We reflect on his impressive record collection. The Ballon d'Or was presented to the player who had been voted to have performed the best over the previous year, and was established by French journalist Gabriel Hanot. Argentina. Eight years later, he has almost triple the amount: 634 and counting. Staggering. He also did it in the 2017/18 league campaign (34 goals and 12 assists, matched in goals with Luis Surez and in assists with Pablo Fornals, from Villarreal) and in the 2019/29 league season (25 goals and 21 assists). Ronaldo is joint-second on 18 goals (in 30 games,) alongside fellow Madrid great Alfredo Di Stefano. He has won87. Player with most matches played in the league. Player with the most direct free-kicks scored in LaLiga. Which teams bring out the best in Barcelona forward Lionel Messi? He reached the figure on November 1, 2011, when he was 24 years old. In 2020, Messi became the first footballer to win the award. The best goal of the Champions League according to fans: Best goal in the group stage of Champions League: Best goal in the quarter-final stage of Champions League: Best goal in the semi-final stage of Champions League: UEFA Champions League Player Rater Team of the Week: MD1/201011, IFFHS Team of The CONMEBOL Copa Amrica: 2021, Best Athlete in Latin America and the Caribbean: 2014, International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Male Athlete of the Year: 2022, Most FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player Awards: 7 (20092012, 2015, 2019, 2022), Most Ballons d'Or: 7 (20092012, 2015, 2019, 2021), Most consecutive Ballons d'Or: 4 (20092012), Youngest two-time, three-time, four-time, five-time, six-time and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner: aged 23, 24, 25, 28, 32 and 34 years old, Largest gap between first and last Ballon d'Or awards: 10 years (2009, 2019), First player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player Award in three different decades: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, First player to win the Ballon d'Or in three different decades: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Most official goals for a single club: 672, for Barcelona, Most recorded assists for a single club: 268, for Barcelona, Most trophies won with a single club: 35, with Barcelona, Most goals in a calendar year (including club friendlies): 96 in 2012, Most goals in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 in 2012, Most goals scored in a domestic league: 474, in La Liga, Most assists provided in a domestic league: 192, in La Liga, Most goals scored in a domestic league in a single season: 50 in 201112, Most assists provided in a domestic league in a single season: 21 in 201920, Most goals and assists in finals: 33 and 14, respectively, Longest goalscoring run in a domestic league: 21 matches, 33 goals in, Only player to have won more than one FIFA World Cup, Oldest player to win FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: aged 35 years and 178 days, in, Only player to score 40+ goals in 12 consecutive seasons, Only player to score 30+ goals in 13 consecutive seasons, Only player to score in seven different official competitions in a single calendar year: 2015, in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, Copa Amrica, UEFA Super Cup, Supercopa de Espaa and FIFA Club World Cup (completed on 20 December 2015), Only player to score in six different club competitions in a calendar year twice: 2011 and 2015, Only player to score and assist in six different club competitions in a calendar year: 2011, Only player to score 60+ goals in all competitions in 2 consecutive seasons: 201112 and, First player to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league: 201213, Most (official) assists provided in football history: 352, Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup finals: 26 (3 in 2006, 5 in 2010, 7 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 7 in 2022), Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup finals as captain: 19 (1 in 2010, 7 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 7 in 2022), Most minutes played at the FIFA World Cup finals: 2,314, Most FIFA World Cup matches scored in: 11. March 22, 2021 sees him with 48 (41 hat-tricks, 6 four-goal hauls and one five-goal game). Messi has scored thirteen times in FIFA World Cup tournaments, [1] a record for Argentina; [11] Messi netted once in 2006, four in 2014, when he guided his team to the final, being awarded the Golden Ball for best player, [12] once in 2018 and another seven in 2022, when he captained Argentina to their third World Cup Trophy, scoring twice in the Messi's untouchable form in 2012 also saw him set a record as the man with most goals in single calendar year by