News, The goals have continued to flow for Lionel Messi in Paris, after bringing the curtain down on a remarkable two decades at Barcelona in summer 2021, top UEFA Champions League/European Cup scorers, third man to register 100 international goals, Most Champions League group stage goals: 80 (71 for Barcelona), Most Champions League round of 16 goals: 29, Most Champions League goals for one club: 120 (Barcelona), Most successive seasons scoring in Champions League: 18, Most Liga goals in a single season: 50 (2011/12), Most Liga titles won by foreign player: 10, Most goals in calendar year: 79 in 2012 (91 including goals for Argentina), Most UEFA club competition goals for single club: 123 (Barcelona), Youngest Argentinian to score at a World Cup: 18 years 357 days, First player to score in four different World Cup tournaments for Argentina, Most individual World Cup appearances: 26, Only player to score in World Cup group stage, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. This was the 35-year-old's self-confessed 'last chance' to win a World Cup - he had already announced before the tournament that it will be the last time he represents Argentina at the global event. He has won six. As of March 18, he has 661 goals, surpassing the 643 that Pel scored with Santos between 1956 and 1974. As of 23 December 2022 Lionel Messi has played more than 1,000 first-team games for club and country and, aged 35, his powers remain as effective as ever. Here are 20 such milestones that he has reached. Messi's club records. Messi added two major club titles during his maiden season in France (the Ligue 1 title and the Trophee des Champions) as well as a hat trick of international honours with Argentina; the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions (also known as the Finalissima), the Copa America and the FIFA World Cup. Since turning pro 19 years ago, Messi has been stockpiling trophies at an absurdly consistent rate. Leo Messi scored 14 goals in the 2011/12 Champions League. Times of Sports. With Barcelona, 84 (59 in the League, 13 in the Champions League, 5 in the Copa del Rey and 2 in the Super Cup) and with the Argentine national team, 12. He left behind Germany's Lothar Matthaus to make the record his own. Most official goals scored for a single club in Europe: 627 goals. - He has scored a total of 48 hat-tricks at . Likewise, in the Champions League Messi has found the net against 35 different opponents. The current record belongs to another German, Miroslav Klose, who reached 17 victories. Player with the most Pichichi Trophies in the Spanish league. Top scorer in a season in official competitions. Top scorer in LaLigas second round. The 35-year-old scored Argentina's opener from the penalty spot before assisting his. Messi is close to becoming only the second player ever (depending on who's numbers you use) to reach the 800-goal milestone, following in the wake of Ronaldo, who brought up his eighth century with a brace in Manchester United's 3-2 victory over Arsenal in December 2021. The organisation that unites ex-players from all FC Barcelona football teams. Messi holds many individual records, befitting his status as one of the greatest of all time. He scored the most goals, He has won the most wins. Lionel Messi made his first appearance at the FIFA World Cup in 2006 and scored one goal for Argentina in that edition. These records are divided based on whether they relate to players, coaches, clubs, or world competitions. He has won six. While many consider his consistency from the spot to be one of the few weak elements to his game, Messi has still successfully converted 108 times from 12 yards for club and country. Southampton vs. Grimsby Town (2 p.m.) Since then almost every record available has fallen. Messi played the majority of his club career for Barcelona in Spain, setting multiple records there before moving to PSG in the summer of 2021. Most international caps for a South American player: Most CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying matches scored in: Youngest player to have reached 100 caps in CONMEBOL history: Most assists provided in a single Copa Amrica tournament: Most goals scored as a substitute in a Copa Amrica match: Most official Man of the Match awards in Copa Amrica matches: Most official Man of the Match awards in a single Copa Amrica tournament: Most goals of all time in top level competition (according to IFFHS criteria): Most goals of all time in club football (according to IFFHS criteria): Most international goals in football history: Most goals in a calendar year in international club and country competitions: Only player to win a league title, domestic cup, domestic supercup, Champions League, Club World Cup, Golden Shoe and Ballon d'Or at 2 clubs. He scored seven goals at Qatar 2022. He reached the figure on January 16, 2010, when he was 22 years old. The Official site of the Bara Foundation. 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Player with most appearances for Argentinian national side. His record stood for over half a century, until Messi matched it on March 20, 2012, with a hat trick against Granada. Most goals in El Clasico history Image Credits- As English As well as lighting up the club game, Messi has thrived on the international stage, sealing his status as an Argentina legend comparable to Diego Maradona when he captained his nation to FIFA World Cup glory at Qatar 2022. 