Incredibly Messi has scored 40 or more goals in 10 consecutive seasons at Barcelona, peaking at 73 in the 2011/12 season. - Along with scoring 700 club goals, Messi has also produced 299 assists at club level. The La Albiceleste captain has represented his country 172 times during his career, scoring 98 goals. Only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more club goals than the Argentine. Will Messi surpass the 100-goal mark for Argentina? Lionel Messi, despite missing a potential match-winning penalty against Iceland in Argentinas first game, however, was the standout player for Argentina in what was otherwise a disappointing campaign for the South Americans. Lionel Messi has scored seven goals at World Cup 2022 in seven starts. Leo Messi's wonderful free-kick from yesterday #PSGLOSC pic.twitter.com/HGTtA4ntOu, Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) February 20, 2023. This is Messis seventh time to win the award in 14 years, breaking a record tie of best player awards (of either gender) with six-time Best Womens Player, Brazils Marta. 22: 2017/2018: 2017-08-27: La Liga: Real Club Deportivo Alavs 0-2 FC Barcelona: Missed during the game: Irrelevant. The Argentine has been banging in the goals for his country ever since opening his account in 2005. Considering the three-time Champions League winner struggled to be at his very best during his debut season under Mauricio Pochettino, he scored just 11 goals in 34 matches. Overall, Messi has scored 699 goals so far and the historic 700 club goal is just a matter of time. As of 1st March 2020, Lionel Messi scored 696 career goals for both club and country. The Messi journey began as a super-sub on May 1, 2005, when as 17-year-old, the gifted Argentinian had replaced Samuel Etoo in the 88th minute and fired in his first goal two minutes later, in a La Liga match against Albacete. MLS is back! Atletico Madrid wants Luis Enrique if Diego Simeone leaves this summer, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelafi defends himself: Theyre criminals, Who voted for who in Best FIFA Football Awards? The Norwegian took his tally to 27 goals in 24 league appearances with a first-half goal in . Please logout and login again. Since making his debut in 2005 aged 18 following his starring role in Argentina's FIFA U-20 World Cup win, Messi has won caps for 18 years running and scored in each of the last 17 (up to and . With one of the games greatest on the brink of immortality, we decided to break down his staggering goal record for Barcelona, PSG and the Argentine national team. Total penalties scored - 109 This page provides an overview of all penalties a player has taken in his career. Messi milestone tracker: PSG star nears 800 career goals, plus ALL his records, Alaba racially abused over Messi FIFA Best vote, Messi beats Mbappe to Best FIFA Men's award, Arsenal grind out win, Bayern back on track, Messi milestone: Weekend Review, Xavi reacts to chance of Barca return for Messi, Messi's last-gasp free kick seals 4-3 win for PSG, Messi unlikely to make Barca return, father says, LIVE Transfer Talk: PSG, Messi still far from new deal amid MLS interest, Mbappe can't save PSG as Bayern Munich neutralise Messi, Neymar in UCL, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The 34-year-old was in clinical form as he opened the scoring with a penalty . Which club is more popular in the United States: Real Madrid or Barcelona? At the 2022 World Cup, Lionel Messi joined a handful of footballers to have played in five different editions of the competition. 24-year-old Mbapp won the Golden Boot award this year as the leading goalscorer in league matches. [1], 29 of Messi's goals have come in FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Lionel Messi has scored 13 goals in 26 matches at the FIFA World Cup, spanning five editions (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022). The trophy has to come back to South America and Messi has to win." . A total of 156 of his goals have come against these five clubs. Mario Melchiot: Messi winning FIFA award was 'no-brainer'. The six-time Ballon d'Or winner has scored 630 goals for Barcelona while another 70 have come in Argentina colours. Still, at PSGs rate of scoring, it seems likely he could exceed Bicans career tally this season. With that astounding tally, he has averaged a goal contribution every 68.9 minutes. Including international goals, Messi's tally now sits at 798, giving him yet another landmark to chase down. Two of his goals came in the final vs France and the tournament saw Messi score in each of the four knockout rounds - previously unprecedented in the FIFA World Cup. Messi always made Real Madrid players look like amateurs pic.twitter.com/KSvDhNJyFv, READ NEXT:Lionel