He has several records in the world of soccer, since he plays in his country and in other clubs.
Consider the following records that Messi has already set:
Messi has won this coveted award for the world’s best men’s soccer player a record seven times, setting a new record.
Messi scored 91 goals in a single calendar year in 2012, surpassing Gerd Muller’s previous record of 85 goals set in 1972.
Messi scored 73 goals for Barcelona during the 2011-2012 season, setting a new European club record for most goals in a single season.
Messi has scored 36 hat-tricks (three goals in a single match) in La Liga, the most by any player in history.
Messi will have the opportunity to add to his already outstanding list of achievements during the 2022 World Cup.
He will attempt to lead Argentina to a third World Cup victory, after leading the team to victories in 1978 and 1986. If successful, he will go down as one of the greatest athletes in the history of the sport.
Assists Argentina needed a win over Mexico on Day 2 of the tournament after losing to Saudi Arabia on Day 1. Messi advanced with the hopes of a nation on his shoulders.
His long shot put the team ahead before setting up Enzo Fernández’s magnificent goal to seal the victory.
The crazy women’s responses to Lionel Messi were absolutely extraordinary
This second goal assist makes him the first player to contribute to five Men’s World Cups: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and now 2022. However, that was not the only role he played in writing history for that purpose.
Having already scored, the assist made him the youngest and oldest player in World Cup history to both score and assist in the same game.
He did it at the age of 18 against Serbia in 2006 and at 35 against Mexico. His magnificent assist on Nahuel Molina’s opening goal against the Netherlands in the quarterfinals is a candidate for the tournament’s highest assist.
And in the semifinals, his spectacular run and pass to Julián Álvarez, who scored Argentina’s third goal against Croatia, ensured he tied Maradona’s record of eight World Cup assists for Argentina. In Qatar, Messi broke another Maradona record.
The 1986 World Cup hero wore his country’s captain’s armband 16 times.
Messi equaled that total in the semifinals before surpassing it in the championship game.