scoring 91 times: 79 for Barca, 12 for Argentina.. However, since making his senior debut in 2004, Messi has accumulated a truly vast number of honours and individual records. Longest scoring streak in La Liga. 1. MORE: Messi vs. Ronaldo at World Cup: Goals, stats, records Argentina records held by Messi. Youngest player to score 200 goals in official matches. He scored 73 official goals in 2011/12 (50 in the league, 14 in the Champions League, 3 in the Cup, 3 in the Spanish Super Cup, 1 in the European Super Cup and 2 in the Club World Cup) and 2 more in friendly matches. Messi is also the top. What can the Major League Soccer do expand? He also is the most frequent . Awards ceremonies to crown the best player of the world have been organized annually since 1955, when the inaugural Ballon d'Or awarding took place. 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. Scored 24 away goals in the 2012/13 league season. The Argentine arrived in Barcelona on September 17, 2000. | Man Utd. Messi holds many individual records, befitting his status as one of the greatest of all time. Messi European Records Most league goals in history across Europe's top 5 leagues: 447 league goals Most European Golden Shoe awards: 6 Fastest player to reach 100 UEFA Champions League goals (123 games) Most league goals for a single club in Europe's top 5 leagues 447 goals Most official goals for a single club in Europe's top 5 leagues 640 goals As of November 26. Oldest player to win FIFA's Player of the Year award: Only player to win FIFA's Player of the Year award in. Player with most wins in official competition. Naturally, he scored one of the goals in the 2-1 win en route to lifting the trophy. He did it in 2009/10, 2011/12, 212/13, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. Argentina captain Lionel Messi broke no fewer than 10 FIFA World Cup records as he led his nation to a famous win at Qatar 2022. Can Barca overcome on-field fatigue, off-field chaos to beat Real Madrid in Copa del Rey? Top scorer in official competitions. | View Non-AMP Version. Scored 28 goals in the second half of the 2011/12 league season. Fontaine scored 13 goals in just six matches for France at the 1958 World Cup In Summary He is joint-fourth on the all-time World Cup goalscorers list alongside Argentina's Lionel Messi. And, even at the age of 35, he's still closing in on an array of significant landmark achievements. The official licensed stores are operated by 3rd party commercial partners appointed under license by UEFA. Most goals scored in the Champions League quarter-finals: Most goals scored in the Champions League semi-finals: Most goals scored against a single opponent in the Champions League: Most consecutive Champions League games scored in: Most consecutive Champions League away games scored in: Most knockout stage goals for a single club: Fewest games needed to score 100 Champions League goals for a single club: Most main competition Champions League appearances in history: Only player to win the European Golden Shoe in 2 different leagues: Most times included in the UEFA Team of the Year: Only player to win the top scorer award in 3 of Europe's Top 5 Leagues: All time top International scorer for a European country: All time most caps for a European country: Most goals in UEFA European Championships and World Cups: Most goals scored in UEFA European Championship finals tournaments: Most assists (Opta) in UEFA European Championship finals tournaments: Most appeareances in UEFA European Championship finals tournaments: Most match wins at UEFA European Championship finals tournaments: Most official Man of the Match awards at UEFA European Championship finals tournaments: Oldest player to score a brace at UEFA European Championship finals: Most goals scored in UEFA European Championship qualifiers: Most goals scored in European World Cup qualifying matches: Most headed goals in Europe's Top 5 Leagues: Most penalties scored in La Liga history: The best goals to games ratio in La Liga history (of players with 100+ appearances): Most consecutive Serie A games scored in, in a single season: All time top scorer for Real Madrid in all official competitions: All time top scorer for Real Madrid in La Liga: All time top scorer for Real Madrid in the Champions League: Most hat-tricks scored for Real Madrid in La Liga: Fastest hat-trick for Real Madrid in the Champions League: Most goals scored in a single season for Real Madrid in all competitions: Most goals scored in a single season for Real Madrid in La Liga: Most consecutive La Liga game weeks scored in for Real Madrid: Most consecutive La Liga games scored in for Real Madrid: Most goals scored for Real Madrid in El Clsico matches: Most goals in a single Premier League season for Manchester