Messis outrageous scoop pass shows the insane vision of a GOAT. Messi, meanwhile, did not hit the heights that have become so standard throughout the Argentineans career during his first season at PSG, scoring just 11 times as he adapted to a new league and his role in a side led by Kylian Mbapp, but under Christophe Galtier PSGs front three seems to have clicked, bagging 17 in three Ligue 1 fixtures to date. Goal record at Barcelona: 672 goals in 778 total matches. Besides being the top scorer for his team in the 2014 World Cup, Lionel Messi was adjudged the best player of the tournament and won the Golden Ball award. The FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia saw Argentina knocked out in the round of 16 by eventual champions France. [4] Messi made his debut for Argentina in a 21 away win over Hungary on 17 August 2005,[5] and scored his first international goal a year later in his sixth appearance, against Croatia. Messi has scored 65 goals in 128 games for Argentina since his debut in August 2005. Since 2008/09 season, he scored more than 30 goals in each on his last 13 season, being the 2011/12 his best season (73 goals). FIFA World Cup. The six-time Ballon dOr winner has scored 630 goals for Barcelona while another 70 have come in Argentina colours. The rivalry between the Argentinean and the Portuguese is already inked in the annals of sporting history as one of the greatest contests of all time. Messi broke a record previously shared with Ronaldo by making the Mens World Best XI for the 16th time. Tottenham transfer news: PSG could move for Spurs target to replace Messi, One-time Tottenham target Julian Araujo is now joining Barcelona instead, Luka Modric does not believe the Blaugrana legend needs the biggest trophy the game has to offer to be classed as the best player in history ahead of a certain Cristiano Ronaldo, They are going to: Guardiola says Arsenal now suddenly have a problem, {{#media.media_details}} {{#media.focal_point}}. His best stint at Barcelona arguably came underPep Guardiola, who has always spoken highly of the Argentine. However, the Argentinian master had struggled to live up to these lofty standards on the FIFA World Cup stage until an incredible showing Qatar 2022, which helped Argentina to their third world title. Just how many strikes does the Barcelona legend have to his name, though, and in which competitions did he find the net the most often? Lionel Messis 400th, 500th and 600th goals have come against Granada in 2014, Valencia in 2016 and Atltico Madrid in 2018, respectively. 350. This is also the most penalty goals Ronaldo has scored in a single season for club and country, with 16 penalties scored. But keeping that aside, culmination of sub-par tacticians and previous teams that lacked chemistry meant the PSG attacker was unable to replicate Maradonas feat. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast. Leo is not only a goalscorer but he also assists in establishing himse. Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who has represented the Argentina national football team as a forward since his debut in 2005. Forgot password? Lionel Messi won the 2022 FIFAs Best Mens Player award, The Best Awards 2022: full list of winners, The reason why Liverpools Keyrol Figueroa wouldnt represent Honduras, Javier Chicharito Hernndez uses Twitch to give an injury update, LA Galaxy name Riqui Puig as Designated Player for 2023 MLS season. Having scored 17 goals for PSG this season, he has already surpassed his total from the previous campaign. The talismanic striker beat France's Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema to clinch the laurel. While Ronaldo currently has more goals overall, Messi has the edge in the scoring department, with a higher season average (39. How many international goals has Messi scored? Lionel Messi also has an impressive goal-scoring record in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, having netted 28 times in 60 appearances. Weve crunched the numbers and found nine incredible stats about Messi following the 700 club goals he has now scored. Between200910 and201819, Messi scored over 40 club goals for 10 consecutive seasons. 5 to 35), having hit a high of 73 goals in 2011-12. Let's take a look at the remarkable tally of the Argentine's professional career. He, however, was an unused substitute as Germany knocked Argentina out through penalties in the quarter-final. Overall, he has scored five goals for Sporting CP, eight for Al Nassr, 101 for Juventus, 145 for United and 450 for Real Madrid. To be able to comment you must be registered and logged in. Lionel Messi finds himself on a date with destiny, as a World Cup final against France awaits him on Sunday. He has won almost every trophy he has competed for and scored many goals en route to doing so. Messi has scored 54 goals out of 98 in competitive internationals (55.10%). Messi has been unstoppable after that. Messi has not won a major prize with Argentina despite appearing in four World Cups and four Copa Americas. - In 76 minutes against Estonia, Messi scored one fewer goal than he managed for PSG in the entirety of the 2021-22 Ligue 1 campaign - where he scored six goals in 26 appearances (2153 minutes). 