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He has scored 17 international goals at the Estadio Monumental, his most in a single stadium. [1] In 2022, Messi broke the record for the most international goals scored in a calendar year for Argentina, with eighteen. [11] Messi has scored 34 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him the highest scorer of the qualification in CONMEBOL. [12]
Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 129 to his name. [177] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl , in November 2014. [ 178 ]
As the competition's top scorer for the third consecutive year, with 12 goals, Messi gave a man-of-the-match performance at Wembley Stadium on 28 May, scoring the match-winning goal of Barça's 3–1 victory. [87] [88] Barcelona won a third consecutive La Liga title. In addition to his 31 goals, Messi was also the league's top assist provider ...
The players that came closest to this tally were Kocsis in 1954 (eleven goals), Müller in 1970 (ten goals), and Portugal's Eusébio in 1966 (nine goals). The top scorers with the fewest goals were from the 1962 tournament, when six players finished joint-top with just four goals each. Across the 22 tournaments of the World Cup, 31 footballers ...
Lionel Messi scored twice in Argentina’s Copa America win over Bolivia to move into the top 10 men’s international goalscorers.The 34-year-old’s achievement follows his long-time rival ...
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Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022.
Most goals scored at the FIFA World Cup: 13 – Lionel Messi [11] Most goals scored at one FIFA World Cup: 8 – Guillermo Stabile in 1930; Most hat-tricks scored at the FIFA World Cup: 2 – Gabriel Batistuta; Most goals scored in FIFA World Cup finals: 2 – Mario Kempes in 1978 and Lionel Messi in 2022