United: Highest transfer fee paid for a Manchester United player: Oldest player to score a hat-trick for Manchester United in the Premier League: Most goals in a single season for Juventus in all competitions: Fewest games needed to score 10 goals for Juventus in all competitions: Fewest games needed to score 50 goals for Juventus in Serie A: Fewest games needed to score 100 goals for Juventus: Most goals in competitive games for Portugal: Most goals in major tournaments for Portugal (WC/Euros): Most goals in tournaments for Portugal (WC,Euros,UNL,Confed Cup): All time most hat-tricks for Portugal in competitive games: Most matches played for Portugal in World Cup finals tournaments: Most Man of the Match awards for Portugal at Word Cup finals tournaments: Youngest player to score for Portugal at a World Cup: Youngest player to reach 100 caps for Portugal. Despite both players being closer to 40 years of age than they are to 30, expect them to keep writing records for a while yet. Messi played sensationally throughout the tournament, setting four other Guinness World Records titles in the process: Most Man of the Match awards won at the FIFA World Cup: 11 First person to assist at five different FIFA World Cups Most FIFA World Cup appearances as captain: 19 Most appearances in FIFA World Cup tournaments by a player (male): 5 As of 23 December 2022 ", "11 LeyendAS: el mejor Once de la historia del ftbol", "IFFHS All-Time South America Men's Dream Team", "IFFHS All-Time Argentina Men's Dream Team", "IFFHS MAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020", "Kimmich gehrt zum ESM-Team der Saison 2018/19", "ESM reveal Team of the Year for 2019/20", "Barcelona players dominate the L'Equipe Team of Year 2011", "Alba, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi in L'Equipe team of the year", "L'equipe announces its Team of the Year", "Jordi Alba named in L'quipe's team of the year", "Three Real Madrid players in L'Equipe's team of the year", "Four Real Madrid players in L'Equipe's team of 2016", "Four madridistas in L'Equipe's best XI of the year", "Real Madrid, France dominate L'quipe's 2018 team of the year", "Messi In, Ronaldo Out: L'Equipe Name Its Team of the of the Year 2022", "2000s: The Decade in Sports; All-Decade Team: Soccer", "The Liga BBVA 201516 Team of the Season", "Messi wins the Laureus award for 'Best Sportsman of the Year', "Lionel Messi lu "Champion des champions 2011" par le journal L'Equipe", "Lionel Messi et Kylian Mbapp sacrs champions des champions monde et France par L'quipe", "Messi named Best International Men's Player at ESPY Awards", "Ibargen and Messi: Best Latin American Athletes in 2014", "Lionel Messi, Champion for Peace of the Year I Peace and Sport Awards 2020", "Lionel Messi named BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year", "Alexia Putellas and Lionel Messi elected as 2022 AIPS Athletes of the Year: As voted by 113 countries", "Stellar Messi hails 'incredible' Barcelona", "Player Rater Top Player Lionel Messi", "Lionel Messi man of the match in 2015 UEFA Super Cup", "THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYMAKER 2016: Lionel Messi", "THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYMAKER 2017: ONE MORE FOR LIONEL MESSI", "THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYMAKER: LIONEL MESSI (ARGENTINA/FC BARCELONA)", "IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - MEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYMAKER", "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020: LIONEL MESSI", "IFFHS ALL TIME RANKING OF THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYMAKER - (SINCE 2006)", "Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year 2006 nominees", "Andy Murray named Eurosport's UK Star of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo takes global prize", "Leo Messi, FC Barcelona's historic record breaker", "Ballon d'Or: Lionel Messi wins award as best player in world football for seventh time", "Barcelona star Lionel Messi sets new goal-scoring record", "Lionel Messi breaks Pel's record for goals at a single club", "Barcelona's Lionel Messi becomes most decorated player in history after winning unprecedented fourth straight Ballon d'Or", "Lionel Messi: The Goal That Started the Barcelona Legend", "Messi 'breaks record' by scoring in 17th consecutive La Liga game", "Messi makes history with second Golden Ball after Argentina win remarkable World Cup final", "Lionel Messi: The ridiculous records and silly statistics of obviously the greatest player ever", "Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award", "Leo Messi breaks 40 goal mark for the 10th consecutive season", "Lionel Messi hits 30 goals for 13th consecutive season", "Only Player To Score 60+ Goals In