48 Caps; 15 . 3) Modena v Ascoli- over 1.5 goals. He was on the three-man shortlist alongside Messi and fellow Frenchman Karim Benzema. With his latest goal, Messi became just the second player in history to score 700 career club goals, according to IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics). During his remaining 12 seasons with Barcelona, Messi always managed to hit at least 20 goals as well as providing anarray of assists during that time. Messi has scored over 10 goals at club level for 17 consecutive seasons. Ronaldo gets one over on Messi In the strange modern-day phenomena of Ronaldo and Lionel Messi fanboys, this is another tick in the . And now, Messi has said he will not retire from Argentina duty just yet, saying he wants to "experience a few more games as a world champion". 793. Messi's only victory so far came in 2019 for his performances in 2018-19, when he scored 51 goals in 50 games (still only his sixth best goalscoring season in his career) as Barcelona won LaLiga . Lionel Messi scored all five of Argentina's goals as it beat Estonia 5-0 in an international friendly on Sunday. Read on for Lionel Messi's goal stats, or check out Kylian Mbappe goals scored at World Cup 2022. Who voted for Messi, Mbappe, Putellas in The Best FIFA Awards? Messi scored his 700th club goal for PSG inLe Classique againstMarseille to secure an emphatic 3-0 win for his side. This page contains information about a player's detailed stats. He is the all-time top scorer in Olympic football with 16 goals. Will Mbappe and Messi be fit to face Bayern Munich? Neither could stop Messi . Lionel Messi reached his 700th career goal with an audacious 'Panenka' penalty against Atletico Madrid in La Liga on Wednesday as Barcelona drew 2-2. Lionel Messi leads the list for most free-kick goals by active footballers. Messis strike took his career tally to 773 goals for club and country - 672 for Barcelona, 86 for Argentina and 15 at PSG - taking the 35-year-old past Romrio and into the top three top scorers in football history. The former Barcelona megastar retired in 2016 following Argentina's defeat to Chile in the Copa America final, but returned soon after to play for his beloved Argentina again. News . Messis greatest-ever goalscoring year came in 2012 when he was able to score 91 goals across the calendar year. His best record came in 2011-12, when Messi scored 73 goals in 60 games for Barcelona. Mbappe scored a hat-trick on that day in Doha, and Benzema produced astounding 44 goals during the 2021-22 campaign, a feat which delivered him the Ballon d'Or in October. Albiceleste star's full World Cup, Copa America and international friendly record. In Ligue 1, Messi provided 14 assists in the 2021-22 season, an average of 0.54 per game. Lionel Messi and Barcelona, name a more iconic duo: well wait. The Vienna-born striker is considered one of the best forwards of all time and was included in the FIFA list of the 50 best players of the 20th century. GOAL. Messi has scored 98 goals in 172 matches for Argentina. WHAT A GOAL!#LOSCPSG 0-2pic.twitter.com/LgHTarPT8s. In the career span of almost 20 years, Lionel Messi has attained many records, and the list keeps getting bigger. Lionel Messi won the 2022 FIFAs Best Mens Player award, besting PSG teammate Kylian Mbapp just months after he and the Argentina team beat France in the World Cup. And as you know, the elusive trophy remains the only piece of silverware he is yet to tick off his footballing bucket list. The figure is a little low for his number of appearances (19, 17 starts), at least by the usual standards he has become accustomed to in his club . In the 2022 calendar year, Messi won four different trophies: Ligue1 and the Super Cup with PSG, and the Finalissma and World Cup with Argentina. The 34-year-old was the creative maestro at Wembley, setting up two of Argentina's three goals, but he turned goal scorer against Estonia to move onto 86 international goals in his 162nd match. After scoring 73 goals in a season many critics gave Messi the tag of one season wonder. [1] In a June 2022 friendly against Estonia, Messi scored five goals in a match for Argentina for the first time. Then the title of the greatest scorer of all time will be a straight contest between Messi, 35, and Ronaldo, 