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Messi won four consecutive Ballon d'Or awards (2009 to 2012), with a fifth coming in 2015, while Ronaldo had equalled Messi's total of five with wins in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017. In 2019, Messi took the lead again by earning a record sixth Ballon d'Or, finishing just seven points ahead of second-placed Virgil van Dijk , with Ronaldo ...
Total matches: 189: Team ... C. Ronaldo (19) Messi (45) 2017–18: First leg Barcelona Real Madrid: ... Home losses Other venue wins; Real Madrid 68 25 32 6
The first competitive matchup between the two occurred in 2008, when Ronaldo's Manchester United were drawn to play Messi's Barcelona in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, where Ronaldo and Manchester United would eventually advance 1–0 on aggregate, and go on to win the final. [284]
Messi–Ronaldo rivalry Footnotes ^ According to FC Barcelona , [ 3 ] FIFA , [ 4 ] Major League Soccer , [ 5 ] the Royal Spanish Football Federation , [ 6 ] and multiple media outlets, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Messi also won the 2005 Supercopa de España , bringing his Barcelona trophy total to 35—and his career total to 46. [ 10 ]
Messi and Ronaldo, who turns 39 on February 5, have faced each other 35 times over their careers, with Messi winning 16 times and Ronaldo 10.
Lionel Messi rolled back the years with a vintage performance for Argentina on Tuesday, scoring three goals in his nation’s 6-0 thrashing of Bolivia in a 2026 World Cup qualifier.
The Al-Nassr-Inter Miami match was set to be the 36th time Ronaldo and Messi faced one another. Messi's teams have won 16 of the matchups, and Ronaldo's teams have won 10. The other nine matches ...
Most Copa América tournaments played: 7 – Lionel Messi in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024; Most Copa América appearances made: 39 – Lionel Messi; Youngest player: Diego Maradona, 16 years, 120 days old against Hungary on 27 February 1977; Youngest player to reach 100 caps: Lionel Messi, 27 years, 361 days old against Jamaica ...