Two Consecutive Seasons", "Messi scores against every team in La Liga consecutively", "Lionel Messi And Ronaldo Locked In Battle To Become World's All-Time Leading Scorer", "Messi breaks record after winning World Cup with Argentina", "Messi First Player To Score World Cup Goal As Teenager, In His 20s And In His 30s", "Most assists in FIFA World Cup - Pele leads the charts", "Messi, Ronaldo bow out in dramatic knockout openers -", "Messi overtook Maradona's World Cup dribbling record", "5 players with most goal contributions in FIFA World Cup history", "Messi will play on for Argentina after WC glory", "Messi shines against Ecuador - Leads chart for most goal contributions in knockout stages of major international tournaments", "Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo: International careers compared by fan's viral tweet", "How many trophies has Lionel Messi won with Argentina? 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). He has 35 since 2002. UEFA Champions League - Lionel Messi: What records does he hold? Shop now at Bara's Official Store Camp Nou, All the official information of the FC Barcelona Supporters' Clubs. UEFA.com investigates. The ex-captain of the Equatorial Guinea national team, Juvenal Edjogo, has claimed his votes for the 2013 Ballon d'Or were changed. This is the most for any player in the Spanish top flight. Leo Messi scored 14 goals in the 2011/12 Champions League. Last season's was his seventh -one more than Telmo Zarra. He is presently joint-top on the list, together with Germany's. However, he has a pretty huge catalogue of other records that will surely boggle your mind. - He has scored a total of 48 hat-tricks at . Player who has scored against most teams in LaLiga. Argentine forward Lionel Messi has made 24 appearances in the FIFA World Cup spread across five editions and scored 10 times for the Albicelestes. As of May 27, 2021, he has played 520 since his official debut in October 2004. He scored 25 goals in 2012 (13 in the Champions League and 12 with the Argentine national team), and shares the record with Vivian John Woodward, who scored 25 in 1909. He was also a regular for the Spanish club when they won the trophy in 2006 but was not part of their squad for the final. Youngest player to play for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: Youngest player to score for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: aged 18 years and 357 days, against. Since then almost every record available has fallen. He also has the most international goals by a South American male (98). Messi's club records. Only player to provide at least one assist in five and six different Copa Amrica tournaments: Most assists in CONMEBOL qualification matches for the World Cup: 10, Most goals scored by a substitute in a Copa Amrica match: 3, against, Most Man of the Match awards won in Copa Amrica matches: 14 (2 in 2011, 4 in 2015, 3 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 4 in 2021), Most Copa Amrica Best Player awards: 2 (2015 and 2021), Most Best Player in La Liga awards: 6 (20092013, 2015), Most Best Forward in La Liga awards: 7 (20092013, 20152016), Top assist provider in La Liga: 192 assists, Most Supercopa de Espaa finals scored in: 7, Most goals scored in a La Liga season: 50 in, Most hat-tricks scored in a La Liga season: 8 in 201112, Most teams scored against in a season: 19 in, Most La Liga appearances by a foreign player: 520 matches, Only player to score consecutively against all opposition teams in La Liga: 19 matches, 30 goals in 201213, Most league home goals in a season (38 matches, 19 home matches): 35 in 201112, Most league away goals in a season (38 matches, 19 away matches): 24 in 201213, Most league matches scored in a season (38 games): 27 in 201213, Most league home matches scored in a season (38 games): 16 in 201112, Most league away matches scored in a season (38 games): 15 in 201213, Most different opponents scored against in La Liga history: 38, Most consecutive away league matches scored in: 13 (20 goals from matchday 8 to matchday 33 in 201213), Only player to be top goalscorer and top assist provider in the same season: 201819 and 201920, First player to score in 15, 16 and 17 consecutive seasons, Only player to score 20+ goals in 10, 11, 12 and 13 consecutive seasons, Only player to score 30+ goals in 7 different seasons, Only player to score 10+ goals in 13, 14 and 15 consecutive seasons (from 200607 to 202021), First player to reach 150 La Liga assists, Youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga: aged 25 years and 7 months, Most La Liga titles won by a non-Spanish individual: 10 (all with, Most appearances in a Copa del Rey final: 10 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021), Most Copa del Rey finals scored in: 7 (2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021), Most assists provided in Copa del Rey finals: 6 (1 in 2009, 2 in 2016, 1 in 2017, 2 in 2018), Most dribbles completed in a La Liga match: 15, against, Most dribbles completed in a Copa Del Rey match: 23, against, Most goals scored from direct free kicks in La Liga: 39, Most goals scored in La Liga in a calendar year: 59 goals in 2012, Top goalscorer for Argentina in a calendar year: 18 goals in 2022, Only Argentina player to score against every CONMEBOL nation. 