Messi’s record-breaking goal against Peru: What it’s like competing with Ronaldo for the national team’s top scorer

Lionel Messi He did it again. The 36-year-old’s return to the starting lineup after a right hamstring injury ruled him out of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and several MLS games with Inter Miami showed He was intact. . Within ten minutes of the first period, La Pulga scored two goals. Argentina opener Peru In Lima. He also broke another record that already had his name on it but was shared again.

The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain and 2022 World Championship winner in Qatar became the top scorer in the South American qualifiers.Not only in this version, he coexists with the top Nicholas de la Cruz

, but throughout history.He has 31 wins in this game and now has more than 2 Luis Suarezhis friend and former team-mate at Barcelona.

Another competition is to become the top scorer at the national team level in football history. cristiano ronaldo Still a head-to-head confrontation. The Portuguese had two great matches (four wins) in the European Cup qualifying rounds against Slovakia and Bosnia, He has represented the national team in 203 games and scored 127 goals..Team Rosario currently signed 106 goals in 178 games Compared to the Argentinian team, it is still 21 seconds away from tying CR7’s time so far.

An Iranian figure appeared between the two Ali DaeiAccording to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), he accumulated 109 goals in 149 games throughout his career with the national team (1993 to 2006). It is worth noting that the current second-leading scorer in the history of the national team claims to have scored 111 goals, but FIFA has not verified this number because his double was not counted in the game against Afghanistan.

Highest number of goals scored by the national team:

1- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 123 goals in 201 games*

2- Ali Daei (Iran): 109 goals in 149 games

3- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 106 goals in 178 games*

4- Sunil Chhetri (India): 92 goals in 142 games*

5- Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia): 89 goals in 142 games

Highest score in each elimination round

1- Lionel Messi (Argentina) 31

2- Luis Suarez (Uruguay): 29

3- Marcelo Moreno Martins (Bolivia): 22*

4- Alexis Sanchez (Chile): 20*

5- Hernan Crespo (Argentina): 19

6- Edinson Cavani (Uruguay): 18*

The football player with the most caps for the national team

1- Cristiano Ronaldo (203 caps for Portugal)*

2- Badr Mutawa (196 – Kuwait)*

3- So Ching On (195 – Malaysia)

4- Ahmed Hassan (184 – Egypt)

5- Ahmed Mubarak Kano (183 – Oman)

6- Sergio Ramos (180 – Spain)*

7- Andres Guardado (180 – Mexico)*

8- Claudio Suarez (177 – Mexico)

9- Lionel Messi (178 – Argentina)*

10- Gianluigi Buffon (176 – Italy)

Argentina national team’s highest number of goals scored

1- Lionel Messi – 106 goals *

2- Gabriel Batistuta – 54

3- Sergio Aguero – 42

4- Hernan Crespo – 35

5- Gonzalo Higuain – 32

6- Diego Maradona – 32

7- Angel Di Maria – 29*

* They are active

Source: IFFHS