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HISTORIC RECORD EQUALLED!

Most World Cup goals in history:

16 ⚽️ LEO MESSI 🇦🇷 🆕
16 ⚽️ Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪
15 ⚽️ Ronaldo 🇧🇷
14 ⚽️ Gerd Müller 🇩🇪
14 ⚽️ Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷
13 ⚽️ Just Fontaine 🇫🇷
12 ⚽️ Pélé 🇧🇷
11 ⚽️ Sandor Kocsis 🇭🇺
11 ⚽️ Jürgen Klinsmann 🇩🇪

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FT: Argentina 3-0 Algeria

A first career World Cup hat-trick for Leo Messi gives the reigning world champions a perfect start of the 2026 World Cup

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Messi scores his first World Cup hat-trick and has now registered 61 career hat-tricks (11 for Argentina)

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Messi's record equalling 16 World Cup goals by opponent (11 opponents)

3 ⚽ Algeria
3 ⚽ Nigeria
2 ⚽ France
1 ⚽ Croatia
1 ⚽ Netherlands
1 ⚽ Australia
1 ⚽ Mexico
1 ⚽ Saudi Arabia
1 ⚽ Iran
1 ⚽ Bosnia-Herzegovina
1 ⚽ Serbia Montenegro

https://t.co/cFGQ5jxERD

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Standing ovation!

Messi is being substituted after his third goal of the evening. What a performance by the goat.

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What a joy to watch this man play his favourite sport.

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HAT-TRICK!!!

Messi with his third goal of the evening, Argentina 3-0 Algeria!

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UPDATE - Most World Cup goals in history

16 ⚽️ Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪
15 ⚽️ LEO MESSI 🇦🇷 🆕
15 ⚽️ Ronaldo 🇧🇷
14 ⚽️ Gerd Müller 🇩🇪
14 ⚽️ Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷
13 ⚽️ Just Fontaine 🇫🇷
12 ⚽️ Pélé 🇧🇷
11 ⚽️ Sandor Kocsis 🇭🇺
11 ⚽️ Jürgen Klinsmann 🇩🇪

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The list keeps on growing... 🐐

👕 27 World Cup games
🎯 23 goal contributions
⚽ 15 goals
🅰️ 8 assists

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I respect Messi’s greatness, but I’m fully convinced he’s going goal‑less this World Cup and Argentina are getting grouped. He holds them back.

Bookmark this and come back when it happens.

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RECORD BROKEN! Messi is the only player in World Cup history to score against 11 different opponents

🇦🇷 MESSI - 11
🇩🇪 Jürgen Klinsmann - 10
🇧🇷 Ronaldo Nazário - 10
🇩🇪 Miroslav Klose - 10
🇩🇪 Uwe Seeler - 9
🇩🇪 Gerd Müller - 9
🇧🇷 Pelé - 8
🇧🇷 Jairzinho - 8

[via @2010MisterChip]

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Messi's 15 World Cup goals by opponent (11 opponents)

3 ⚽️ Nigeria
2 ⚽️ France
2 ⚽️ Algeria [+2]
1 ⚽️ Croatia
1 ⚽️ Netherlands
1 ⚽️ Australia
1 ⚽️ Mexico
1 ⚽️ Saudi Arabia
1 ⚽️ Iran
1 ⚽️ Bosnia-Herzegovina
1 ⚽️ Serbia Montenegro

https://t.co/cFGQ5jxERD

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GOOOOOOOOAL!

Messi with his second goal of the game, Argentina 2-0 up against Algeria

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Most goals from outside the box at #FIFAWorldCup tournaments since 1966

5 ⚽️ Rivellino, LEO MESSI
4 ⚽️ Lothar Matthäus, Diego Forlan

[via @Sofascore]

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Messi breaks the all-time record for the most goal contributions in FIFA World Cup history with 22, consisting of 14 goals and 8 assists.

👕 27 games
🎯 22 goal contributions
⚽️ 14 goals
🅰️ 8 assists

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Messi's 14 World Cup goals by opponent (11 opponents)

3 ⚽️ Nigeria
2 ⚽️ France
1 ⚽️ Algeria
1 ⚽️ Croatia
1 ⚽️ Netherlands
1 ⚽️ Australia
1 ⚽️ Mexico
1 ⚽️ Saudi Arabia
1 ⚽️ Iran
1 ⚽️ Bosnia-Herzegovina
1 ⚽️ Serbia Montenegro

https://t.co/63AJU1wpjq

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Most international matches played

228 👕 Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹
201 👕 Bader Ahmed Al-Mutawa 🇰🇼
200 👕 LEO MESSI 🇦🇷
198 👕 Luka Modric 🇭🇷

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HT: Argentina 1-0 Algeria

On this day exactly 20 years ago, Messi scored his first ever World Cup goal, against Serbia and Montenegro (6-0)

Check all of his 14 World Cup goals on https://t.co/63AJU1wpjq:
https://t.co/TUW65oBsrk

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Messi for @Argentina in the USA:

👕 23 appearances
⚽️ 21 goals
🅰️ 9 assists

https://t.co/NosKfSSHSS

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Most World Cup goals in history

16 ⚽️ Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪
15 ⚽️ Ronaldo 🇧🇷
14 ⚽️ Gerd Müller 🇩🇪
14 ⚽️ Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷
14 ⚽️ LEO MESSI 🇦🇷 🆕
13 ⚽️ Just Fontaine 🇫🇷
12 ⚽️ Pélé 🇧🇷
11 ⚽️ Sandor Kocsis 🇭🇺
11 ⚽️ Jürgen Klinsmann 🇩🇪