After being awarded the Ballon d’Or winner for the eighth time, Lionel Messi is jubilant, extending his own record for being named the planet’s best player.

The fans of Lionel Messi around the world are still celebrating the FIFA world cup win. Argentina lifts the world cup after 36 years long wait. As Lionel Messi leads Argentina over defending champion France to win his first-ever World Cup. Here is a look at Lionel Messi Achievements in his International career over the years

Under-20 World Cup Champion: 2005

The young Leonel Messi arrived in this lovely game with a bang scoring 6 goals in the Under 20 World Cup Championship tournament. Leonel Messi won his first junior trophy wearing Argentina Shirt

Debut at Senior Stage

Lionel Messi’s debut on the senior stage was not a happy one. At the age of just 18, Messi marks his way and makes a debut for Argentina. While playing against Hungary Messi came to the ground in the 64th minute but Messi received a Red card and was sent off the field just two minutes later.

First International Goal: 2006

In the match against Croatia in 2006, Messi scored his first goal on the international stage

World Cup Debut of Lionel Messi

In 2006 FIFA World Cup was held in Germany. 18-year-old Lionel Messi joined Argentina’s World Cup line-up. He played against Serbia and Montenegro. He came in the 75th minute as a substitute, making him the youngest player in Argentina to play at World Cup. He also scored the last goal, becoming the tournament’s youngest goal scorer and the sixth youngest in the World Cup’s history.

Olympic Gold: 2008

At Beijing Olympics 2008. The Argentinian side wreaked havoc in the tournament. They won every match they played in that competition. Argentina secured Gold Medal at Beijing Olympics 2008. Lionel Messi’s Achievements marked an important chapter here.

FIFA World Cup 2010

South Africa hosted the 2010 edition of the FIFA World cup. It was also named South Africa 2010. Messi contributed immensely throughout the world cup 2010 tournament but despite that Messi did nor score a single goal in the 5 matches he played in that tournament. Argentina was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Germany.

‘Captain’ Lionel Messi: 2011

43rd edition of the Copa America Championship held in Argentina in 2011. Uruguay won the championship by defeating Paraguay. Argentina was knocked out of the tournament at the quarter-final stage. Lionel Messi was named Captain of the Argentine team after the tournament.

So Close To his Dream: 2014 World Cup

The 2014 FIFA World cup took place in Brazil from the 12th of June to the 13th of July. Messi was leading the pack. Argentina reached the final of the tournament. Lionel Messi was very close to his dream but Germany had other plans. By scoring a late goal Germany lifted the trophy. Lionel Messi’s dream of holding the world cup remained incomplete…

Disaster at Copa America: 2016

The United States of America hosted the 2016th edition of Copa America. It ended in disaster for Argentina and Lionel Messi. Something unbelievable happened after the end of the tournament. Argentina lost to Chile in the finals and just after that Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international football.

Messi Returns: 2017

Just after a year of his retirement from international football. Lionel Messi comes back from retirement. In 2017 Lionel Messi inspired his team to reach the world cup by scoring a hat trick of goals against Ecuador.

World Cup woes Continue: 2018

The 2018 FIFA world cup was the 21st edition of the tournament. The eventual Champions France Knocked out Argentina in the round of 16 by the score of 4-3. It was another upsetting World cup for Lionel Messi

The Beginning of Glory: 2021

2021 was the turning point in the life of Lionel Messi as it was the year it gave Messi his first International trophy. The Copa America edition of 2021 saw a different kind of Messi. He broke the curse with a glorious win against Brazil in the finals. Argentina beat the Brazilian side by the score of 1-0.

One more trophy Finallisima: 2022

In the third CONMEBOL-UEFA cup of Champions, the Argentinian team defeated Italy by a score of 3-0 to add another trophy to Messi’s trophy case. But one was still there to achieve…

The Greatest Glory: 2022

After more than 6000 days since his debut, Leo Messi has accomplished his lifelong dream of winning the World Championship while wearing the colors of Argentina. On December 18th,2022, Messi led the team to the ultimate football victory with 7 goals and 3 exquisite assists in the competition.

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Lionel Messi Records

Lionel Messi now holds several world records of World Cup. Some of them are

• Most Appearances in world cup : 26
• Most Appearances in World Cup as Captain : 19
• Most minutes : 2314
• Messi became the only player to register an assist in 5 World Cups
• Leading scorer of Argentina’s : 13 goals
• Most Player of the match awards : 11
• Messi also became the only player to score a goal at each stage i.e the group stage, the round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final in a single edition of tournament.

Lionel Messi Achievements at all Levels| Leo Messi Trophy List

• Olympic : 1
• U20World Cup : 1
• Ligue One: 1
• FIFA World Cup : 1
• Finalissima : 1
• Copa America : 1
• Club World Cup : 3
• UEFA Super Cup : 3
• UCL : 4
• Copa del Rey : 7
• Domestic Super Cup : 9
• La Liga : 10

Lionel Messi Achievements in Football Carrier

• 3 International trophies including World cup
• 8 Ballon D’ors
• 4 UCL titles
• 6 Golden Boots
• 1 Olympic Medal