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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]
Ten of these players scored at least seven goals in a tournament, while Brazil's Jairzinho in 1970 and Argentina's Lionel Messi in 2022 were the only footballers to record at least seven goals but still not finish as the tournament's top scorer. These 31 top goalscorers played for 20 different nations, with the most (five) coming from Brazil.
His World Cup celebration post from 18 December 2022 is the most liked post on Instagram with over 75 million likes. [317] On 20 March 2023, during a return to Buenos Aires following his World Cup victory, Messi was mobbed by hundreds of adoring fans when he and his family were out to dinner.
All of the worlds biggest football stars dominate the pitch during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, including Argentinas Lionel Messi. Heres all the goals he scored this tournament.
Most Man of the Match awards won in a single FIFA World Cup: 5 in 2022; Only player to score in his teens, his twenties and his thirties in the history of the World Cup [324] Most assists provided at the FIFA World Cup: 8 (1 in 2006, 1 in 2010, 1 in 2014, 2 in 2018, 3 in 2022) [325] [z]
Messi fired his penalty over Livakovic’s outstretched arm and rose onto yet another page of Argentina’s record books. His fifth goal of this tournament was the 11th of his World Cup career ...
As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2]
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.