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The World Cup Golden Ball has been given by FIFA to the best player at the World Cup since 1982; Argentina players have won it thrice; Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2014 and 2022. [17] World Cup top goalscorer. Guillermo Stábile in 1930 and Mario Kempes in 1978 were both the top-scoring players at their respective World Cups. [18] World Cup ...
Oldest player to win FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: aged 35 years and 178 days, in 2022 [321] Only player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009 and 2011 [322] First player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Final Most Valuable Player award: 2009 and 2011 [322] Only player to score 40+ goals in 12 consecutive ...
His goal against Serbia and Montenegro, on 16 June 2006, at the age of 18 years and 358 days, made him the youngest-ever scorer for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup. [8] [9] He has scored ten international hat-tricks, and has netted twice in a match on thirteen occasions. [1] In a friendly against Estonia on 5 June 2022, Messi scored five goals in ...
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
Argentina's World Cup final win over France on penalty kicks helped seal Lionel Messi's status as one of soccer's greatest and an icon alongside Diego Maradona.
At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Messi led Argentina to its first World Cup victory in 36 years, defeating France during the final. [216] He became the first player to score in every stage of the World Cup, having scored seven total with three assists, and also the first to win the Golden Ball for the tournament twice. [217]
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.
It first stung Messi at the 2010 World Cup. It swamped him a year later, at a Copa América on home soil. ... Stadium — after Messi scored a hat trick in a 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over ...