37. Unlike Diego Maradona, who won the World Cup in 1986 and for that very reason alone, many fans across the globe still believe he is greater than Messi. Although both are entering the final stretch of their careers, they continue to deliver. PSG star reaches 700 career club goals, plus ALL his records. On June 15, 2021, Lionel Messi's 33rd minute free-kick against Chile in a 1-1 draw at the Copa America 2021 took the Argentine ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the list for . After reaching the milestone of 200 goals in 2011 with a strike against Real Madrid, the wide forward had taken just one year to reach his next milestone (300 goals), when he scored against La Liga opponent Rayo Vallecano in 2012. - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 815 goals, - Josef Bican (Austria/Czechoslovakia): 805 goals. Where has Ronaldo scored his 827 goals? Lionel Messi has scored 76 goals for Argentina in 149 games. Records are meant to be broken, but that is likely to stand the test of time. Prior to the World Cup, Messi has scored 695 goals in 831 games in club football across all competitions. Lionel Messi's prolific goalscoring record transcended to the international stage as well. Messi's strike . With his maiden goal at the global showpiece, Lionel Messi, then 18 years and 357 days old, became Argentinas youngest scorer at the FIFA World Cup. After the 2010 campaign, Lionel Messi had a lot to prove by the time the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil rolled in. Of course, the "Best Fifa Football Awards . Marcus Rashford has scored 24 goals in all competitions for Manchester United so far this season. In the 88th minute, Messi got on the scoresheet after latching onto a Carlos Tevez pass and beating the opposition goalkeeper at the near post to complete a 6-0 drubbing. TOTAL. Lionel Messi will go down for many as the greatest of all time and his latest record of 700 club career goals further cements his GOAT legacy. he scored 1,282 goals in . highest goal scorers in international football. In the end, this time, Messi had 52 total points, Mbapp had 44, and Benzem had 34. Adding up all the records that Lionel Messi has accumulated throughout his career, he reaches a total of 790 goals in 1001 games played. 102 Goals. Lionel Messi, with four goals and one assist in seven matches, almost single-handedly dragged Argentina to the final but eventually, Messi and Co. fell short after Germany, again, beat them 1-0 in the final. Messi omitted from Ballon dOr nominees for first time since 2005, The reason why Liverpools Keyrol Figueroa wouldnt represent Honduras, Javier Chicharito Hernndez uses Twitch to give an injury update, LA Galaxy name Riqui Puig as Designated Player for 2023 MLS season. 4) Bari v Venezia- over 1.5 goals. The stats put Leo Messis scoring rate at football World Cups at 0.50 goals per game. . You should expect us in your inbox every Friday. AP. Heres a look at the Argentinian icons goals at the FIFA World Cup. Lionel Messi reached his 700th career goal with an audacious Panenka penalty against Atletico Madrid in La Liga on Wednesday as Barcelona drew 2-2. Lionel Messi is easily the greatest player to have ever put on a Barcelona shirt. Overall, Messi has scored 699 goals so far and the historic 700 club goal is just a matter of time. has now scored 12 league goals this season and set up 12 more, and Christophe Galtier's side did not miss the absent Neymar. Activate your account. For the national team, it all started with a tumultuous debut appearance against Hungary in 2005, with Messi receiving a red card barely a minute after coming off the bench. Since then the goals have been coming thick and fast. He had more goal contributions . For a player of the veterans standing in the game, that was an admittedly measly figure. The 35-year-olds majestic dribbling, unrivalled eye for a pass and penchant for scoring a ridiculous tally of goals made him the complete attacker. As Argentina and France prepare to battle it out for the World Cup on Sunday, many have questioned how many goals has Messi scored in his career? Even when he played with France when they won the World Cup in 2018, Mbapp came in fourth in voting. With his goal against Nigeria in the 2018 edition, Messi, interestingly, became the first player in history to score in the FIFA World Cup in his teens, twenties and thirties. Lionel Messi is not just one of the best creators of chances around in the game, but he is lethal in front of goal himself as well. Messis five most common clubs to score against have been Sevilla,Atletico Madrid,Valencia, Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid. Mbappe scored both his goals at the Velodrome from Lionel Messi assists and in between he set up the Argentine for PSG's other . Argentina coach Jose Pekerman handed Lionel Messi his first FIFA World Cup start in a 0-0 draw against the Netherlands and the teenager also made a substitute appearance as Argentina beat Mexico 2-1 in the round of 16. Leo Messi's assist to allow @KMbappe to score the fastest goal in Paris Saint-Germain history La #PasseD, presented by https://t.co/rNcjd8Rmuc#LOSCPSG pic.twitter.com/SLWPLx6zzq. Forgot password? This is the goal statistic of FC Paris Saint-Germain player Lionel Messi, which gives a detailed view on the goals the player has scored. His next highest total was 12 goals in just five matches back in 2012. 