#10 Lionel Messi

Captain
Inter Miami CF
Miami
MLSMLS League level: United StatesFirst Tier Joined: Jul 15, 2023 Contract expires: Dec 31, 2025
  • Date of birth/Age: Jun 24, 1987 (36)
  • Place of birth: Argentina Rosario
  • Citizenship: Argentina Argentina
  • Height: 1,70 m
  • Position: Right Winger
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National team career

# National team Debut   Coach at debut Age at debut
Argentina
10 Argentina Aug 17, 2005 180 106 José Néstor Pekerman 18 years 01 month 24 days
Argentina
18 Argentina Jun 29, 2004 16 11 Hugo Tocalli 17 years 05 days
Argentina
15 Argentina Aug 7, 2008 5 2 Sergio Batista 21 years 01 month 14 days

Stats of Lionel Messi

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Total :  180106569-214.938'
6531111--5.433'
5449183-14.193'
3413173-12.907'
261382--2.315'
1-2---90'

Detailed stats

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  Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
8/17/05 Argentina Hungary 1:2 SS 65' 1'
Group A 9/3/05 Argentina Paraguay 1:0 SS 10'
Group A 10/9/05 Argentina Peru 2:0 SS 1 90'
Group A 10/13/05 Argentina Uruguay 1:0 RM 25'
11/11/05 Argentina England 3:2  Red card suspension
11/16/05 Argentina Qatar 0:3 SS 1 81'
3/1/06 Argentina Croatia 3:2 RM 1 1 90'
5/29/06 Argentina Angola 2:0 AM 22'
Group C 6/10/06 Argentina Ivory Coast 2:1 on the bench
Group C 6/16/06 Argentina Serbia and Montenegro 6:0 RM 1 1 16'
Group C 6/21/06 Argentina Netherlands 0:0 SS 70'
Round of 16 6/24/06 Argentina Mexico 2:1 AET SS 36'
Quarter-Finals 6/30/06 Argentina Germany 5:3 on pens on the bench
9/2/06 Argentina Brazil 3:0 CF 90'
10/11/06 Argentina Spain 2:1 SS 61'
2/7/07 Argentina France 0:1  Metatarsal fracture
4/19/07 Argentina Chile 0:0 Not in squad
6/2/07 Argentina Switzerland 1:1 RW 1 87'
6/5/07 Argentina Algeria 3:4 RW 2 90'
Group 3 6/29/07 Argentina United States 4:1 SS 1 80'
Group 3 7/3/07 Argentina Colombia 4:2 SS 84'
Group 3 7/6/07 Argentina Paraguay 1:0 AM 23'
Quarter-Finals 7/9/07 Argentina Peru 4:0 SS 1 90'
Semi-Finals 7/12/07 Argentina Mexico 0:3 SS 1 51' 90'
Final 7/15/07 Argentina Brazil 3:0 SS 90'
8/22/07 Argentina Norway 2:1 AM 90'
9/11/07 Argentina Australia 0:1 SS 1 90'
Group A 10/13/07 Argentina Chile 2:0 SS 84'
Group A 10/17/07 Argentina Venezuela 0:2 SS 1 90'
Group A 11/17/07 Argentina Bolivia 3:0 RM 1 90'
Group A 11/21/07 Argentina Colombia 2:1 SS 1 90'
3/26/08 Argentina Egypt 0:2  Torn muscle bundle
6/5/08 Argentina Mexico 1:4 AM 1 1 37' 85'
6/8/08 Argentina United States 0:0 AM 45'
Group A 6/15/08 Argentina Ecuador 1:1 SS 90'
Group A 6/19/08 Argentina Brazil 0:0 SS 90'
8/20/08 Argentina Belarus 0:0 Olympic games
Group A 9/6/08 Argentina Paraguay 1:1 SS 1 90'
Group A 9/11/08 Argentina Peru 1:1 SS 90'
Group A 10/11/08 Argentina Uruguay 2:1 RM 1 83' 89'
Group A 10/16/08 Argentina Chile 1:0 AM 90'
11/19/08 Argentina Scotland 0:1 Not in squad
2/11/09 Argentina France 0:2 SS 1 90'
Group A 3/28/09 Argentina Venezuela 4:0 AM 1 1 90'
Group A 4/1/09 Argentina Bolivia 6:1 SS 90'
5/20/09 Argentina Panama 3:1 Not in squad
Group A 6/6/09 Argentina Colombia 1:0 RW 90'