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. While Ronaldo remains the Champions League's all-time top scorer with 140 goals, Messi still jointly holds the record for most hat tricks scored in the competition (eight, level with Ronaldo). Only player in history to score 40+ club goals in 8 consecutive seasons; Most FIFA Ballon d'Or awards: 5 (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo) Longest scoring streak in the league. He has scored against 38 different opponents in the Spanish top-flight, surpassing the record of 35 held by Ral Gonzlez and Aritz Aduriz. 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. 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. 329m goal: Felix the only men's contender for Chelsea's Goal of the Month, LIVE Transfer Talk: Gvardiol, Bellingham named Real Madrid's top transfer targets. He has won six. Messi has become the first player with 20 direct goal contributions in World Cups since records began in 1966. On January 30, 2020, he passed the 500 wins mark with Bara.. Ad. 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. As of March 18, he has 661 goals, surpassing the 643 that Pel scored with Santos between 1956 and 1974. He also holds the record for most total goals scored by any player in LaLiga (474) as well as the most goals scored in a single LaLiga season (50) after reaching a half-century in 2011-12. The maximum number of matches potentially remaining in PSG's schedule this season won't get him there, but he could reach it during the early part of the 2023-24 campaign. - Messi managed to score 700 club goals in 103 fewer matches than it took Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve the same tally. On November 22, 2014, Messi overtook Telmo Zarra (Athletic Club, 1940-55) as the league's top goalscorer. He scored 73 goals in 2011/12 (50 in the league, 14 in the Champions League, 3 in the Copa del Rey, 3 in the Spanish Super Cup, 1 in the European Super Cup and 2 in the Club World Cup), All-time top scorer in a calendar year. Argentina. 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. Messi is close to his half-century of goals at the business end of Europe's top club competition, with only one man ahead of him: Ronaldo holds the record with 67 goals in 80 games between the round of 16 and the final. Some 37 teams have conceded goals to Messi in league competition over the course of his career. On March 7, 2012, Messi scored five times for Bara in a single game. They came in the 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Sign up for ESPN+, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 (all times ET) The 27 year old player have scored total 243 goals in Liga BBVA. After the defeat to Saudi Arabia, the 35-year-old . 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). Teaching Bara values to boys and girls. He . [122] Ronaldo opened a gap in the 201516 season when he became the first player to score double figures in the group stage of the Champions League, setting the record at 11 goals.[123]. One all-time mark that Messi looks certain to break - barring injury or suspension - is Argentina's record for appearances in World Cup games. 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). 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Messi has made 19 World Cup appearances across the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 tournaments. And, most important of all, he has won the most titles in the clubs 121-year history. Player with most hat-tricks, four-goal and five-goal contributions in official competition. Here we take a look at his trophy haul, his career stats and the impressive array of records he already holds, as well as a comprehensive rundown of the major career milestones he has in his sights with regular updates as he nears each of them. He scored 33 goals in 21 consecutive matches from matchday 11 to 34 in the 2012/13 league season. Top scorer in the Spanish League. Player with most wins in the Spanish league. He scored 25 goals in 2012 (13 in the Champions League and 12 with the Argentine national team), and shares the record with Vivian John Woodward, who scored 25 in 1909. 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