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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 World Cup celebration post from 18 December 2022 is the most liked post on Instagram with over 75 million likes. [317] On 20 March 2023, during a return to Buenos Aires following his World Cup victory, Messi was mobbed by hundreds of adoring fans when he and his family were out to dinner.
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.
After victories in the Supercopa de España and UEFA Super Cup in August, Barcelona won the FIFA Club World Cup against Estudiantes de La Plata at the Zayed Sports City Stadium on 19 December, with Messi scoring the winning 2–1 goal with his chest in extra time. [70]
No one has played more World Cup games than Messi, a seven-time world player of the year, and only Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal has scored more goals for club and country. Messi has won league ...
Messi and La Albiceleste won their first Copa America title in nearly 30 years yesterday, beating rival Brazil 1-0 […] The post Soccer World Reacts To Messi’s First Major Argentina Title ...
Lionel Messi is the player with the most games played at the FIFA World Cup, and one of only six along with German Lothar Matthäus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Andrés Guardado, and Rafael Márquez to have entered the field in five different tournaments.
Ahead of the 2022 tournament in Qatar, heres a list of the nations with the most FIFA World Cup trophies.