Lionel Messi became the third player ever to score 100 international goals with his 20th minute goal against Curaçao on Tuesday, and the first to accomplish that feat with a men's FIFA World Cup trophy. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Iran’s Ali Daei each scored 100 goals with their respective countries, but neither have a World Cup to their name. Messi, 35, won the World Cup with Argentina in 2022.

Messi also scored goals Nos. 101 and 102 in the first half of Tuesday's game. The final score was 7-0 in Argentina's favor.

Messi's latest feat comes just days after he became the second-ever player to score 800 career goals, joining the aforementioned Ronaldo. Ronaldo holds the all-time record for career goals, which includes goals at the club and international level.

Messi has made 174 senior appearances for Argentina in his career, which is the all-time record for Argentina and fourth on the all-time list. Ronaldo's 198 senior caps for Portugal is currently the all-time record.

At 102 goals, Messi is Argentina's all-time leading scorer by a margin of 46 goals. Messi became Argentina's all-time leading goalscorer in 2016 with a free-kick against the United States in the Copa América Centenario.

Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring during an international friendly soccer match against Curacao in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick and surpassed 100 career goals for Argentina with three in the first half of Tuesday’s international friendly against Curacao. The World Cup winners beat the Caribbean side 7-0 in their second match since clinching the trophy in December.

The 35-year-old Messi opened the scoring against Curacao in the 20th minute with a right-foot shot from the edge of the box to reach the 100-goal milestone. Nico Gonzalez added another three minutes later with a header from close range.

Messi then scored his 101st for Argentina in the 33rd minute with a crossed shot to the right of the goalkeeper and his 102nd in the 37th after an easy run to score. Two minutes earlier he had assisted Enzo Fernandez’ blast from the edge of the box.

The Argentine captain trails only two players on the list of most goals scored for national teams in official matches; Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, with 122, and Iran’s Ali Daei, with 109.

backtalkG:
Curacao weh even me go score 5

Mumusaphire:
Which country curacao dey pls. They sha dey organise friendly matches with small small country. Lol. Portugal should be organising friendly matches with like this curacao also jo

backtalkG:
Curacao weh even me go score 5

Mumusaphire:
Which country curacao dey pls. They sha dey organise friendly matches with small small country. Lol. Portugal should be organising friendly matches with like this curacao also jo

Fira09:
Lionel Messi's last 14 games for Argentina
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Mumusaphire:
Which country curacao dey pls. They sha dey organise friendly matches with small small country. Lol. Portugal should be organising friendly matches with like this curacao also jo

Kingcalls:


Apart from penalties and a tap in ( rebound) the easiest goal a grandma can score ... mention one credible team he scored in those 14 games ... even kane ... he will fire 30 goals against those teams as well as long as he is given penalties just like the fraud ... mbappe go score 50

Fira09:


Your pendu is already demoted to a camel🐫🐪 league, the finished man couldn't won Morocco, he was booted out plastic tina.

Keep wailing!

Fira09:


Your pendu is already demoted to a camel🐫🐪 league, the finished man couldn't won Morocco, he was booted out plastic tina.

Keep wailing!

Kingcalls:


We know fake when we see... as long as they keep on playing cheap teams to stat pad ... we know what they are up to... na this kyn tin ApC and Tinubu de do ...looking for short corners

Kingcalls:
Argentina de busy de stat pad that fraud to get to Ronaldo.... Argentina last 6 friendlies na Estonia ,China, Jordan, Honduras, Panama, carauco ... just for the fraud to stat pad ... portugal will never organise friendlies with loosers ... out of the frauds 102 internation goals , 54 na for friendlies and nobody in history of international football has played more penalties than him ... 31 penalties ... the only time Ronaldo plays a cheap team is during qualifiers and that's because UEFA grouped the games ..... but Argentina suddenly started searching for cheap teams to stat Messi... they will never play a top team just like Brazil does ... y can't they play friendlies with Colombia, England , South Korea, Japan, Algeria , Ukraine, Sweden, USA, Germany ... I just don't know how u all can't see what's happening like u are under a trance... same person dem give 5 fake penalties for WC just to get them to final ... Argentina was awarded a penalty in 5 different games to help them go in front( to give them an edge ) . Saudi Arabia ,Poland, Holland, Croatia, morocco ,France... Argentina were given penalties when it was 0.0 to psychologically weaken the opposing team ... if they also gave Morocco or Holland or Croatia or Brazil or Germany or England 5 penalties in 5 games just like Argentina, they will also all have won the WC

OhBritannia:
Ignorance is a disease.
Take a look at ranking of the countries Messi played against( panama and Curacao) and the two countries Penaldu played against.

Kingcalls:


For twitter ...see as dem de wash Argentina say dem de organise cheap games on purpose for Messi to stat pad for him

He cudnt score an open goal in 90 mins against Poland, Italy , Holland, Croatia, France.... na cukuruku e de flex with... see as e fumble against Bayern Munich... if say dem de do friendlies for club football, the guy go de search for division 3 for northen Ireland to take stat pad ... All of a sudden Argentina are looking for cheap teams to play friendlies...all because they are insecure about Ronaldo

The next international friendlies ...Portugal go play Bosnia and Iceland... watch Argentina... thier next target na Haiti and Bermuda

Kingcalls:


Apart from penalties and a tap in ( rebound) the easiest goal a grandma can score ... mention one credible team he scored in those 14 games ... even kane ... he will fire 30 goals against those teams as well as long as he is given penalties just like the fraud ... mbappe go score 50

Fira09:

Pendu is statpadding against teams ranked 198, but no, you choose to pay blind eyes to it.

Keep wailing boy!

Pendu fans tears are so delightful🙂 to enjoy

Kingcalls:


For twitter ...see as dem de wash Argentina say dem de organise cheap games on purpose for Messi to stat pad for him

He cudnt score an open goal in 90 mins against Poland, Italy , Holland, Croatia, France.... na cukuruku e de flex with... see as e fumble against Bayern Munich... if say dem de do friendlies for club football, the guy go de search for division 3 for northen Ireland to take stat pad ... All of a sudden Argentina are looking for cheap teams to play friendlies...all because they are insecure about Ronaldo

The next international friendlies ...Portugal go play Bosnia and Iceland... watch Argentina... thier next target na Haiti and Bermuda

Kingcalls:


Ronaldo will never play a cheap team if his FA organise them for a friendly... out of Ronaldos 122 goals , only 21 goals na for friendlies while he scored only 20 penalties .... go and check this Messi stats ... over half of his internationals came in cheap friendlies.... we no b mumu ooo

Kingcalls:


Mumu... the difference b say UEFA paired them not their country purposely searching for cheap teams to play friendlies... the last friendly portugal play against Nigeria, he dint play ... Ronaldo doesn't waste his time and energy on friendly games to stat pad like ur fraud