Lionel Messi scored on the eve of the 55th ball shirt Argentina national team and became the best goleadores in the history of the national team.
To work around Gabriel Batistuta, Messi needed to play 112 matches to be held in Argentina a little over ten years. Average per game, Messi in the national team scored 0.49 goals, Batistuta figure was more impressive – to 0.77 goals per 90 minutes.
Messi scored five times at world Championships eight times was observed in the final stages of the Copa America 15 times, put your autograph in the qualifying rounds for the world Championships and 27 scored in friendly matches. On account of Messi’s four hat-tricks and six doubles.
It is worth noting that at the international level, Lionel Messi still has not won a single trophy. The gap in his own biography, the Argentinian can fix America’s Cup – today the national team of Argentina with the score 4:0 defeated the USA and made it to the finals of the tournament.
The best scorers in the history of the Argentina national team:
1. Lionel Messi (2004 – …) – 55 goals
2. Gabriel Batistuta (1991 – 2006) – 54
3. Hernan Crespo (1995 – 2007) – 35
4. Sergio Aguero (2006 – …) – 34
5. Diego Maradona (1977 – 1994) – 34
6. Gonzalo Higuain (2009 – …) – 31
7. Luis Artim (1961 – 1967) – 24
8. Daniel Pasarella (1976 – 1986) – 23
9. Herminio, Macanthony (1931 – 1945) – 21
10. Jose Sanfilippo (1956 – 1962) – 21
