Lionel Messi leads Argentina in 5-0 win against Estonia

Jun 26, 2018; St. Petersburg, Russia; Argentina player Lionel Messi celebrates his goal against Nigeria in Group D play during the FIFA World Cup 2018 at St. Petersburg Stadium. Sipa USA-USA TODAY Sports

Lionel Messi scores all five goals in 5-0 Argentina win against Estonia

By Adam Stites | Last updated Jun 5, 2022 4:28 PM ET

Lionel Messi scored five goals in a game for the first time in 10 years to lead Argentina to a 5-0 win against Estonia in a friendly on Sunday.

Messi, 34, scored in the eighth, 45th, 47th, 71st and 76th minute to bury Estonia and push the decorated striker up to fourth all-time in international goals. He now has 86 in his career, two more than Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskás. Messi is just three goals behind Malaysia's Mokhtar Dahari for third.

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Cristiano Ronaldo snaps a 5-game scoreless drought with Portugal, which had been his longest drought since 2012 and Lionel Messi records his 2nd career 5-goal game for club and country.

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The only other five-goal game of Messi's career came in March 2012 when he led Barcelona to a 7-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen in a Champions League match.

During Messi's time with the Argentina national team, he has played in four World Cups with three trips to the quarterfinals and a loss in the 2014 World Cup Final against Germany. After his upcoming fifth World Cup appearance this November, Messi said he plans to "reassess his career."

Messi spent the first 18 years of his senior club career with Barcelona before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2021. In 26 appearances with PSG, Messi has scored just six goals.

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Adam Stites is a Southern California native who lives in a new state every three months. He’s perennially disappointed by both the Jacksonville Jaguars and Arizona State Sun Devils. His dog is named Ramsey after the best cornerback in the NFL

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