List of career achievements by Lionel Messi
Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, regarded by many as one of the greatest players of all time,[1][2][3][4] has received six Ballon d'Or awards, the most for any football player, as well as the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year and 2019 The Best FIFA Men's Player. Messi holds the record for most goals in La Liga (456), the Supercopa de España (14), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (303).[5][6] He has scored 748 goals for club and country throughout his professional career and is also the first player in history to win five and six European Golden Shoes.
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Collective awards
Friendlies titles
- Joan Gamper Trophy: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020[13]
- Ramón de Carranza Trophy: 2005[14]
- Franz Beckenbauer Cup: 2007[15]
- Tournoi de Paris: 2012[16]
- Summer of Champions' Cup: 2012[17][18]
- International Champions Cup: 2017 United States
Friendly competitions
- Copa Times of India: 2011
- Superclásico de las Américas: 2017,[19] 2019
- San Juan Cup: 2019[20]
Individual honours
World
Awards ceremonies to crown the best player of the world have been organized annually since 1955, when the inaugural Ballon d'Or awarding took place. The Ballon d'Or was presented to the player who had been voted to have performed the best over the previous year, and was established by French journalist Gabriel Hanot. Originally, votes could only be awarded to European players before a 1995 rule change.
The FIFA World Player of the Year was established in 1991.
FIFA World Player of the Year
The Best FIFA Men's Player
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FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
Other
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Europe
UEFA Men Player of the Year AwardAccording to UEFA, the award "recognise[s] the best iation during the previous season."[42] Players are judged by their performances in all competitions, domestic and international, and at club and national team levels throughout the season.[42] In the past, the award was solely decided by a panel of 53 leading sports journalists.[43] In 2018, however, UEFA added 80 coaches, from the clubs that participated in the group stages of that year's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, to its jury. The amount of journalists selected by the European Sports Media association was also increased to 55, representing each of UEFA's member associations.[44]
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Champions League Forward of the SeasonChampions League positional awards were introduced in 2017 to "recognise the season's best player in each position in Europe's premier club competition".[48]
Other
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Spain
La Liga Awards
Other
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Barcelona
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European Golden Shoe
The European Golden Shoe is awarded to the top goalscorer in Europe. It is awarded based on a weighted points system that allows players in tougher leagues to win even if they score fewer goals than a player in a weaker league. Goals scored in the top five leagues according to the UEFA coefficients rankings are multiplied by a factor of two, and goals scored in the leagues ranked six to 21 are multiplied by 1.5.
Since the points system was established in 1996, Messi is the only player to win the award a record six times and also the only one to win it with a record 100 points (season 2011–12). Messi was also the first player to win the award five times.[88][89][90]
Season | Goals | Points |
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2009–10 | 34 | 68 |
