Lionel Messi – FIFA The Best 2022 Award

Lionel Messi will win his third FIFA The Best award tonight.

The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, February 27, 2023 at 9:00 p.m. (local time) in Paris, France).

Performances with club and national team from August 8th, 2021 to December 18th, 2022 will be the measuring stick.

Here are Lionel Messi’s statistics and honours with the Argentina national team and Paris Saint-Germain.

Grand Total (August 8, 2021-December 18, 2022) – All Teams and Competitions

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	75 (4)	46	34	2 – FIFA World Cup 2022 FIFA Golden Ball 2022 (Tournament MVP); – French Ligue 1 2021-22; – French SuperCup 2022-23 French SuperCup Final MVP 2022-23

Paris Saint-Germain (August 8, 2021-December 18, 2022) – All Competitions

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	54 (2)	24	28	2 – French Ligue 1 2021-22; – French SuperCup 2022-23 French SuperCup Final MVP 2022-23

Argentina National Team (August 8, 2021-December 18, 2022) – All Competitions

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	21 (2)	22	6	2 – FIFA World Cup 2022 + FIFA Golden Ball 2022 as Tournament MVP; CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions (Finalissima) 2022 + Man of The match

Lionel Messi will win the FIFA The Best award as he continues to be the best player in the world and perhaps the best athlete as well.

Lionel Messi – FIFA World Cup 2022 and career

Lionel Messi has finally become world champion with his national team, Argentina.

Lionel Messi has finally become world champion with his national team, Argentina.

Here are his stats and the honours earned by La Pulga during this tournament and in his World Cup career

Competition	Games	Goals	Assists	Honours
Qatar 2022	7	7	3	– Winner – Golden Ball
Russia 2018	4	1	2	–
Brazil 2014	7	4	1	– Runner-up – Golden Ball
South Africa 2010	5	0	1	–
Germany 2006	3 (2)*	1	1	–
Total in WC career	26	13	8	– Winner (2022) – Runner-up (2014) – Golden Ball (2014, 2022)

*In brackets, matches played as substitutes.

Lionel Messi, one, if not, the greatest of all time !

Lionel Messi – Season 2022-23 (Match Day 13)

Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Competition	Games	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Trophies
Trophée des Champions	1	1	0	90	1
Ligue 1 Uber Eats	12	7	10	1057
UEFA Champions League	4	4	3	345
Total	17	12	13	1492	1

As of October 31, 2022

Argentina Football Association (National Team)

Competition	Games	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Trophies
Friendlies	2	4	0	124
FIFA World Cup 2022 (coming up in November 2022)
Total	2	4	0	124

As of October 31, 2022

2022-23 Overall Season

Competition	Games	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Trophies
Trophée des Champions (Paris-SG)	1	1	0	90	1
Ligue 1 Uber Eats (Paris-SG)	12	7	10	1057
UEFA Champions League (Paris-SG)	4	4	3	345
Friendlies (Argentina FA)	2	4	0	124
Total	17	12	13	1492	1

As of October 31, 2022

Lionel Messi – Season 2022-23

Lionel Messi has started the season very well with Paris Saint-German this season.

• He won the Trophée des Champions against FC Nantes by scoring the first goal of the match and was voted Player of the Match.

• He continues his excellent form in Ligue 1 with 4 goals and 7 assists so far.

• In the UEFA Champions League, he played against Juventus F.C. and Maccabi Haifa F.C. and scored 1 goal with 1 assist.

Here are the stats for the Argentine genius in 2022-23:

	Games	Goals	Assists	Minutes played	Trophies won
Trophée des Champions	1	1	0	90	1
Ligue 1	8	4	7	710
Champions League	2	1	1	174
Total	11	6	8	974	1

He is the best player this season in France, in Europe, in the World, of his generation and one of the greatest of all time.

Stay tuned…

Lionel Messi – All-Time Statistics

Here are the all time statistics of Lionel Messi updated. Genius !