Group A 6/10/09 Argentina Ecuador 2:0 SS 90'
8/12/09 Argentina Russia 2:3  strain
Group A 9/6/09 Argentina Brazil 1:3 SS 90'
Group A 9/10/09 Argentina Paraguay 1:0 SS 90'
10/1/09 Argentina Ghana 2:0 Not in squad
Group A 10/10/09 Argentina Peru 2:1 SS 90'
Group A 10/15/09 Argentina Uruguay 0:1 RW 86'
11/14/09 Argentina Spain 2:1 SS 1 84'
1/27/10 Argentina Costa Rica 3:2 Not in squad
2/11/10 Argentina Jamaica 2:1 Not in squad
3/3/10 Argentina Germany 0:1 SS 70' 90'
5/5/10 Argentina Haiti 4:0 Not in squad
5/24/10 Argentina Canada 5:0 Not in squad
Group B 6/12/10 Argentina Nigeria 1:0 AM 90'
Group B 6/17/10 Argentina South Korea 4:1 AM 90'
Group B 6/22/10 Argentina Greece 0:2 AM  90'
Round of 16 6/27/10 Argentina Mexico 3:1 AM 1 90'
Quarter-Finals 7/3/10 Argentina Germany 0:4 AM 90'
8/11/10 Argentina Republic of Ireland 0:1 SS 58'
9/7/10 Argentina Spain 4:1 RW 1 86'
10/8/10 Argentina Japan 1:0 RW 90'
11/17/10 Argentina Brazil 1:0 RW 1 90' 90'
2/9/11 Argentina Portugal 1:2 CF 1 1 90'
3/16/11 Argentina Venezuela 4:1 Not in squad
3/27/11 Argentina United States 1:1 CF 90'
3/29/11 Argentina Costa Rica 0:0 on the bench
4/21/11 Argentina Ecuador 2:2 Not in squad
5/25/11 Argentina Paraguay 4:2 Not in squad
6/1/11 Argentina Nigeria 4:1 Not in squad
6/5/11 Argentina Poland 2:1 Not in squad
6/20/11 Argentina Albania 4:0 CF 1 2 90'
Group A 7/2/11 Argentina Bolivia 1:1 CF 90'
Group A 7/7/11 Argentina Colombia 0:0 RW 90'
Group A 7/12/11 Argentina Costa Rica 3:0 RW 2 90'
Quarter-Finals 7/17/11 Argentina Uruguay 5:6 on pens RW 1 120'
9/2/11 Argentina Venezuela 0:1 SS  1 90'
9/6/11 Argentina Nigeria 3:1 RW  1 90'
9/15/11 Argentina Brazil 0:0 Not in squad
9/29/11 Argentina Brazil 2:0 Not in squad
Group A 10/8/11 Argentina Chile 4:1 SS  1 1 90'
Group A 10/12/11 Argentina Venezuela 1:0 SS  90'
Group A 11/11/11 Argentina Bolivia 1:1 SS  90'
Group A 11/15/11 Argentina Colombia 1:2 SS  1 90'
2/29/12 Argentina Switzerland 1:3 SS  3 90'
Group A 6/3/12 Argentina Ecuador 4:0 RW  1 1 90'
6/9/12 Argentina Brazil 4:3 SS  3 90'
8/15/12 Argentina Germany 1:3 SS  1 90'
Group A 9/8/12 Argentina Paraguay 3:1 SS  1 90'
Group A 9/12/12 Argentina Peru 1:1 RW  90'
9/20/12 Argentina Brazil 2:1 Not in squad
Group A 10/13/12 Argentina Uruguay 3:0 RW  2 90'
Group A 10/17/12 Argentina Chile 1:2 RW  1 90'
11/14/12 Argentina Saudi Arabia 0:0 SS  90'
11/22/12 Argentina Brazil 2:1 Not in squad
2/6/13 Argentina Sweden 2:3 RW  90'
Group A 3/23/13 Argentina Venezuela 3:0 RW  1 2 90'
Group A 3/26/13 Argentina Bolivia 1:1 SS  90'
Group A 6/8/13 Argentina Colombia 0:0 SS 32'
Group A 6/11/13 Argentina Ecuador 1:1 SS 29'
6/15/13 Argentina Guatemala 0:4 SS  3 1 68'
8/14/13 Argentina Italy 1:2  Thigh problems
Group A 9/11/13 Argentina Paraguay 2:5 RW  2 1 90'
Group A 10/12/13 Argentina Peru 3:1  Hamstring injury
Group A 10/16/13 Argentina Uruguay 3:2  Hamstring injury
11/16/13 Argentina Ecuador 0:0  Torn muscle bundle
11/19/13 Argentina Bosnia-Herzegovina 2:0  Torn muscle bundle
3/5/14 Argentina Romania 0:0 SS  90'
6/5/14 Argentina Trinidad and Tobago 3:0 RW  1 90'
6/7/14 Argentina Slovenia 2:0 RW 1 32'
Group F 6/16/14 Argentina Bosnia-Herzegovina 2:1 SS  1 90'
