The one constant with Lionel Messi has been the personal accolades and team awards he has stacked up throughout his career, but with the Argentina national team, that wasn't always the case. ESPN takes a deeper look into the numbers behind his international playing career.
Lionel Messi has released an official statement to announce his retirement from international football. Messi won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, claimed two Copa America titles in 2021 and 2024 and lifted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Messi made his senior team debut in 2005 and would go on to become Argentina’s most-capped player with 207 and its leading goal scorer with 125.
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