2022 and Qatar are years and place footballer Lionel Messi amd Argentina won’t ever forget.
This is after they won the World Cup for the third time in their history and after 36 years since the late Diego Armando Maradona led them to World.
Below we take a look at some of the records broken by the Argentine captain Lionel Messi both in this World Cup and FIFA World Cup History
First player to win the World Cup Golden Ball twice: 2014 + 2022
First player to win 4 major tournament Best Player awards (no one else has more than 2): 2015 + 2021 Copa America, 2014 + 2022 World Cup
Oldest player to win the World Cup Golden Ball: 35 years, 178 days
First player to score in all 5 rounds at a single World Cup (Groups, R16, QF, SF, F)
Most goal contributions in World Cup history: 21 (13 goals + 8 assists)
Most World Cup matches scored in: 11 (shared with Klose)
Most opening goals in World Cups: 8
Most official POTM awards at a single World Cup: 5
Most official POTM awards overall: 11
Oldest player to score 5, 6 & 7 goals at a World Cup: 35 years, 178 days
Most official POTM awards at a single World Cup: 5
Most official POTM awards overall: 11
Oldest player to score 5, 6 & 7 goals at a World Cup: 35 years, 178 days
All time most appearances at the World Cup: 26
All time most minutes played at the World Cup: 2,314
Most appearances as captain at the World Cup: 19
Biggest gap between first and last World Cup goals: 16 years, 6 months, 3 days (16/6/06 – 18/12/22)
One of only 6 men to play in 5 different World Cups
Most goals for Argentina at the World Cup: 11
Most assists for Argentina at the World Cup: 8 (shared with Maradona)
First Argentine to score in 5 & 6 different World Cup matches in a single tournament.
First Argentine to score in 3 & 4 different World Cup knockout matches in a single tournament
Only player to make an assist in 4 & 5 different World Cups
Only player to score AND assist in 4 different World Cup matches (1 in 2006, 3 in 2022).
Youngest and oldest player to get a goal and assist in a single World Cup match: 18y 357d and 35y 172d Some more non-2022 World Cup records…
Only player to score at a World Cup finals in his teens, his twenties and his thirties.
Youngest player to play for Argentina at a World Cup: 18 years, 357 days (2006)
Youngest player to score for Argentina at a World Cup: 18 years, 357 days (2006)
Youngest player to captain Argentina at a World Cup: 22 years, 363 days (2010)
Courtesy of MessivsRonaldo App
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