1. times Ronaldo has scored 4 or more goals in a game. In all competitions, he has won on 513 of his 731 appearances for Bara. Messi was named as UEFA's and Fan's Man of the Match. He has 120 goals, almost 100 more than all his main pursuers, Only player in the history of the club who has scored in six official competitions in one year. No other player in the 21st Century has set up as many goals. Csar Rodrguez had been Bara's top marksman in 1939 and between 1942 and 1955, scoring 232 goals in official matches. Already the all-time top appearance-maker (172 games) and goal scorer (98 goals) for his national team, Messi is close to becoming the first Argentina player to score 100 goals. Split between Barcelona (672) and PSG means Messi has reached the same milestone as Ronaldo did with a goal for Manchester United in a 2-1 win against Everton in October (which proved to be his last for the club). He scored in 27 different games in the 2012/13 league campaign (46 goals), equaling the mark of Real Madrids Cristiano Ronaldo, who also scored in 27 games in the 2011/12 season. We look back at Lionel Messi's remarkable achievements at Barcelona. He is presently joint-top on the list, together with Germany's. Four of Messi's six World Cup goals were scored at the 2014 edition with one scored in 2010 and one in 2018. He also is the most frequent scorer in El Clasico matches between Barca and Real Madrid with 26 goals in 45 games. Messi needs to find the net just once next year (2024) to make it two full decades with at least one goal registered each and every season therein. One of only two players to score over 100 goals in UEFA club competitions, Lionel Messi is now plying his trade at Paris Saint-Germain after bringing the curtain down on a remarkable two decades at Barcelona in summer 2021. "I arrived aged just 13 its time to move on." Messi has also scored the highest number of goals in official competitions in a domestic season. FootTheBall takes a look at the ever-growing list of world records and European records that Messi and Ronaldo have broken so far. First to score in an entire round in the league season. One all-time mark that Messi looks certain to break - barring injury or suspension - is Argentina's record for appearances in World Cup games. Only player to provide at least one assist in four and five different World Cup tournaments and most consecutive World Cup tournaments with at least one assist: Most total dribbles completed at the World Cup finals: 125, Most goal contributions at the World Cup: 21, Most goals at major international tournaments: 26 (13 goals at FIFA World Cup, 13 goals at Copa Amrica), Most goal contributions at international tournaments' knockout matches: 27, Most goal contributions at major international tournaments: 51 (13 goals and 8 assists at FIFA World Cup, 13 goals and 17 assists at Copa Amrica), Only player to win a 'Best Player/Golden Ball' award at all official tournaments participated in (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Cup and Copa Amrica), Most goals scored in Europe's top 5 leagues: 700, in, Fastest player ever to reach 300 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues: in 334 matches, Fastest player ever to reach 400 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues: in 435 matches, Most goals scored for a single club in the UEFA Champions League: 120 for Barcelona, Fastest player to reach 100 UEFA Champions League goals: in 123 matches, Most goals scored in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League match: 5, against, Most goals scored in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League quarter-final match: 4, against, Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League group stage: 80, Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League round of 16: 29, Most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie: 6, against Bayer Leverkusen in, Most different opponents scored against in UEFA Champions League history: 40, Most appearances in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 7 (20152021), Most UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season awards: 3 (201415, 201516, 201819), First player to win the UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season award for two consecutive seasons: in 201415 and 201516, First player to score in 15 and 16 consecutive seasons of the UEFA Champions League, Youngest player to make 100 appearances in the UEFA Champions League: aged 28 years, 84 days, Youngest player to score 50 goals in the UEFA Champions League: aged 24 years, 285 days, Youngest player ever to score 400+ goals for a single European club: aged 27 years and 300 days, for Barcelona, Most dribbles completed in a UEFA Champions League match: 16, against, Most international goals scored by a male, Most assists in the Copa Amrica: 17 (1 in 2007, 3 in 2011, 3 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 5 in 2021), Most assists in a Copa Amrica tournament: 5, in 2021. Messi also holds the Champions League records for most total goals in the round of 16 (29 goals) and the most goals scored in the group stage (80), while Ronaldo holds the corresponding records for the knockout phase overall (67), the quarterfinals (25), the semifinals (13) and the final (4). Messi is also the all-time top goalscorer in a calendar year (January to December). Overall, his reliability is even more impressive: Messi has scored over 40 goals in 10 consecutive years: 2009/10 (47 goals), 2010/11 (53), 2011/12 (73), 2012/13 (60), 2013/14 (41), 2014/15 (58), 2015/16 (41), 2016/17 (54), 2017/18 (45) and 2018/19 (51). Messi's spectacular strikes have given him more Puskas Award nominations for best goal than any other player. Messi made his 22nd World Cup appearance for Argentina in their final group game against Poland, overtaking the late Diego Maradona's previous record for tournament appearances for his country Messi took his tally to 26 in the final, passing Lothar Matthaus for record appearances at the World Cup Finals. [68], Champions League positional awards were introduced in 2017 to "recognise the season's best player in each position in Europe's premier club competition".