2011–12 | 50 | 100 |
2012–13 | 46 | 92 |
2016–17 | 37 | 74 |
2017–18 | 34 | 68 |
2018–19 | 36 | 72 |
UEFA Champions League top scorer
Season | Player(s) | Nationality | Club(s) | Goals |
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2008–09 | Lionel Messi | ![]() |
Barcelona | 9 |
2009–10 | Lionel Messi | ![]() |
Barcelona | 8 |
2010–11 | Lionel Messi | ![]() |
Barcelona | 12 |
2011–12 | Lionel Messi | ![]() |
Barcelona | 14 |
2014–15 | Neymar | ![]() |
Barcelona | 10 |
Cristiano Ronaldo | ![]() |
Real Madrid | ||
Lionel Messi | ![]() |
Barcelona | ||
2018–19 | Lionel Messi | ![]() |
Barcelona | 12 |
Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation,[91] UEFA,[92] worldfootball.net[93]
All-time
Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 134 goals while Lionel Messi is second with 118 to his name.[94] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl, in November 2014.[95] Ronaldo opened a gap in the 2015–16 season when he became the first player to score double figures in the group stage of the Champions League, setting the record at 11 goals.[96]
- As of 9 December 2020
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Club(s) |
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134[lower-alpha 1] | 174 | 0.77 | 2003–present | Manchester United Real Madrid Juventus |
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118 | 147 | 0.8 | 2005–present | Barcelona |
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71 | 94 | 0.76 | 2011–present | Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich |
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142 | 0.5 | 1995–2011 | Real Madrid Schalke 04 | ||
5 | ![]() |
69 | 125 | 0.55 | 2006–present | Lyon Real Madrid |
Source: worldfootball.net[94]
La Liga top scorer
Season | Goals | Matches | Ratio |
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2009–10 | 34 | 35 | 0.971 |
2011–12 | 50 | 37 | 1.351 |
2012–13 | 46 | 32 | 1.438 |
2016–17 | 37 | 34 | 1.088 |
2017–18 | 34 | 36 | 0.944 |
2018–19 | 36 | 34 | 1.059 |
2019–20 | 25 | 33 | 0.758 |
All-time
- As of 31 January 2021
Rank | Name | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Club(s) |
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456 | 503 | 0.907 | 2004–present | Barcelona |
2 | ![]() |
311 | 292 | 1.065 | 2009–2018 | Real Madrid |
3 | ![]() |
251 | 277 | 0.906 | 1940–1955 | Athletic Bilbao |
4 | ![]() |
234 | 347 | 0.674 | 1981–1994 | Real Madrid Rayo Vallecano Atlético Madrid |
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228 | 550 | 0.415 | 1994–2010 | Real Madrid |
Source: worldfootball.net[98]
Hat-tricks
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# | For | Against | Result | Competition | Date |
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1 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | 3–3 (H) | 2006–07 La Liga | 10 March 2007 |
2 | Atlético Madrid | 3–1 (A) | 2008–09 Copa del Rey | 6 January 2009 | |
3 | Tenerife | 5–0 (A) | 2009–10 La Liga | 10 January 2010 | |
4 | Valencia | 3–0 (H) | 2009–10 La Liga | 14 March 2010 | |
5 | Zaragoza | 4–2 (A) | 2009–10 La Liga | 21 March 2010 | |
6 | Arsenal4 | 4–1 (H) | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League | 6 April 2010 | |
7 | Sevilla | 4–0 (H) | 2010 Supercopa de España | 21 August 2010 | |
8 | Almería | 8–0 (A) | 2010–11 La Liga | 20 November 2010 | |
9 | Real Betis | 5–0 (H) | 2010–11 Copa del Rey | 12 January 2011 | |
10 | Atlético Madrid | 3–0 (H) | 2010–11 La Liga | 5 February 2011 | |
11 | Osasuna | 8–0 (H) | 2011–12 La Liga | 17 September 2011 | |
12 | Atlético Madrid | 5–0 (H) | 2011–12 La Liga | 24 September 2011 | |
13 | Mallorca | 5–0 (H) | 2011–12 La Liga | 29 October 2011 | |
14 | Viktoria Plzeň | 4–0 (A) | 2011–12 UEFA Champions League | 1 November 2011 | |
