Messi has now won three trophies with PSG, five with Argentina and 35 with former club Barcelona. The only other player to have won 43 career trophies is Messi's ex-Barcelona teammate Dani Alves.
So just how good has Messi been at PSG, since he made a dramatic move to the club in 2021. “In terms of his personal stats, Messi has enjoyed two good seasons with PSG, especially the current one which has already seen him score 20 goals and 19 assists overall,” said Ronan Caroff, France Area Manager for Transfermarkt.
Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 34 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times. With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
In his two years at the club, Messi helped the club to win consecutive Ligue 1 titles as well as the 2022 Trophee des Champions. After a slow start in statistical terms, Messi managed 32 goals and 34 assists in 74 total appearances for the club. He was awarded a record seventh Ballon d'Or in 2021.
Who is better Messi Or Ronaldo? Ronaldo has scored a record number of international goals and appearances, but Messi has won more Ballon d'Or awards (7). Messi has spent most of his playing career in Spain and France, while Ronaldo has played in Portugal, England, Spain, and Italy.
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Messi holds the record for most goals in La Liga (474), the Supercopa de España (14), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (357). He is also the only player to have 300 club career assists to his name.
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He is odds-on favourite for what would surely be his eighth and final Ballon d'Or after he won the World Cup in 2022.
Lionel Messi suspended by PSG
The suspension was triggered after Messi and his family visited Saudi Arabia to fulfill sponsorship duties with the Saudi Arabian tourism board.
All-time record win: 10–0 (away to Côte Chaude, Coupe de France, 22 January 1994). All-time record defeat: 0–6 (away to Nantes, Ligue 1, 1 September 1971).
According to sources and the Guinness website, Lionel Messi possesses as many as 60 Guinness World records to his name. Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest footballer of his generation and one of the best players of all time.
In his 1,152 career matches at club and international level, Ronaldo has found the net 827 times with 236 assists. That puts him clearly above Messi who has 799 goals, but the Argentinian has played a significantly lower number of games (1,013).
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have enjoyed storied international careers so far, with each making their mark for their country. Ronaldo holds the record for most goals scored in international football, having found the net 118 times for Portugal.
Cristiano Ronaldo needs to score 170 more goals to become the first ever player to reach 1000 professional career goals. Do you think he can do it ? Yes, he can do it!
1 Most number of goals in a calendar year - Lionel Messi
That adds up to a tally of 91 goals in a single calendar year in 69 official appearances for the then 25-year-old Lionel Messi.
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And he scored his 800th career goal in Argentina's 2-0 win over Panama during their first game since becoming world champions and then scored a hat-trick against Curacao a few days later.
An analysis of the players' statistics reveals that Ronaldo was labelled the undisputed GOAT of soccer with the most overall goals, Champions League goals, club goals and assists, and international caps and goals.
The Argentine has scored more World Cup goals - 13 - than his two rivals, though he's played more games. Pele hit 12 goals at the World Cup and Ronaldo has notched eight times. Pele's ratio, though, sees him come out on top again; 0.86 compared to Messi on 0.5 and Ronaldo on 0.36.
Lionel Messi beats Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema to Best FIFA Men's Player award. Lionel Messi was named Best FIFA Men's Player at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, beating Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid's Karim Benzema.
Arnaud Kalimuendo has scored against his boyhood club as French leaders Paris Saint-Germain were beaten 2-0 by Rennes in their first home loss in the domestic league this season. The win ended PSG's 35-match unbeaten run in Ligue 1 at the Parc des Princes and increased the pressure on coach Christophe Galtier.
Messi will now head to the MLS when his contract expires at the end of the month. It has been reported that Inter Miami offered the Argentinian £43m ($54m) per season for four years. According to Forbes, the Argentina international has earned £929.9m ($1.15 billion) on and off the pitch throughout his career.