Mexico City. / 06/23/2024 13:48:01
record collector, Lionel Messi celebrates his thirty-seventh birthday on Monday ready to add more records in the Copa America 2024, what it has already become, in front of Canada, He is the player who has played the most games (35) and has his compatriot’s goal-scoring milestone within reach. Tucho Mendez and the Brazilian Zizinho, the top historical scorers, with 17 goals.
37 years and 37 records:
Player with the most official titles in history (44).
Player with the most Golden Balls (8).
Player with the most Golden Boots (6).
Guinness Record for goalscorers in a calendar year (91 goals in 2012).
Most games played with the Albiceleste and with a South American team (183). The match against is not included Brazil (5/9/21), suspended after 5 minutes and canceled by FIFA
Most goals scored with Argentina and with a South American team (108).
Argentine top scorer in World Cups (13).
First Argentine to score in four different World Cups (2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022).
Player of Argentina youngest to score in a World Cup: 18 years and 357 days.
All-time top scorer in the South American qualifiers (31).
Player who has played in the most World Cups (5, tied with the Italian Gianluigi Buffon, the German Lothar Matthaeus, the portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and the Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Rafa Márquez, Andrés Guardado and Guillermo Ochoa)
Player with the most World Cup appearances (26).
Player with the most minutes in World Cups (2,314).
Player most captained in a World Cup (19).
Player with the most goals+assists in the World Cup (13+8).
Only player with two Golden Balls World Cup (2014 and 2022)
More times Best player of a World Cup match (14)
Only player to have scored in Group Stage, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinal and Final of the same edition of the World Cup.
Only player who has scored as a sub-20, twenty-something and thirty-something in World Cups.
Longest time interval between his first goal in a World Cup and his last (16 years, 6 months and 2 days).
Player who scored the first goal in a World Cup match on the most occasions (8).
Captain who scored the most goals in a Final (2.)
Player with the most games in America Cup (35).
Player who has given the most assists in America Cup (17).
Foreigner with more titles than Spanish league (10).
All-time top scorer with the same team (672 with FC Barcelona).
All-time top scorer of the League (474).
Top scorer of the Classic in Spain (26 goals).
Highest number of goals scored in a single La Liga season: 50 (2011-12).
Greater number of assists in a single La Liga season; 21 (2019/20).
Maximum league assistant since it is computed (193).
Greater number of hat tricks in La Liga (36).
Highest number of consecutive games scored in La Liga (21, in 2012/13).
Greater number of Pichichi Trophies the top scorer (8).
All-time top scorer Champions with the same club (120 with FC Barcelona).
Player who has scored for the most clubs in Champions League (40).
Player who needed fewer games to score 100 goals in the Champions League (123 games).
Lionel Messi and the Argentina national team They will aim to defend the title of the America Cup, so they must first overcome Chile and Peru in the Group Phase. It is worth remembering that the Albiceleste defeated their counterpart from Canada (2-0) in the opening match of the continental competition.
