Selection record: Lionel Messi’s battle for top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo and rivalry with Luis Suarez

The new FIFA date is Lionel Messi Keep setting records for your personal career.A goal against Ecuador in the first qualifying round allowed them to equalize the score Luis Suarez As the top scorer in that tournament, he shortened the distance between him and cristiano ronaldo Competition for the football player with the most goals at national team level.

The Portuguese did not feature in the previous game, a 9-0 win over Luxembourg, but he accumulated Played 201 games for the national team and scored 123 goals.Team Rosario currently signed 104 goals in 176 games and argentina national team 19 years away from tying CR7 so far.

An Iranian figure appeared between the two Ali Daeihe accumulated throughout his career with his national team (1993 to 2006) 109 points in 149 games

according to data International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).It is worth noting that the current second scorer in the history of the national team level Claimed to have 111 targets FIFA has not verified this figure as it does not count the doubleheader against Afghanistan.

Leo and Cristiano also went head-to-head over the footballers who have scored the most goals in history. The 38-year-old star of Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia has signed so far 850 points in 1180 games This added to his career. On the sidewalk opposite, Messi (36) 819 screams in 1040 games.

this IFFHS Some time ago, he also announced the list of players with the most appearances in their respective countries’ title defense games: cristiano ronaldo (201 appearances for Portugal), Badr Mutawa (196 – Kuwait), Su Qing’an (195 – Malaysia), Ahmed Hassan (184 – Egypt), Ahmed Kano (183 – Oman), Sergio Ramos (180 – Spain), Andres Guardado (180 – Mexico), Claudio Suarez (177 – Mexico), Lionel Messi (176 – Argentina) and Gianluigi Buffon (176 – Italy) tops the list. It must be taken into account that some lists show that Su Qing’an played a total of 219 national team games, which would put him at the top of the list, but FIFA does not recognize 24 games because they are not official.

At the same time, the captain albiceleste have accumulated 29 shouts in the qualifiers This allows him to match his friends’ marks Luis Suarez with Uruguay.they are ahead of Marcelo Moreno Martins and Bolivia (twenty two), Alexis Sanchez in Chile (twenty), Hernan Crespo (Argentina) (19) and Edinson Cavani plays for Uruguay (18).

On the way to setting records, Messi also adds more to the list of football players Most goals scored from free kicks tied the record last week David Beckham 65 years old and stay Brazilian Juninho Pernambucano’s highest record of 12th (77) That way.

Argentina Grid suggests that Messi will play four more games for his country in 2023 to try and rack up more statistics to his impressive record: Paraguay (October), Peru (October), Uruguay (November) and Brazil (November). Since the new America’s Cup will be held in the United States from June 20 to July 14, 2024, the qualifying rounds will restart again at the end of 2024.

On Cristiano’s side, the qualifying process for the European Cup Slovakia (10/13), Bosnia (10/16), Liechtenstein (11/16) and Iceland (11/19) throughout 2023.

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): 104 goals in 176 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) and 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 (201 caps for Portugal)*

2- Badr Mutawa (196 – Kuwait)*

3- So Ching On (195 – Malaysia)

4- Ahmed Hassan (184 – Egypt)

5- Ahmed Kano (183 – Oman)*

6- Sergio Ramos (180 – Spain)*

7- Andres Guardado (180 – Mexico)*

8- Claudio Suarez (177 – Mexico)

9- Lionel Messi (176 – Argentina)*

10- Gianluigi Buffon (176 – Italy)

* They are active

Source: IFFHS