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- 16 years after his international debut and during his 151st selection, Leo Messi has finally won a major title with Argentina.
It was last June, at the end of a final against Neymar's Brazil, at the Maracana (1-0).
In 2008, however, he guided his country to the Olympic title in Beijing.
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Ligue 1 fixtures and results
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- Like his former teammates Andrés Iniesta and Xavi Hernández, Messi has won the Champions League four times, in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. Record in Barça history. The Argentine striker has also been crowned Spanish champion 10 times. And there, he is the only record holder at the club. This is as much as the ex-Madrid native Pirri and two less than the national record holder, also former of the Casa Blanca, Francisco Gento (12).
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- The Rosario native has won the Ballon d'Or six times, one more from his "best enemy" Cristiano Ronaldo and three more than any other player.
And soon, a seventh crown?
In any case, Argentina's coronation at the 2021 Copa America and a successful 2020-21 season individually, with a King's Cup as a bonus, places the Argentine in (very) good place among the favorites ...
The best moments of Lionel Messi's six Ballon d'Ors
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- This is also the number of trophies collected by Messi and company in 2009 alone, La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Champions League, the Spanish and European Super Cups and the Club World Cup .
In total, the Argentine “Chip” lifted 35 trophies during their time in Barcelona.
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- PSG is the club against which Lionel Messi has played the most in C1.
10 matches, 4 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses on the clock.
6 goals scored and 1 assist to credit in these confrontations.
The latest?
In February and March, during the round of 16.
We often get the masterful cannon shot of the Argentinian in the round (1-1).
Note that Messi scored more against Arsenal (9 goals), AC Milan, Celtic Glasgow (8) and Bayer Leverkusen (7) in “Champions”.
Read also: PSG: Neymar-Messi, finally reunited
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- The number of French players alongside whom Messi played for Barcelona.
Ludovic Giuly (2004-07), Lilian Thuram (2006-08), Thierry Henry (2007-10), Éric Abidal (2007-13), Jérémy Mathieu (2014-17), Lucas Digne (2016-18) and Jean- Clair Todibo (2019-21), as well as Samuel Umtiti (2016-…), Ousmane Dembélé (2017-…), Clément Lenglet (2018-…) and Antoine Griezmann (2019-…), still at the club today.
Less known to the general public, Ludovic Sylvestre (2005-06) only played one match with the FC Barcelona first team and Messi was not playing that day.
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- A native of Rosario, Messi left Argentina and the Newell's Old Boys at 13 to join the Masia.
A union that lasted 21 years.
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- Le Clasico, an institution in Spain.
In terms of club competition, it is the most followed, the most prestigious poster, the one that the planet envies in La Liga.
And the top scorer is called… Lionel Messi, with 26 goals, including 18 in La Liga, 2 in the Champions League and 6 in the Spanish Super Cup.
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- It would be too long and tedious to list all the records set by Messi in La Liga.
There are many ... We will remember this one: the most goals scored in a season in the league, 50 achievements in 2011-12.
That year, he also finished best passer (12 assists), tied with Mesut Özil.
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- With 76 goals, Messi is the top scorer of the Argentine selection, ahead of Gabriel Batistuta (54 goals), Sergio Aguero (41) or Diego Maradona (34).
He is also the most capped player (151 sel.).
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- Lionel Messi is also the top scorer in La Liga history with 474 “pawns”, ahead of “CR7” (311 goals).
In the Champions League, the hierarchy is reversed: 135 goals for Ronaldo, 120 Messi.
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- With 672 goals, Lionel Messi is by far the top scorer in the history of FC Barcelona.
In fact, his first three pursuers, César Rodríguez (230 goals), Luis Suárez (198) and Ladislao Kubala (194) did not score as much as him in aggregate!
Messi is also Barça's most capped player (778 matches).