As of April 8, 2023

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	1019 (*102)	803	354	42

Here are the statistics with FC Barcelona, the Argentina national team and Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain (2021-Present) – All Competitions

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	67 (2)	29	31	2 – Ligue 1 2021-22; – French SuperCup 2022-23;

Argentina National Team (2005-Present)

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	174 (16)	102	54	5 – FIFA World Cup 2022 !! – CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions 2022; – Copa America 2021; – Summer Olympics 2008; – FIFA U20 World Cup 2005;

FC Barcelona (2004-2021)

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	778 (84)	672	268	35 – La Liga (10); – Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey) (7); – Spanish SuperCup (8); UEFA Champions League (4); UEFA SuperCup (3) FIFA Club World Cup (3)

Lionel Messi, simply the best player of his generation.

Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Pelé, Johann Cruyff and Alfredo Di Stefano, Franz Beckenbauer, Zinedine Zidane.

*(Games used as a substitute)

Lionel Messi – Ballon d’Or / Golden Ball 2021

Here are the statistics and trophies won by La Pulga since the beginning of the year 2021.

Lionel Messi is now a Paris Saint-Germain player and Leo continues to accumulate interesting statistics.

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	43* (2)	36	14	Copa del Rey La Liga Top Scorer — Copa America Copa America Best Player Copa America Top Scorer

*On September 5, 2021, the game between Brazil and Argentina was stopped after only 5 minutes and it remains to be seen what will happen.

Ballon d’Or 2021 loading for Lionel Messi ?

We shall see.

He is the best, perhaps ever even.

Ballon d’Or 2021 – Lionel Messi

Player	Games	Goals	Assists	Trophies won
Lionel Messi	17	15	3	–

The Greatest Player of All-Time, with Diego Maradona and Pelé, is in full force in 2021

Lionel Messi started 2021 in a sensational fashion with a production of 17 goals and 6 assists in 18 games, in all competitions.

FC Barcelona lost the final of the Spanish SuperCup to Athletic Bilbao.

FC Barcelona was eliminated from the UEFA Champions League against Paris-SG in the round of 16 (2-5 on aggegrate).

FC Barcelona are in 3rd place in La Liga Santander 7 points behind Atlético Madrid, but with a game in hand.

FC Barcelona will play in the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao in April.

Stay tuned…

Lionel Messi vs. CR7 – Ballon D’Or/Golden Ball 2021

The 2020/21 season is off to a strong start and already a lot of surprises across Europe in the various domestic leagues.

But what has been going on with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo since the start of the season? Here are the statistics below.

	Messi (La Liga)	Ronaldo (Serie A)
Domestic competitions	4 goals – 0 assist	8 goals – 1 assist
UEFA Champions League	3 goals – 2 assists	2 goals – 1 assist
Total	7 goals – 2 assists	10 goals – 2 assists

Lionel Messi vs. Pelé – Goals

 

Lionel Messi is approaching a record that many thought was impossible to beat: the number of goals scored with a single club.

Currently, it’s « King Pelé » who holds this record with 648 goals in official matches and all competitions with Santos FC, Brazil.

Lionel Messi is getting dangerously closer to this record.

Take a look:

	Pelé (Santos FC, Brazil)	Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona, Spain)
Goals	643	627 (and counting)

17 more goals to beat the record.  Let’s go Leo!

Stay tuned, history in the making…

Golden Shoe/Soulier d’Or 2019-20 – Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé, Lewandowski

The Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer of the European championships at the end of a season. Each goal counts for points depending on the level of the championship.

Here are the top 10 goal scorers today:

	Goals	Coefficient	Points
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio, Italy)	27	2	54
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern Munich, Germany)	25	2	50
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus FC, Italy)	21	2	42
Timo Werner (RB Leipzig, Germany)	21	2	42
Erling Haaland (RB Salzburg, Austria & Borussia Dortmund, Germany)	25	2 (Dortmund); 1 (Salzburg)	42
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona, Spain)	19	2	38
Jamie Vardy (Leicester FC, England)	19	2	38
Kylian Mbappé (Paris-SG, France)	18	2	36
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco, France)	18	2	36
Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan, Italy)	17	2	34