1003. Cristiano Ronaldo International Stats. Lionel Messi is bang on form at World Cup 2022 and will hope to add to his tally in the World Cup final. Though it took the teenager a bit more experience and time to become a regular in the Barcelona first eleven, he scored his 100th goal four years later against Dynamo Kyiv in the 2009-10 UEFA Champions League campaign. How many goals has Lionel Messi scored for Argentina? Lionel Messi scored all five of Argentina's goals as it beat Estonia 5-0 in an international friendly on Sunday. The "Detailed stats" tab shows a player's total appearances, goals, cards and cumulative minutes of play for each competition, and indicates the season in which it occurred. If anything, it is surprising Messi has not helped himself to more but his current remit is to provide for Mbapp, who scored a hat-trick against Lille. His most recent goal came against Ecuador on July 3, 2021, in a 3-0 Copa America win. Since then, Messi has scored 98 goals in 172 international appearances, [1] making him the country's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Gabriel Batistuta 's record of 54 goals with a free kick . Only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more club goals than the Argentine. Having averaged 50 goals a calendar year for club and country for the most part of his career, Lionel Messi had his most prolific form under Pep Guardiolas management in the 2011-12 season. International; On social networks . The 35-year-old on Sunday come onto the field to give PSG an edge over Marseille, and in the 29th minute of the game through a Kylian Mbappe assist, Messi not only doubled the lead of PSG but also scored the 700th club goal of his illustrious career. TRY A QUIZ:Can you name every club Lionel Messi has scored against in the UCL? It is the second time that Messi has won the award inaugurated by FIFA in 2016 after the football's world governing body split from Ballon d'Or organizers . Last season his average was 0.45 goals per game, he scored 15 goals in 33 club matches. Having reached the milestone, the Barcelona captain is the only active player alongside Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo and the seventh footballer ever to become a member of the elite 700 club. He had 54 goal contributions in 2022, with 25 goals scored and 29 assists over 47 games. Log in #30 Lionel Messi. Check out our World Cup hub for all the latest from Qatar 2022, including match previews, predictions and analysis. By scoring two goals against Switzerland, the Manchester United star has extended his goal tally to 117 international goals. With over 750 senior goals for club and country, Lionel Messis credentials as one of the greatest goal scorers in football history are beyond any doubt. Between 2009-10 and 2018-19, Messi scored over 40 club goals for 10 consecutive seasons. Messis PSG teammate and World Cup final opponent Kylian Mbapp was looking to get his first FIFA Best Player award this year. In the club he scored 18 goals ( Champions League, Ligue 1, FA Cup, Friendlies). Throughout his club career, Messi has averaged a goal every 98 minutes. Ronaldo, with seven Man of the Match awards, after Portugal's 3-2 win over Ghana, also went past Messi, who has six trophies. Try 12 issues for 1 today - never miss an issue. Copyright: ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Messi managed to score 700 club goals in 103 fewer matches than it tookCristiano Ronaldo to achieve the same tally. He is the third-highest goalscorer in the history of international football. 19. Argentina made it to the quarters again before being ousted by Germany but Messi, despite contributing heavily to the team throughout, remained goalless in his five matches. Before Messi, Gabriel Batistuta (10 goals from 12 matches) was Argentinas most prolific scorer at FIFA World Cups. [8][9] Nonetheless, he received the Best Player award and accepted it for his performances in the 2021 tournament. [6] He has scored eight international hat-tricks, and has netted twice in a match on ten occasions. 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