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(CNN Spanish) --
After a couple of years with a high level of football and with a streak of undefeated matches, the Argentine team is emerging as one of the favorites for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The albiceleste finished in second place in the Conmebol qualifiers heading to Qatar, became champion of the Copa América in 2021 and this year won the "Finalissima" against Italy.
Much of Argentina's recent success (and its achievements in recent years in general) is accompanied by the path of its captain Lionel Messi, who is considered by many to be the best player in history.
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Messi has shown great performance with the national team in the last two years, something that he has also begun to recover with his club, PSG, where he was unable to show his usual football in the 2021/2023 season.
The magic of the Argentine star will be vital for any aspiration of the albiceleste, and even more so because he is the greatest scorer in the history of the Argentine team.
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Next, we present the players who complete the top 10 of the top scorers of the Argentine men's team (older), according to data from the specialized site Transfermarkt.
The 10 top scorers in Argentina
Lionel Messi - 90 goals in 164 appearances for the national team
Gabriel Batistuta - 55 goals in 78 appearances
Sergio Aguero - 41 goals in 101 appearances
Hernan Crespo - 35 goals in 64 appearances
Gonzalo Higuain - 31 goals in 75 appearances
Diego Armando Maradona - 29 goals in 80 appearances
Ángel Di María – 25 goals in 122 appearances
Lautaro Martinez - 20 goals in 38 appearances
Daniel Passarella - 20 goals in 60 appearances
Jose Sanfilippo - 18 goals in 21 appearances
That is to say that of the 86 goals with the senior team, Messi has scored 39 of them in non-friendly matches and 47 in competitive matches, that is to say that 54.6% are goals scored in competitive matches.
Batistuta, meanwhile, scored 37 goals of his 55 in competitive games, 67%.
Messi has only scored 6 goals in four World Cups, while Batistuta is Argentina's top scorer in World Cups, with 10 goals.
Batistuta scored those 10 goals in three World Cups, while second on the list of World Cup scorers is Maradona with 8 goals in four tournaments.
Messi is now going to his fifth World Cup and looking to break the "Batigol" record.
Extra data: from this list, Sanfilippo is the one with the best average goal per game with 0.86;
They are followed by Batistuta (0.71), Crespo (0.55) and then Messi (0.53).
With information from Sebastian Jimenez
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