Jameliz On Messi Trophy (2024)

FAQs

What is the only trophy Messi hasn't won? ›

So, the only competition he's played and hasn't won is the Coupe de France (French Cup).

With the Argentine squad, Messi won the FIFA World Cup in 2022. He was also able to lift the Copa América with his team in 2021.

Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has received a total of eight Ballon d'Or awards and three The Best FIFA Men's Player awards, the most for any player.

The Argentine captain, who won the World Cup in 2022, was adjudged the winner over the Norway striker because he had more first-choice nominations from national men's team captains.

They are two of the most decorated footballers ever, having won a combined 79 official trophies (Messi 44, Ronaldo 35) during their senior careers thus far, and have regularly broken the 50-goal barrier in a single season. They are the only two players to score over 800 goals each in their careers for club and country.

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 (8). Messi has spent most of his playing career in Spain and France, while Ronaldo has played in Portugal, England, Spain, and Italy.

Messi is the second highest-paid athlete in the world as of 2023, and has earned an estimated $1.15 billion in his career so far, according to Forbes. Messi owns a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio, holds lucrative brand partnerships, and even owns a hotel chain.

Lionel Messi is an Argentine-born football (soccer) player who has been named the world's best men's player of the year seven times (2009–12, 2015, 2019, and 2021). In 2022 he helped Argentina win the World Cup.

Lionel Messi Equals World Record By Winning 43rd Trophy.

Messi holds the record for scoring the most goals in a calendar year for Argentina thanks to netting 18 in 14 appearances in 2022. The next-most is 12, registered by Messi in nine games in 2012 and Gabriel Batistuta in 12 in 1998.

Who has more golden boots, Messi or Ronaldo? ›

Lionel Messi is the all time record winner of the award, having won it six times overall. He also holds the record for most goals and most points in a single season—50 and 100 respectively, in 2011–12. Cristiano Ronaldo is second on the all time list, having won four Golden Shoes, as well as two consecutively.

Until 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.

Messi and Haaland were virtually tied!

Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland both finished the accounting with 48 points! Messi only edged the Manchester City player for the award by virtue of receiving more first-place votes from the national team captains. Kylian Mbappe finished third with 35 points.

View the full The Best FIFA Men's Player voting breakdown here. Messi also won the 2019 Best FIFA Men's Player award and was recognised by FIFA as the leading player in the men's game on five occasions prior to that - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015 - making this his eighth individual award in total.

Missing trophy

Barça have won 135 official trophies over the years, including 26 for La Liga, 31 for the Copa del Rey, and most importantly, the five for the Champions League. But there have been plenty of other ones too. But there is still no sign of the Europa League, or the UEFA Cup as it was before…

A Golden Ball or Boot on an international level. It would be unfair to critique Ronaldo for not winning a World Cup in his career. But as one of the greatest, he should have a Golden Ball or Boot. Ronaldo is the greatest footballer in Portugal's history.

The Catalan club swept all before them, winning the UEFA Champions League, La Liga and the Copa del Rey in the 2008/09 season and kicking on to complete an unprecedented sextet by also claiming the Supercopa de España, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup before the year's end.

With Real, Ronaldo won four Champions Leagues, two La Liga titles, two Copas del Rey, two UEFA Super Cups and three Club World Cups.