Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer who has represented the Argentina national team from his debut in 2005. Since then, Messi has scored 108 goals in 185 international appearances, making him the country's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Gabriel Batistuta's record of 54 goals with a free kick against the United States in the semi-final of the Copa América Centenario on 21 June 2016. He also holds the record for most goals by a South American male, surpassing Brazilian Pelé's 77 goals with a hat-trick against Bolivia on 9 September 2021. Messi made his debut for Argentina in a 2–1 away win over Hungary on 17 August 2005, and scored his first international goal the following year in his sixth appearance, against Croatia.

Messi's goal against Serbia and Montenegro, on 16 June 2006, at the age of 18 years and 358 days, made him the youngest-ever scorer for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup. He has scored nine international hat-tricks, and has netted twice in a match on thirteen occasions. In a friendly against Estonia on 5 June 2022, Messi scored five goals in a match for Argentina for the first time. Out of all his opponents, Messi has scored the most against Bolivia, recording eight goals in total. He has scored 14 international goals at the Estadio Mâs Monumental, his most in a single stadium.

Messi has scored 31 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him the highest scorer of the qualification in CONMEBOL. He has scored thirteen goals in the Copa América, leading his team to victory in the 2021 edition of the tournament, also finishing as runner-up in 2007, 2015 and 2016. At the 2015 tournament, Messi allegedly rejected the Best Player award, and the trophy was omitted from the ceremony. Nonetheless, he received the Best Player award and accepted it for his performances in the 2021 tournament, in which he was also awarded the Golden Boot with 4 goals. Messi has scored thirteen goals in FIFA World Cup tournaments, a record for Argentina; he scored one goal in 2006, four in 2014, when he guided his team to the final, being awarded the Golden Ball for best player, one in 2018 and another seven in 2022, when he captained Argentina to their third world title, scoring twice in the final and winning the Golden Ball for a record second time. The remainder of Messi's goals, 51, have come in friendlies.

Goals

As of match played 25 June 2024.

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Messi goal.

Table key

	Indicates Argentina won the match
	Indicates the match ended in a draw
	Indicates Argentina lost the match

