How Many World Cups Has Lionel Messi Won?

It was Messi's first World Cup trophy with Argentina after playing four World Cups before the 2022 World Cup. Messi's first World Cup with Argentina was in 2006, and the closest he got to winning a World Cup before 2022 was in 2014.

Lionel Messi's World Cup Stats

Lionel Messi played a total of 26 World Cup games with Argentina across five different World Cup tournaments. Messi scored a total of 13 goals and is among the players with the most goals in World Cups.

• 2006 World Cup: 3 Games / 1 goal / 1 assist
• 2010 World Cup: 5 Games / 0 goals / 1 assist
• 2014 World Cup: 7 Games / 4 goals / 1 assist
• 2018 World Cup: 4 Games / 1 goal / 2 assists
• 2022 World Cup: 7 Games / 7 goals / 3 assists

Lionel Messi in the 2014 World Cup

In the 2006 World Cup, Messi was 18 years old and only played three matches for Argentina. In the 2010 World Cup, Messi did not score a goal for Argentina, but played in all five matches, where they reached the quarterfinals.

In the 2014 World Cup, Messi gave the Argentina fans joy as he played his best World Cup at the time and helped his national team reach a World Cup final for the first time since 1990.

Messi scored four goals for Argentina in the 2014 World Cup, where he became the tournament's best player by winning the Golden Ball. Unfortunately for him, Messi and Argentina lost 1-0 to Germany in the 2014 World Cup Final.

The 2014 World Cup Final loss seemed to have an impact on the Argentina national team, as what followed was two Copa America Final losses to Chile, in 2015 and 2016, and a Round of 16 exit in the 2018 World Cup.

These "failures" sparked big concerns from Argentina fans, who started questioning whether Messi can guide Argentina to success and trophies.

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Lionel Messi in the 2022 World Cup

Messi and Argentina had a big turnaround from previous losses in finals, and in 2021, Argentina, with Messi, won the 2021 Copa America. It was Messi's first major trophy with Argentina.

Ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Messi and Argentina won the 2022 Finalissima over Italy, in a match between the Copa America winners (Argentina) against the 2021 EURO winners (Italy).

Before the 2022 World Cup, Argentina were among the favorites to win the tournament, and the team had a lot of pressure as many believed that it would be Messi's last opportunity to win a World Cup in his career.

Argentina was in Group C with Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Poland. Their first match was a surprising 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia. Their next game was against Mexico, and a loss would see them out of the World Cup early.

Messi scored a crucial goal that led to Argentina winning 2-0 and getting back on track to get out of the group. Argentina defeated Poland 2-0 and were through to the knockout stage, where Messi would shine.

Argentina would get past Australia, the Netherlands, and Croatia to reach the World Cup Final again; Messi scored in each game en route to the final.

Messi scored a brace in the World Cup Final against France, but the match needed a penalty shootout to decide a winner after the match ended 3-3 after extra time. In the penalty shootout, Argentina won the final 4-2, with Messi scoring the first penalty for Argentina.