[72]. The largest and most innovative sports and entertainment space. Player with the most hat-tricks and four-goal contributions in the league: 36. They came in the 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. For example, Pele claimed to have scored well over 1,000 goals during his career but because of the unreliability of the data collected during his heyday in the 1950s and 60s, and which goals count as being scored in "official" matches as opposed to "friendlies," the Brazil legend's tally could be as low as 757 goals. What can the Major League Soccer do expand? Copa del Rey semifinal: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid preview, key players, prediction. The best women's player was Spain . Player with most wins in the Spanish league. He has 120 goals, almost 100 more than all his main pursuers. Which teams bring out the best in Barcelona forward Lionel Messi? [66], In the past, the award was solely decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists. 2022. But other sources differ due to historical inconsistencies in the classification of "official" goals scored in "official" competitions. Naturally, he scored one of the goals in the 2-1 win en route to lifting the trophy. On January 30, 2020, he passed the 500 wins mark with Bara.. He reached the figure on January 16, 2010, when he was 22 years old, Youngest player to score 200 goals in official matches for FC Barcelona. Lionel Messi has scored 13 goals in 26 matches at the football World Cup. No other player, male or female, has won it more than three times. Player with the most goals scored in an edition of the Champions League. (0:33). Ad. The best place to see the Argentine superstar in action is Bara TV+! No player in history has won more. 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As of May 27, 2021, he has 672 goals. We use cookies to improve your experience on our website and to show your relevant advertising. Ronaldo is the man with the most goals scored in senior internationals of all time, with 118 for Portugal in 196 games. The flagship Bara school. Who voted for Messi, Mbappe, Putellas in The Best FIFA Awards? 123 . His most recent, in a 5-2 win over Mallorca on December 7, 2019, was his 35th, and helped him to overtake Cristiano Ronaldo (34). They came in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019. [4][5] He has scored 798 goals for club and country throughout his professional career and is also the first and only player in history to win five and six European Golden Shoes. [67] In 2018, however, UEFA added 80 coaches, from the clubs that participated in the group stages of that year's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, to its jury. However, since making his senior debut in 2004, Messi has accumulated a truly vast number of honours and individual records. Ecuador's upstart club claims another trophy, MLS Power Rankings: Union, Sounders start hot but Whitecaps, Rapids woes continue, What's next for Man United after Carabao Cup win, Barca stumble in LaLiga, Chelsea free fall, more. Messi holds the record for most goals in La Liga (474), the Supercopa de Espaa (14), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (352). Xavi is second with 476 victories. Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,[1][2][3] has received seven Ballon d'Or awards, the most for any football player, as well as the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year, and the 2019 and 2022 The Best FIFA Men's Player. He scored 30 goals in 19 consecutive matches in the 2012/13 campaign, from day number 11 to 29. Messi still has some way to go if he wishes to surpass the all-time record at a FIFA World Cup. Lionel Messi holds the record for most home goals scored in the Champions League with 78 (Ronaldo holds the record for away goals with 63), while also being the only player in competition history to have scored against 40 different opponents. Twenty years have passed since Lionel Messi first arrived in Barcelona. Only player in the history of the club who has scored in six official competitions in one year. Information about Lionel Messi and his performace in the FIFA Soccer World Cup. In 2012, for Bara and Argentina, Messi scored 91 goals - beating a record previously held by Gerd Mller. Two years Messi's senior, Ronaldo's scoring streak stands at 22 consecutive years now that he has opened his account for 2023 with Saudi side Al Nassr. On January 30, 2020, he passed the 500 wins mark with Bara. He also managed another 5 in friendlies with Bara, which would see the figure rise to a total of 96 goals. Longest scoring streak in La Liga. On Monday, Lionel Messi claimed FIFA's The Best Men's Player . He has scored against 38 different opponents in the Spanish top-flight, surpassing the record of 35 held by Ral Gonzlez and Aritz Aduriz. He scored 91 official goals in 2012. As further testament to Messi's longevity and consistency, he has made more LaLiga appearances than any other foreign-born player (520) while also having won more top-flight league titles in Spain than any other non-Spanish-born player (10). The European Golden Shoe is awarded to the top goalscorer in Europe. Ronaldo is joint-second on 18 goals (in 30 games,) alongside fellow Madrid great Alfredo Di Stefano. 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