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Messi declined the offer, having aspired to represent La Albiceleste since childhood. He was inspired by the victory of the Argentina national under-17 football team in the 2003 South American U-17 Championship in Bolivia. Messi was initially part of that squad, but could not participate due to a hectic schedule. [397]
During his football career, he won a record 45 collective trophies. ... Years Club(s) 1 Lionel Messi: 474: 520: 0.912: 2004–2021: ... List of FC Barcelona records ...
Losing three consecutive finals in three consecutive years caused Messi to briefly retire from international football, but a fan campaign in Argentina helped convince him to reverse his decision. [ 206 ] [ 208 ] He would return to the national team to lead them to the 2018 FIFA World Cup .
Youngest goalscorer: Diego Maradona, 18 years, 7 months and 4 days old against Scotland on 2 June 1979 [5] Youngest player to score in a FIFA World Cup match: Lionel Messi, 18 years, 357 days old against Serbia and Montenegro on 16 June 2006 [6] Oldest goalscorer: Ángel Labruna, 38 years, 282 days old against Brazil on 7 July 1957
Lionel Messi, the player with the most official goals in a single year, scoring 91 goals in 2012. Most goals scored in a calendar year: 91 – Lionel Messi , 2012 [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ note 9 ] Most goals scored in a football season: 107 – Ernst Wilimowski , 1940–41 [ 23 ]
Out of all his opponents, Messi has scored the most against Bolivia, recording eleven goals in total. [1] He has scored 17 international goals at the Estadio Monumental, his most in a single stadium. [1] In 2022, Messi broke the record for the most international goals scored in a calendar year for Argentina, with eighteen. [11]
Inter Miami has actually taken more points per game with Messi absent (2.13 ppg) than with Messi present (2.12). And surely, the thinking might go, a reason for that surprising stat is Messi’s ...
Lionel Messi is the all-time top scorer in La Liga history with 474 goals. La Liga's all-time top scorer is Lionel Messi with 474 goals, all for Barcelona.He also holds the record for most goals scored in a single season with 50 in the 2011–12 campaign, [1] [2] and is the only player ever to win the league's top scorer award in eight different seasons. [3]