Group F 6/21/14 Argentina Iran 1:0 AM  1 90'
Group F 6/25/14 Argentina Nigeria 2:3 AM  2 63'
Round of 16 7/1/14 Argentina Switzerland 1:0 AET SS  1 120'
Quarter-Finals 7/5/14 Argentina Belgium 1:0 SS  90'
Semi-Finals 7/9/14 Argentina Netherlands 2:4 on pens SS  120'
Final 7/13/14 Argentina Germany 1:0 AET SS  120'
9/3/14 Argentina Germany 2:4 Not in squad
10/11/14 Argentina Brazil 2:0 SS  90'
10/14/14 Argentina Hong Kong 0:7 SS 2 1 29'
11/12/14 Argentina Croatia 2:1 SS  1 1 90'
11/18/14 Argentina Portugal 0:1 RW  45'
3/28/15 Argentina El Salvador 0:2 on the bench
4/1/15 Argentina Ecuador 2:1 on the bench
6/7/15 Argentina Bolivia 5:0 Not in squad
Group B 6/13/15 Argentina Paraguay 2:2 RW  1 90'
Group B 6/17/15 Argentina Uruguay 1:0 RW  90'
Group B 6/20/15 Argentina Jamaica 1:0 RW  90'
Quarter-Finals 6/27/15 Argentina Colombia 5:4 on pens RW  90' 90'
Semi-Finals 7/1/15 Argentina Paraguay 6:1 RW  3 90'
Final 7/4/15 Argentina Chile 4:1 on pens RW  120'
9/5/15 Argentina Bolivia 7:0 RW 2 25'
9/9/15 Argentina Mexico 2:2 RW  1 90'
Group A 10/9/15 Argentina Ecuador 0:2  Knee medial ligament tear
Group A 10/14/15 Argentina Paraguay 0:0  Knee medial ligament tear
Group A 11/14/15 Argentina Brazil 1:1  Knee medial ligament tear
Group A 11/17/15 Argentina Colombia 0:1  Knee medial ligament tear
Group A 3/25/16 Argentina Chile 1:2 RW  90'
Group A 3/30/16 Argentina Bolivia 2:0 RW  1 90'
5/28/16 Argentina Honduras 1:0 RW  64'
Group D 6/7/16 Argentina Chile 2:1 on the bench
Group D 6/11/16 Argentina Panama 5:0 AM 3 29'
Group D 6/15/16 Argentina Bolivia 3:0 RW 45'
Quarter-Finals 6/19/16 Argentina Venezuela 4:1 RW  1 2 90'
Semi-Finals 6/22/16 Argentina United States 0:4 RW  1 2 90'
Final 6/27/16 Argentina Chile 2:4 on pens RW  40' 120'
Group A 9/2/16 Argentina Uruguay 1:0 RW  1 90'
Group A 9/7/16 Argentina Venezuela 2:2  Adductor pain
Group A 10/7/16 Argentina Peru 2:2  Torn muscle bundle
Group A 10/12/16 Argentina Paraguay 0:1  Torn muscle bundle
Group A 11/11/16 Argentina Brazil 3:0 SS  90'
Group A 11/16/16 Argentina Colombia 3:0 RW  1 2 90'
Group A 3/24/17 Argentina Chile 1:0 RW  1 90'
Group A 3/28/17 Argentina Bolivia 2:0 Suspension through sports court
6/9/17 Argentina Brazil 0:1 AM  90'
6/13/17 Argentina Singapore 0:6 Not in squad
Group A 9/1/17 Argentina Uruguay 0:0 AM  90'
Group A 9/6/17 Argentina Venezuela 1:1 AM  90'
Group A 10/6/17 Argentina Peru 0:0 SS  90'
Group A 10/11/17 Argentina Ecuador 1:3 AM  3 90'
11/11/17 Argentina Russia 0:1 CF  90'
11/14/17 Argentina Nigeria 2:4 Not in squad
3/23/18 Argentina Italy 2:0  Adductor pain
3/27/18 Argentina Spain 6:1  Adductor pain
5/30/18 Argentina Haiti 4:0 SS  3 1 90'
Group D 6/16/18 Argentina Iceland 1:1 RW  90'
Group D 6/21/18 Argentina Croatia 0:3 RW  90'
Group D 6/26/18 Argentina Nigeria 1:2 RW  1 90' 90'
Round of 16 6/30/18 Argentina France 4:3 CF  2 90'
9/8/18 Argentina Guatemala 0:3 Not in squad
9/12/18 Argentina Colombia 0:0 Not in squad
10/11/18 Argentina Iraq 4:0 Not in squad
10/16/18 Argentina Brazil 1:0 Not in squad
11/17/18 Argentina Mexico 2:0 Not in squad
11/21/18 Argentina Mexico 2:0 Not in squad