15 | Málaga | 4–1 (A) | 2011–12 La Liga | 22 January 2012 | |
16 | Valencia4 | 5–1 (H) | 2011–12 La Liga | 19 February 2012 | |
17 | Argentina | Switzerland | 3–1 (A) | Friendly | 29 February 2012 |
18 | Barcelona | Bayer Leverkusen5 | 7–1 (H) | 2011–12 UEFA Champions League | 7 March 2012 |
19 | Espanyol4 | 4–0 (H) | 2011–12 La Liga | 20 March 2012 | |
20 | Granada | 5–3 (H) | 2011–12 La Liga | 2 May 2012 | |
21 | Málaga | 4–1 (H) | 2011–12 La Liga | 5 May 2012 | |
22 | Argentina | Brazil | 4–3 (N) | Friendly | 9 June 2012 |
23 | Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña | 5–4 (A) | 2012–13 La Liga | 20 October 2012 |
24 | Osasuna4 | 5–1 (H) | 2012–13 La Liga | 27 January 2013 | |
25 | Argentina | Guatemala | 4–0 (A) | Friendly | 14 June 2013 |
26 | Barcelona | Valencia | 3–2 (A) | 2013–14 La Liga | 1 September 2013 |
27 | Ajax | 4–0 (H) | 2013–14 UEFA Champions League | 18 September 2013 | |
28 | Osasuna | 7–0 (H) | 2013–14 La Liga | 16 March 2014 | |
29 | Real Madrid | 4–3 (A) | 2013–14 La Liga | 23 March 2014 | |
30 | Sevilla | 5–1 (H) | 2014–15 La Liga | 22 November 2014 | |
31 | APOEL | 4–0 (A) | 2014–15 UEFA Champions League | 25 November 2014 | |
32 | Espanyol | 5–1 (H) | 2014–15 La Liga | 7 December 2014 | |
33 | Deportivo La Coruña | 4–0 (A) | 2014–15 La Liga | 18 January 2015 | |
34 | Levante | 5–0 (H) | 2014–15 La Liga | 15 February 2015 | |
35 | Rayo Vallecano | 6–1 (H) | 2014–15 La Liga | 15 March 2015 | |
36 | Granada | 4–0 (H) | 2015–16 La Liga | 9 January 2016 | |
37 | Valencia | 7–0 (H) | 2015–16 Copa del Rey | 3 February 2016 | |
38 | Rayo Vallecano | 5–1 (A) | 2015–16 La Liga | 3 March 2016 | |
39 | Argentina | Panama | 5–0 (N) | Copa América Centenario | 10 June 2016 |
40 | Barcelona | Celtic | 7–0 (H) | 2016–17 UEFA Champions League | 13 September 2016 |
41 | Manchester City | 4–0 (H) | 2016–17 UEFA Champions League | 19 October 2016 | |
42 | Espanyol | 5–0 (H) | 2017–18 La Liga | 9 September 2017 | |
43 | Eibar4 | 6–1 (H) | 2017–18 La Liga | 19 September 2017 | |
44 | Argentina | Ecuador | 3–1 (A) | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | 10 October 2017 |
45 | Barcelona | Leganés | 3–1 (H) | 2017–18 La Liga | 7 April 2018 |
46 | Deportivo La Coruña | 4–2 (A) | 2017–18 La Liga | 29 April 2018 | |
47 | Argentina | Haiti | 4–0 (H) | Friendly | 29 May 2018 |
48 | Barcelona | PSV Eindhoven | 4–0 (H) | 2018–19 UEFA Champions League | 18 September 2018 |
49 | Levante | 5–0 (A) | 2018–19 La Liga | 16 December 2018 | |
50 | Sevilla | 4–2 (A) | 2018–19 La Liga | 23 February 2019 | |
51 | Real Betis | 4–1 (A) | 2018–19 La Liga | 17 March 2019 | |
52 | Celta Vigo | 4–1 (H) | 2019–20 La Liga | 9 November 2019 | |
53 | Mallorca | 5–2 (H) | 2019–20 La Liga | 7 December 2019 | |
54 | Eibar4 | 5–0 (H) | 2019–20 La Liga | 22 February 2020 |
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Other performances
Some of these accolades are shared with other players.
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- Top assist provider
International
- Awarded by international football federations
Spain
Selections for international sports personality of the year
The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremony honouring remarkable individuals from the world of sports along with the greatest sporting achievements throughout the year.[151] With six and five nominations respectively, Messi and Ronaldo are the only footballers to be nominated on multiple occasions. In 2020, Messi became the first footballer to win the award.[152]
Selections for national sports personality of the year
Man of the match awards
Other
Records
World records
Continental recordsEurope
Americas
Spanish records
Argentine records
Club recordsBarcelona
See alsoFootnotes
References
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