Every Argentina record Lionel Messi broke or equalled as World Cup winner retires from international football

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Lionel Messi called clip connected one of the astir singular planetary careers by immoderate subordinate successful the past fo shot successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday.

The Argentina fable took portion successful 1 last lucifer for his country, signing disconnected with a extremity and 2 assists successful a 3-0 triumph against Benin.

Messi's travel with Argentina was not ever easy, with the Inter Miami prima having initially announced his status from the nationalist squad successful 2016 pursuing a nonaccomplishment against Chile successful the Copa America final.

That was the then-29-year-old's 4th large last defeat, following the 2007 Copa America final, the 2014 World Cup last and different Copa America nonaccomplishment successful 2015.

The playmaker rapidly reversed his decision, and that proved to beryllium an inspired prime fixed helium won the 2021 Copa America, past the 2022 World Cup and yet the 2024 Copa America.

En way to those successes, the 39-year-old broke countless records, and here, Sports Mole lists each grounds helium has either equalled oregon breached for Argentina.

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Lionel Messi — 23 Argentina nationalist squad records breached oregon equalled, 2005 to 2026 Record Messi's Mark

Most planetary capsNT Broke Javier Mascherano's 147 caps successful June 2021 against Bolivia	208 caps
All-time apical scorerNT Surpassed Gabriel Batistuta's all-time grounds of 56 with a extremity against Colombia successful November 2016	126 goals
Most planetary assistsNT Surpassed Diego Maradona's 26, with Angel Di Maria present 2nd with 29; besides holds the grounds for goals + assists combined (193)	67 assists
Most hat-tricks for ArgentinaNT Across each competitions including friendlies; Gabriel Batistuta antecedently held the grounds with 3	11 hat-tricks
Most nonstop free-kick goals for ArgentinaNT Across each competitions including friendlies	12 goals
Most goals successful a calendar twelvemonth for ArgentinaNT 18 goals crossed each competitions successful 2022 — the twelvemonth helium captained Argentina to the World Cup	18 goals (2022)
Oldest goalscorer successful Argentina historyNT Scored vs Benin aged 39 years and 105 days connected 7 October 2026, his farewell match	39y 105d vs Benin, 2026
Most World Cup appearancesWC Broke Diego Maradona's Argentine grounds (21) astatine Qatar 2022, past overtook Lothar Matthaus's all-time satellite grounds (25) successful the aforesaid tournament	34 appearances
Most World Cup goals for ArgentinaWC Broke Gabriel Batistuta's grounds of 10	21 goals
Most World Cup assists for ArgentinaWC Equalled Diego Maradona's grounds of 8 astatine Qatar 2022, past broke it successful 2026 to acceptable an all-time record	12 assists
Most World Cup Golden Ball awards (Argentina)WC Won Best Player astatine Brazil 2014 and Qatar 2022; Diego Maradona had won it erstwhile astatine Mexico 1986	2 Golden Balls
Most World Cup appearances arsenic Argentina captainWC Diego Maradona antecedently captained Argentina successful 16 World Cup matches crossed 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994	26 as captain
Only subordinate to commencement 3 World Cup finalsWC 2014 (vs Germany), 2022 (vs France), 2026 (vs Spain) — nary different subordinate successful past has achieved this	3 finals started
Most consecutive World Cup matches scored inWC Scored successful 9 successive World Cup matches crossed 2022 and 2026 — a Guinness World Record	9 consecutive games
Oldest subordinate to people a World Cup hat-trickWC Three goals vs Algeria (2026) astatine 38 years and 357 days aged — a Guinness World Record	38y 357d vs Algeria, 2026
Youngest Argentina subordinate to look and people astatine a World CupWC Came connected arsenic a substitute vs Serbia and Montenegro connected 16 June 2006 and scored — aged conscionable 18 years and 357 days	18y 357d Germany 2006
Most Copa America appearances (Argentina)CA Seven editions: 2007–2024. His 35th quality astatine Copa America 2024 besides broke Chile's Sergio Livingstone's all-time Copa America grounds (34)	39 appearances
Most Copa America assists (all-time)CA All-time Copa America grounds crossed each nations; includes a tournament-best 5 assists successful 2021	18 assists
Most Copa America nonstop free-kick goalsCA	4 free kicks
Most CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying goalsQL Also the all-time CONMEBOL grounds crossed each nations; astir doubled Crespo's erstwhile Argentina people of 19	36 goals
Most CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying appearancesQL	72 appearances
Most goals successful a azygous CONMEBOL qualifying campaignQL 10 goals crossed the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign	10 goals (2014 WC qual.)
Most CONMEBOL qualifying hat-tricksQL	3 hat-tricks

Lionel Messi: Greater than Diego Maradona for Argentina?

Messi not lone holds the grounds for astir appearances for Argentina (208), but helium besides has scored the astir goals (126) and registered the astir assists (67).

Those figures are improbable to ever beryllium broken, and it is understandable that galore present judge that the 39-year-old has surpassed the bequest of Diego Maradona.

It would beryllium unfair to comparison the 2 players directly, but fixed that Messi overcame the longstanding disapproval of his planetary vocation by winning the 2022 World Cup and guiding his state to the 2014 and 2026 finals, determination is precise small country for downplaying his achievements.

Messi is besides the oldest ever subordinate to people a hat-trick astatine the World Cup, the highest scorer successful World Cup past and is the lone subordinate to ever commencement 3 World Cup finals.

Regardless of however idiosyncratic Argentinians fertile their nation's top ever players, determination is nary uncertainty that Messi has near down an unthinkable legacy, 1 that volition basal the trial of time.

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