3/22/19 Argentina Venezuela 3:1 RW  90'
3/26/19 Argentina Morocco 0:1  Inflammation of pubic bone
6/8/19 Argentina Nicaragua 5:1 SS  2 45'
Group B 6/16/19 Argentina Colombia 0:2 CF  90'
Group B 6/20/19 Argentina Paraguay 1:1 CF  1 90'
Group B 6/23/19 Argentina Qatar 0:2 AM  90'
Quarter-Finals 6/28/19 Argentina Venezuela 0:2 AM  90'
Semi-Finals 7/3/19 Argentina Brazil 2:0 AM  90'
Third Place Play-Off 7/6/19 Argentina Chile 2:1 RW  1 37' 37'
9/6/19 Argentina Chile 0:0  Foot injury
9/11/19 Argentina Mexico 4:0  Foot injury
10/9/19 Argentina Germany 2:2 Suspension through sports court
10/13/19 Argentina Ecuador 6:1 Suspension through sports court
11/15/19 Argentina Brazil 0:1 SS  1 90'
11/18/19 Argentina Uruguay 2:2 RW  1 1 90'
Group A 10/9/20 Argentina Ecuador 1:0 SS  1 90'
Group A 10/13/20 Argentina Bolivia 1:2 RW  90'
Group A 11/13/20 Argentina Paraguay 1:1 CF  90'
Group A 11/18/20 Argentina Peru 0:2 CF  90'
Group A 6/4/21 Argentina Chile 1:1 CF  1 90'
Group A 6/9/21 Argentina Colombia 2:2 RW  90'
Group A 6/14/21 Argentina Chile 1:1 RW  1 90'
Group A 6/19/21 Argentina Uruguay 1:0 RW  1 90'
Group A 6/22/21 Argentina Paraguay 1:0 CF  90'
Group A 6/29/21 Argentina Bolivia 4:1 SS  2 1 90'
Quarter-Finals 7/4/21 Argentina Ecuador 3:0 RW  1 2 90'
Semi-Finals 7/7/21 Argentina Colombia 4:3 on pens RW  1 90'
Final 7/11/21 Argentina Brazil 1:0 CF  90'
Group A 9/3/21 Argentina Venezuela 1:3 CF  90'
Group A 9/10/21 Argentina Bolivia 3:0 CF  3 90'
Group A 10/8/21 Argentina Paraguay 0:0 CF  90'
Group A 10/11/21 Argentina Uruguay 3:0 CF  1 90'
Group A 10/15/21 Argentina Peru 1:0 CF  90'
Group A 11/13/21 Argentina Uruguay 0:1 CF 14'
Group A 11/17/21 Argentina Brazil 0:0 CF  90'
Group A 1/28/22 Argentina Chile 1:2 Not in squad
Group A 2/2/22 Argentina Colombia 1:0 Not in squad
Group A 3/26/22 Argentina Venezuela 3:0 CF  1 90'
Group A 3/30/22 Argentina Ecuador 1:1 CF  90'
Final 6/1/22 Argentina Italy 0:3 CF  2 90'
6/5/22 Argentina Estonia 5:0 CF  5 90'
9/24/22 Argentina Honduras 3:0 CF  2 90'
9/28/22 Argentina Jamaica 0:3 CF 2 34'
11/16/22 Argentina United Arab Emirates 0:5 CF  1 1 90'
Group C 11/22/22 Argentina Saudi Arabia 1:2 SS  1 90'
Group C 11/26/22 Argentina Mexico 2:0 CF  1 1 90'
Group C 11/30/22 Argentina Poland 0:2 CF  90'
Round of 16 12/3/22 Argentina Australia 2:1 CF  1 90'
Quarter-Finals 12/9/22 Argentina Netherlands 5:6 on pens SS  1 1 90' 120'
Semi-Finals 12/13/22 Argentina Croatia 3:0 SS  1 1 90'
Final 12/18/22 Argentina France 7:5 on pens RW  2 120'
3/24/23 Argentina Panama 2:0 RW  1 90'
3/29/23 Argentina Curaçao 7:0 RW  3 1 90'
6/15/23 Argentina Australia 2:0 CF  1 90'
6/19/23 Argentina Indonesia 0:2 Not in squad
Group A 9/8/23 Argentina Ecuador 1:0 RW  1 89'
Group A 9/12/23 Argentina Bolivia 0:3  Muscle injury
Group A 10/13/23 Argentina Paraguay 1:0 RW 37'
Group A 10/18/23 Argentina Peru 0:2 RW  2 90'
Group A 11/17/23 Argentina Uruguay 0:2 RW  90'
Group A 11/22/23 Argentina Brazil 0:1 SS  78'
3/23/24 Argentina El Salvador 3:0  muscular problems
3/27/24 Argentina Costa Rica 3:1  muscular problems
Squad: 186, Starting eleven: 163, Substituted in: 17, On the bench: 6, Suspended: 5, Injured: 23,