List of international goals scored by Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who has represented the Argentina national football team as a forward since his debut in 2005. Since then, Messi has scored 68 goals in 138 international appearances,[1] making him the country's all-time top scorer, surpassing Gabriel Batistuta's record, with a free kick against the United States in the semi-final of the Copa América Centenario on 21 June 2016.[2][3] He made his debut for Argentina in a 2–1 away win over Hungary on 17 August 2005.[4] He scored his first international goal a year later in his sixth appearance for his country against Croatia.[1]

Lionel Messi celebrating after scoring a goal against Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He has scored a record 68 goals in 138 caps for Argentina.

Messi's goal against Serbia and Montenegro, on 16 June 2006, made him the youngest-ever scorer for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup when he was 18 years and 357 days old.[5] He has scored six international hat-tricks, and has netted twice in a match (also known as a brace) on eleven occasions.[1] Messi has scored the most times against Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, with five goals against each side.[1]

Messi has scored 21 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him the all-time top scorer of the qualification in CONMEBOL, along with his Barcelona teammate Luis Suárez.[6] He has scored nine goals in the Copa América,[1] leading his team to the final of the tournament in 2007, 2015, and 2016, each time finishing as a runner-up. At the 2015 tournament, he allegedly rejected the Best Player award and the trophy was omitted from the ceremony.[7][8] He has scored six times in the FIFA World Cup tournaments,[1] once in 2006, four times in 2014, when he guided his team to the final and was awarded the Golden Ball, and once in the 2018 World Cup.[9] The remainder of Messi's goals, 34, have come in friendlies.[1]. He also score 2 goals in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Goals
As of match played on 18 November 2019
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Messi goal.[1]
Goal Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 61 March 2006St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Croatia2–12–3Friendly [10]
2 816 June 2006 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Serbia and Montenegro6–06–02006 FIFA World Cup [5]
3 145 June 2007Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain Algeria2–24–3Friendly [11]
4 4–2
5 188 July 2007Metropolitano de Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela Peru2–04–02007 Copa América [12]
6 1911 July 2007Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela Mexico2–03–0 [13]
7 2416 October 2007Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela Venezuela2–02–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification [1]
8 2620 November 2007Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Colombia1–01–2 [14]
9 274 June 2008Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States Mexico2–04–1Friendly [15]
10 3311 October 2008Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Uruguay1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
11 3511 February 2009Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France France2–02–0Friendly [17]
12 3628 March 2009Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Venezuela1–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification [18]
13 4414 November 2009Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain Spain1–11–2Friendly [19]
14 527 September 2010Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina1–04–1 [20]
15 5417 November 2010Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Brazil1–01–0 [21]
16 559 February 2011Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Portugal2–12–1 [22]
17 5720 June 2011Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Albania2–04–0 [23]
18 647 October 2011 Chile2–04–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification [24]
19 6715 November 2011Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia1–12–1 [25]
20 6829 February 2012Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland  Switzerland1–03–1Friendly[26]
21 2–1
22 3–1
23 692 June 2012Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Ecuador3–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification [27]
24 709 June 2012MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States Brazil1–14–3Friendly [28]
25 2–1
26 4–3
27 7115 August 2012Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany Germany2–13–1 [29]
28 727 September 2012Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina Paraguay3–13–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[30]
29 7412 October 2012Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina Uruguay1–03–0 [31]
30 3–0
31 7516 October 2012Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Chile1–02–1 [32]
32 7822 March 2013Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Venezuela3–03–0 [33]
33 8214 June 2013Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala Guatemala1–04–0Friendly[34]
34 3–0
35 4–0
36 8310 September 2013Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay1–05–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification [35]
37 4–1
38 867 June 2014Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina Slovenia2–02–0Friendly [36]
39 8715 June 2014Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bosnia and Herzegovina2–02–12014 FIFA World Cup [37]
40 8821 June 2014Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Iran1–01–0 [38]
41 8925 June 2014Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil Nigeria1–03–2 [39]
42 2–1
43 9514 October 2014Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong Hong Kong5–07–0Friendly [40]
44 7–0
45 9612 November 2014Upton Park, London, England Croatia2–12–1 [41]
46 9813 June 2015Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile Paraguay2–02–22015 Copa América [42]
47 1044 September 2015BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States Bolivia5–07–0Friendly [43]
48 6–0
49 1058 September 2015AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States Mexico2–22–2 [44]
50 10729 March 2016Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina Bolivia2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification [45]
51 10910 June 2016Soldier Field, Chicago, United States Panama2–05–0Copa América Centenario [46]
52 3–0
53 4–0
54 11118 June 2016Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States Venezuela3–04–1Copa América Centenario [47]
55 11221 June 2016NRG Stadium, Houston, United States United States2–04–0 [48]
56 1141 September 2016Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina Uruguay1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification [49]
57 11615 November 2016Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina Colombia1–03–0 [50]
58 11723 March 2017Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Chile1–01–0 [51]
59 12110 October 2017Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador1–13–1 [52]
60 2–1
61 3–1
62 12429 May 2018La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina Haiti1–04–0Friendly[53]
63 2–0
64 3–0
65 12726 June 2018Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia Nigeria1–02–12018 FIFA World Cup [54]
66 1307 June 2019Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina Nicaragua1–05–1Friendly[55]
67 2–0
68 13219 June 2019Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Paraguay1–11–12019 Copa América [56]
69 13715 November 2019King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Brazil1–01–02019 Superclásico de las Américas [57]
70 13818 November 2019Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel Uruguay2–22–2Friendly [58]

Statistics
As of match played on 18 November 2019[1]
  1. Appearances in FIFA World Cup qualification
  2. Appearances in FIFA World Cup
  3. Six appearances and two goals in Copa América, four appearances and two goals in FIFA World Cup qualification
  4. Four appearances in Copa América, four appearances and two goals in FIFA World Cup qualification
  5. Appearances in Copa América
  6. Five appearances and three goals in FIFA World Cup qualification, five appearances and five goals in Copa América Centenario

See also
  • List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals
  • List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
  • List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
  • List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country
  • List of hat-tricks
  • List of international goals scored by Gabriel Batistuta
  • List of international goals scored by Diego Maradona

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