๐ HISTORY MADE!
๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi has done it again โ the FIRST PLAYER EVER to score in 7 consecutive World Cup matches!
โฝ Australia (2022 R16)
โฝ Netherlands (2022 QF)
โฝ Croatia (2022 SF)
โฝโฝ France (2022 Final)
โฝโฝโฝ Algeria (2026 GS)
โฝ Austria (2026 GS)
โฝ Jordan (2026 GS)
๐ฅ This man is rewriting the record books in front of our eyes.
๐ GOAT. Forever.
๐ World Cup HISTORY unlocked!
๐ The players who scored against the MOST different national teams:
๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi โ 13 Nations
๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช Jรผrgen Klinsmann โ 10 Nations
๐ฅ ๐ง๐ท Ronaldo โ 10 Nations
๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช Miroslav Klose โ 10 Nations
๐ Messi just keeps rewriting the record books!
๐ Lionel Messi is ABSOLUTELY UNSTOPPABLE at the 2026 World Cup!
๐๏ธ 3 games
โฝ๏ธ 6 GOALS
๐ 1 free-kick masterclass
๐งฉ 6 chances created
๐ฅ 3 BIG chances created
๐ช 13 duels WON
๐ฆ๐ท For Argentina:
๐ 202 games
โฝ 123 goals
๐ฏ 61 assists
๐ฅ 184 goal contributions
๐ฅ ABSOLUTE MAGIC FROM THE GOAT!
๐ Lionel Messi curls in a breathtaking free kick to become the FIRST player in history to score in SEVEN straight World Cup matches!
๐ The numbers are insane:
๐ฏ 2nd World Cup free-kick goal
๐ฏ 12th free-kick for Argentina
๐ฏ 72nd career free-kick goal
โฝ๏ธ 6th of the 2026 World Cup
โฝ๏ธ 19th World Cup goal
โฝ๏ธ 123rd for Argentina
โฝ๏ธ 917th senior career goal
๐๏ธ Lionel Messi does not miss on the big stage.
๐ Lionel Messiโs IMPRESSIVE career stats, records, individual accolades and trophies at age 39 years.
๐๏ธ 1158 Games
โฝ๏ธ 916 Goals
๐ฏ 414 Assists
๐ฅ 1,330 Goal contributions
๐ฉ 61 Hat-tricks
๐ 71 Free-kick
๐ 48 Trophies
๐ 8 Ballon dโOr
๐ 6 Golden Boots
๐ 452 Man of the Match
๐ 9x La Liga Best Player
๐ 8x Pichichi Trophies
๐ 6x UEFA Champions League Top Scorer
๐ 2x FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
๐ 2x FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
๐ 2x Copa America Golden Ball
๐ 2x MLS Most Valuable Player
๐ 2x Laureus World Sportsman of the year
๐ MLS Golden Boot
๐ THE GOAT
๐ฆ๐ท 1158 Games
โฝ๏ธ 916 Goals
๐ฏ 414 Assists
๐ 8 Ballon d'Ors
๐ 46 Trophies
โ All-time top goalscorer at the World Cup
๐ฃ๏ธ Sir Alex Ferguson: โMessi is on a different level to everybody else, it's as simple as that.โ
๐ฃ๏ธ Pep Guardiola: โDonโt write about him, donโt try to describe him, just watch him.โ
๐ฃ๏ธ Jรผrgen Klopp: โMessi is probably the best player I've seen in my whole life.โ
๐ฃ๏ธ David Beckham: โMessi is simply the best player in the world. Messi is alone in his class.โ
Happy Birthday to the GREATEST OF ALL TIME, Lionel Messi, who turns 39 today. ๐
๐ Most Man of the Match awards at the World Cup in the 21st century:
๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi: 13
๐ต๐น Cristiano Ronaldo: 8
๐ณ๐ฑ Arjen Robben: 6
๐ซ๐ท Kylian Mbappe: 6
๐บ๐พ Luis Suarez: 5
๐ญ๐ท Luka Modric: 5
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Harry Kane: 5
Historic! ๐ณโค๏ธ
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, LIONEL ANDRES MESSI CUCCITTINI
I can't lie I'm not happy tho, each birthday reminds me of how close you are to retirement.
Thank you for the 20+ years of football sorcery that gave me immense happiness.
๐ฆ๐ท Happy Birthday to the greatest player of all time, Lionel Messi, who turns 39 today! ๐
๐ 1158 games
โฝ๏ธ 916 goals
๐ฏ 414 assists
๐ 48 trophies
๐ฅ 8 Ballon dโOr
๐ 6 Golden Boots
๐ณ 61 hat-tricks
๐ฅ 71 free-kick
โญ๏ธ 452 Man of the Match
๐ 2x World Cup Golden Ball
๐ 2x Club World Cup Golden Ball
โฝ๏ธ 6x Champions League Top Scorer
๐ 2x Copa America Golden Ball
โญ๏ธ 9x La Liga Best Player
โฝ๏ธ 8x Pichichi Trophies
๐ 2x MLS Most Valuable Player
๐ MLS Golden Boot
๐ 2x Laureus World Sportsman of the year
The best ever! ๐
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On this day 39 years ago, a young boy was born in Rosario. ๐ฆ๐ท
For almost two decades, we have watched magic, records, trophies, and moments that will live forever in football history.
World Cup, Champions League, Ballon d'Ors... He has won everything there is to win.
He has now turned 39, but he is still delivering. Still scoring goals. Still doing it all as if itโs the most normal thing in the world.
Happy Birthday, Lionel Messi. And thank you for giving us all these magic moments. ๐ฅน
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฆ๐ท On this day in 1987, a kid from Rosario, Argentina came into the worldโฆ and football was never the same again.
๐๏ธ For nearly 20 years weโve witnessed greatness: the dribbles that broke ankles, the goals that silenced stadiums, the trophies that stacked higher than anyone in history.
๐ 48 trophies including the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, 8 Ballon dโOrs
โฆand a legacy that will never fade.
โฝ๏ธ Now at 39, heโs STILL cooking up moments, STILL scoring, STILL making the impossible look routine.
๐ซถ Lionel Messi, you absolute legend.
๐ Thank you for every single second of brilliance.
๐ Happy Birthday, GOAT
๐ณ๐ด NORWAYโS ALL-TIME GOALSCORING KINGS
๐ค Erling Haaland has gone nuclear on the international stage and left everyone else in the dust:
๐ฅ๐ณ๐ด ERLING HAALAND โ 59 GOALS in 52 CAPS
๐ฅ๐ณ๐ด Jรธrgen Juve โ 33 in 45
๐ฅ๐ณ๐ด Einar Gundersen โ 26 in 33
๐ฅ๐ณ๐ด Alexander Sรธrloth โ 26 in 75
5๏ธโฃ๐ณ๐ด Harald Hennum โ 25 in 43
๐ This isnโt just a recordโฆ itโs a total takeover.
"I WILL set you up." ๐คช๐ซต
Lionel Messi has created more chances than any other player in the World Cup since Opta records began in 1966 (76)
The full top 5:
๐ฆ๐ท 76 - Lionel Messi
๐ฆ๐ท 71 - Diego Maradona
๐ฉ๐ช 62 - Wolfgang Overath
๐ฉ๐ช 54 - Lothar Matthaus
๐ซ๐ท 51 - Alain Giresse
Another day, another Messi record.
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5 - Lionel Messi yesterday was the oldest player (38 years, 363 days) on record since 1966 to record 5+ shots (7) and 5+ dribbles (5) in a FIFA World Cup match.
The previous oldest was... Lionel Messi in 2022 against Poland, aged 35.
Vintage.