As of October 2023, Lionel Messi was the top goal scorer of all time for his birth country, Argentina, having scored over one hundred goals with the national team since he started in 2005. In the past year he managed
to almost double the goals of the second player on the list: Gabriel Batistuta.
Lionel āLa Pulgaā Messi
The current captain of āLa Albicelesteā ā as the team is nicknamed ā has supporters all around the globe. For instance, Messi was the worldās second
most followed athlete on Instagram as of March 2022, only surpassed by the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi changed to Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 after having played for FC Barcelona since his junior years. In the Spanish club, the
Argentine footballer scored more than 600 goals, peaking in the 2011-2012 season with 73 goals.
The Argentine national soccer teams
The South American team has had a history of success in the FIFA World Cup. Between 1930 and 2018, Argentina won 43
soccer matches in the competition, more than half of the total played. The
menās team occupied the 5th position in the FIFA World Ranking at the end of 2021. Meanwhile, the
womenās team didnāt fare as well, occupying the 34th position in the same year.