List of international goals scored by Lionel Messi

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	6	1 March 2006	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Croatia	2–1	2–3	Friendly
2	8	16 June 2006	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Serbia and Montenegro	6–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
3	14	5 June 2007	Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain	Algeria	2–2	4–3	Friendly
4					4–2
5	18	8 July 2007	Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare, Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Peru	2–0	4–0	2007 Copa América
6	19	11 July 2007	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Mexico	2–0	3–0	2007 Copa América
7	24	16 October 2007	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	26	20 November 2007	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	1–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	27	4 June 2008	San Diego Stadium, San Diego, United States	Mexico	2–0	4–1	Friendly
10	33	11 October 2008	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Uruguay	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	35	11 February 2009	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	France	2–0	2–0	Friendly
12	36	28 March 2009	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	1–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	44	14 November 2009	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain	Spain	1–1	1–2	Friendly
14	52	7 September 2010	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Spain	1–0	4–1	Friendly
15	54	17 November 2010	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Brazil	1–0	1–0	Friendly
16	55	9 February 2011	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Portugal	2–1	2–1	Friendly
17	57	20 June 2011	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Albania	2–0	4–0	Friendly
18	64	7 October 2011	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Chile	2–0	4–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
19	67	15 November 2011	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia	Colombia	1–1	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
20	68	29 February 2012	Stadion Wankdorf Bern, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	3–1	Friendly
21					2–1
22					3–1
23	69	2 June 2012	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	3–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
24	70	9 June 2012	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Brazil	1–1	4–3	Friendly
25					2–1
26					4–3
27	71	15 August 2012	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany	Germany	2–1	3–1	Friendly
28	72	7 September 2012	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina	Paraguay	3–1	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	74	12 October 2012	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina	Uruguay	1–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
30					3–0
31	75	16 October 2012	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile	Chile	1–0	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
32	78	22 March 2013	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	2–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
33	82	14 June 2013	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Guatemala	1–0	4–0	Friendly
34					3–0
35					4–0
36	83	10 September 2013	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1–0	5–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
37					4–1
38	86	7 June 2014	Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina	Slovenia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
39	87	15 June 2014	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup
40	88	21 June 2014	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Iran	1–0	1–0	2014 FIFA World Cup
41	89	25 June 2014	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	Nigeria	1–0	3–2	2014 FIFA World Cup
42					2–1
43	95	14 October 2014	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	5–0	7–0	Friendly
44					7–0
45	96	12 November 2014	Upton Park, London, England	Croatia	2–1	2–1	Friendly
46	98	13 June 2015	Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile	Paraguay	2–0	2–2	2015 Copa América
47	104	4 September 2015	Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States	Bolivia	5–0	7–0	Friendly
48					6–0
49	105	8 September 2015	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States	Mexico	2–2	2–2	Friendly
50	107	29 March 2016	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina	Bolivia	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
51	109	10 June 2016	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	Panama	2–0	5–0	Copa América Centenario
52					3–0
53					4–0
54	111	18 June 2016	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States	Venezuela	3–0	4–1	Copa América Centenario
55	112	21 June 2016	NRG Stadium, Houston, United States	United States	2–0	4–0	Copa América Centenario
56	114	1 September 2016	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
57	116	15 November 2016	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina	Colombia	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
58	117	23 March 2017	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Chile	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
59	122	10 October 2017	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	1–1	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
60					2–1
61					3–1
62	124	29 May 2018	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Haiti	1–0	4–0	Friendly
63					2–0
64					3–0
65	127	26 June 2018	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Nigeria	1–0	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup
66	130	7 June 2019	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina	Nicaragua	1–0	5–1	Friendly
67					2–0
68	132	19 June 2019	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Paraguay	1–1	1–1	2019 Copa América
69	137	15 November 2019	Al-Awwal Park, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Brazil	1–0	1–0	2019 Superclásico de las Américas
70	138	18 November 2019	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel	Uruguay	2–2	2–2	Friendly
71	139	8 October 2020	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
72	143	3 June 2021	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Chile	1–0	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
73	145	14 June 2021	Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Chile	1–0	1–1	2021 Copa América
74	148	28 June 2021	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil	Bolivia	2–0	4–1	2021 Copa América
75					3–0
76	149	3 July 2021	Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiânia, Brazil	Ecuador	3–0	3–0	2021 Copa América
77	153	9 September 2021	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	1–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
78					2–0
79					3–0
80	155	10 October 2021	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Uruguay	1–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
81	159	25 March 2022	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	3–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
82	162	5 June 2022	Estadio El Sadar, Pamplona, Spain	Estonia	1–0	5–0	Friendly
83					2–0
84					3–0
85					4–0
86					5–0
87	163	23 September 2022	Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States	Honduras	2–0	3–0	Friendly
88					3–0
89	164	27 September 2022	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States	Jamaica	2–0	3–0	Friendly
90					3–0
91	165	16 November 2022	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	4–0	5–0	Friendly
92	166	22 November 2022	Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–2	2022 FIFA World Cup
93	167	26 November 2022	Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar	Mexico	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup
94	169	3 December 2022	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Australia	1–0	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup
95	170	9 December 2022	Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar	Netherlands	2–0	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	2022 FIFA World Cup
96	171	13 December 2022	Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar	Croatia	1–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup
97	172	18 December 2022	Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar	France	1–0	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	2022 FIFA World Cup final
98					3–2
99	173	23 March 2023	Estadio Más Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Panama	2–0	2–0	Friendly
100	174	28 March 2023	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Curaçao	1–0	7–0	Friendly
101					3–0
102					5–0
103	175	15 June 2023	Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China	Australia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
104	176	7 September 2023	Estadio Más Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	1–0	1–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
105	178	17 October 2023	Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru	Peru	1–0	2–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
106					2–0
107	182	14 June 2024	Commanders Field, Landover, United States	Guatemala	1–1	4–1	Friendly
108					4–1

Hat-tricks

No.	Opponent	Goals	Score	Venue	Competition	Date	Ref.
1	Switzerland	3 – (1–0', 2–1', 3–1')	3–1	Stadion Wankdorf Bern, Switzerland	Friendly	29 February 2012
2	Brazil	3 – (1–1', 2–1', 4–3')	4–3	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Friendly	9 June 2012
3	Guatemala	3 – (1–0', 3–0', 4–0')	4–0	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Friendly	14 June 2013
4	Panama	3 – (2–0', 3–0', 4–0')	5–0	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	Copa América Centenario	10 June 2016
5	Ecuador	3 – (1–1', 2–1', 3–1')	3–1	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	10 October 2017
6	Haiti	3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')	4–0	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Friendly	29 May 2018
7	Bolivia	3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')	3–0	Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	9 September 2021
8	Estonia	5 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 4–0', 5–0')	5–0	Estadio El Sadar, Pamplona, Spain	Friendly	5 June 2022
9	Curaçao	3 – (1–0', 3–0', 5–0')	7–0	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Friendly	28 March 2023

Statistics

As of match played 4 July 2024.

See also

• List of career achievements by Lionel Messi
• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals
• List of footballers with the most goals in a single game
• List of top international men's football goal scorers by country
• Lists of hat-tricks
• List of international goals scored by Gabriel Batistuta
• List of international goals scored by Diego Maradona
• List of international goals scored by Alfredo Di Stéfano