Lionel Messi The seventh will begin this Thursday America Cup of his career. The captain of the argentine national teamone of the footballers with the most titles with this shirt, is a machine for managing records and just short of fulfilling the 37 years He pursues the dream of engraving his name in the history of different brands.
Although one of the best-known bids has him fighting with Cristiano Ronaldo for being him top scorer in history at national team levelthe Flea You must first get a little more to reach the Iranian Ali Daei, who between 1993 and 2006 converted 109 times. Although in this case a clarification must be made: that figure is the one officially recognized by FIFA although it has been under discussion for some time by Daei himself, who claims two other scores that are not in the legal records (they were against Afghanistan for the 2002 Asian Games).
Regardless of this record, the distance with CR7 In this section it is 22 goals for the 39-year-old goalscorer who on Saturday will face Türkiye for the second date of the Euro Cup and on Wednesday, June 26, Group H will close against Georgia with the possibility of continuing to increase their statistics.
But of course it is not the only number that Messi can add to this Copa América after having been champion once (2021), runner-up three times (2007, 2015, 2016), third on another occasion (2019) and leaving in the quarterfinals. final (2011) in its worst record in the highest continental competition.
The Rosario is currently the sixth player with the most national team appearances, 14 more games away from finishing second and 26 behind the leader Cristiano Ronaldo. He is also in the race to be the athlete with the most wins in the national teams: needs 17 more successes to level what Sergio Ramos did in Spain.
Although you barely set foot in the Mercedes Benz Stadium of Atalanta to face Canada in the debut of Group A will already become the player with the most matches in the history of the Copa América alone (today he shares the top with the Chilean Sergio Livingstone)the number to break that appears on your horizon is the scoring record of the Brazilian Zizinho and the Argentine Norberto Tucho Mendezthe top scorers of this contest with 17 screams each: Messi will equal them if he scores four.
THE TABLE OF TOP GOAL SCORES IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
1- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 130 goals in 208 games *
2- Ali Daei (Iran): 109 goals in 149 games
3- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 108 goals in 182 games *
4- Sunil Chhetri (India): 94 goals in 151 games
5- Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia): 89 goals in 142 games
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THE MOST MATCHES IN NATIONAL TEAMS
1- Cristiano Ronaldo (208 appearances for Portugal) *
2- Bader Al-Mutawa (196 – Kuwait) *
3- Soh Chin Ann (195 – Malaysia)
4- Ahmed Hasan (184 – Egypt)
5- Ahmed Mubarak Kano (183 – Oman)
6- Lionel Messi (182 – Argentina) *
7- Andrés Guardado (180 – Mexico) *
8- Sergio Ramos (180 – Spain) *
9- Luka Modric (177 – Croatia) *
10- Claudio Suárez (177 – Mexico)
eleven- Gianluigi Buffon (176 – Italy)
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THE MOST MATCHES IN THE AMERICAN CUP
1- Lionel Messi (34 matches – Argentina) *
2- Sergio Livingstone (34 games – Chile)
3- Zizinho (33 games – Brazil)
4- Víctor Ugarte (30 games – Bolivia)
5- Yoshimar Yotún (27 matches – Peru) *
6- Gary Medel (27 games – Chile) *
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THE MOST GOALS IN THE AMERICAN CUP
1- Norberto Méndez (Argentina): 17 goals in three tournaments between 1945 and 1947
1- Zizinho (Brazil): 17 goals in six tournaments between 1942 and 1957
3- Teodoro Fernández (Peru): 15 goals in seven tournaments between 1935 and 1947
3- Severino Varela (Uruguay): 15 goals in three tournaments between 1937 and 1942
5- Paolo Guerrero (Peru): 14 goals in five tournaments between 2007 and 2019 *
5- Eduardo Vargas (Chile): 14 goals in four tournaments between 2015 and 2021 *
7- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 13 goals in six tournaments between 2007 and 2021 *
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THE MOST TRIUMPHS IN NATIONAL TEAMS
1- Sergio Ramos (Spain): 131 wins in 180 games *
2- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 127 wins in 208 games *
3- Iker Casillas (Spain): 121 wins in 167 games
4- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 114 wins in 182 games *
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THE MOST TITLES IN NATIONAL TEAMS
1- Dani Alves (Brazil): 7
2- Dida (Brazil): 6
3- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 5*
4- Ángel Di María (Argentina): 5*
5- Andrés Iniesta (Spain): 5*
6- Cafu (Brazil): 5
7- Roberto Carlos (Brazil): 5
8- Iker Casillas (Spain): 5
9- Hossam Hassan (Egypt): 5
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THE MOST PROFESSIONAL MATCHES
1- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 1227 matches*
2- Rogerio Ceni (Brazil): 1225 matches
3- Peter Shilton (England): 1217 matches
4- Fábio (Brazil): 1183 matches*
5- Roberto Carlos (Brazil): 1090 matches
6- Gianluigi Buffon (Italy): 1070 matches
7- Ray Clemence (England): 1069 matches
8- Javier Zanetti (Argentina): 1067 matches
9- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 1063 games
TOP GOAL SCORES IN THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL TEAM
1- Lionel Messi: 108*
2- Gabriel Batistuta: 54
3- Sergio Aguero: 42
4- Hernan Crespo: 35
5- Diego Maradona: 32
6- Gonzalo Higuain 31
7- Ángel Di María: 30*
8- Luis Artime: 24
9- Lautaro Martínez: 24*
MORE PRESENCES WITH THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL TEAM
1– Lionel Messi: 182 games *
2- Javier Mascherano: 147 games
3- Javier Zanetti: 143 games
4- Ángel Di María: 141 matches *
5- Roberto Ayala: 114 games
6- Diego Simeone: 104 games
* They are active
Source: IFFHS
