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Throughout his international career, Messi has scored 112 goals in 191 international appearances, [1] [2] making him the country's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Gabriel Batistuta's record of 54 goals with a free kick against the United States in the semi-final of the Copa América Centenario on 21 June 2016.
Most free kick goals: 77 – Juninho, 1993–2013 [62] [note 21] Most direct corner-kick goals: 32 – Şükrü Gülesin, 1940–1955 [65] [66] Most headed goals: 153 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– Most right foot goals: 591 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– Most left foot goals: 711 – Lionel Messi, 2004– Most bicycle kick goals: 35 – Hugo ...
Most hat-tricks scored in all competitions: 48 [424] Most goals scored from a free kick in official competitions: 50 [431] [432] Most home goals scored in a single season in all competitions: 46 in 2011–12 [386] First player to be top goalscorer in four, five, six, seven and eight La Liga seasons (2009–10, 2011–13, 2016–21) [424]
On average, that gives Messi the edge, with 0.786 goals per game, compared to 0.736 for Ronaldo. But for the total numbers, Ronaldo is unparalleled, and he used those numbers to back up his case ...
Ronaldo has scored 36 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers and 41 goals in UEFA Euro qualifiers, hence becoming the first player to score more than fifty goals in European qualification matches. [15] His other 22 goals have come in friendly matches. The opponent against whom he has scored most often is Luxembourg, with eleven goals. [3]
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.
On 4 February 2017, Messi scored his 27th free-kick for Barcelona in a 3–0 home win over Athletic Bilbao in the league, overtaking Koeman as the club's all-time top-scorer from free-kicks. [200] On 23 April, Messi scored twice in a 3–2 away win over Real Madrid. His game-winning goal in stoppage time was his 500th for Barcelona. [201]
Lionel Messi made his long-awaited debut with Major League Soccer side Inter Miami with a flourish only the world’s top player could produce.