Post by Michael Shittu (@michael_shittu)

🚨🚨 | Lionel Messi at the FIFA World Cup:

🏅 Most World Cup Tournaments Played (6)
🏅 Most Games Played (26)
🏅 Most Games Started (24)
🏅 Most Games as Captain (19)
🏅 Most Games with a Goal (12)
🏅 Most Games with a Goal AND an Assist (4)
🏅 Most Minutes Played (2314+)
🏅 Joint-Most Games Won (17)
🏅 Most Goal Involvements (24)
🏅 Joint-Most Goals Scored (16)
🏅 Most Goals by an Argentinian (16)
🏅 Most Assists (8)
🏅 Most Goals on Penalty (4)
🏅 Most Opening Goals in World Cups (8)
🏅 Most Goals to Put His Team Ahead (10)
🏅 Most Man of the Match Awards (11)
🏅 Most Dribbles Attempted (188+)
🏅 Most Successful Dribbles (112+)
🏅 Most Shots Attempted (108+)
🏅 Most Shots on Target (49+)
🏅 Most Chances Created (75+)
🏅 Most Big Chances Created (16+)
🏅 Most Key Passes (75+)
🏅 Most Accurate Passes in Opponent’s Half (824+)
🏅 Second-Most Goals From Outside the Box (4)
🏅 Second-Most Touches (1931+)
🏅 Second-Most Duels Won (222+)

🎯 1214+ Passes Attempted
✅ 39+ Accurate Long Balls
🎖️ 74+ Fouls Won
🔄 76+ Balls Recovered
🛡️ 37+ Defensive Actions

🎖️ Most goals for Argentina at the FIFA World Cup (16)

🎖️ Joint all-time top scorer in FIFA World Cup history (16)

🎖️ Most assists for Argentina at the FIFA World Cup (8, tied with Maradona)

🎖️ Only player to score at the World Cup in his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s.

🎖️ Only player to assist in 5 different FIFA World Cups.

🎖️ Only player to score AND assist in 4 different FIFA World Cup matches.

🎖️ First player to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball twice (2014 & 2022).

🎖️ First player to score in all 5 rounds of a single FIFA World Cup.

🎖️ First Argentine to score in 5 & 6 different World Cup matches in a single tournament.

🎖️ First Argentine to score in 3 & 4 different knockout matches in a single World Cup.

🎖️ Youngest and oldest player to record a goal and assist in a FIFA World Cup match.

🎖️ Youngest player to play for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup.

🎖️ Youngest player to score for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup.

🎖️ Youngest player to captain Argentina at a FIFA World Cup.

🎖️ Oldest player to score a FIFA World Cup hat-trick.

🎖️ Oldest player to score 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 World Cup goals.

🎖️ Oldest player to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball.

🎖️ Biggest gap between first and latest FIFA World Cup goal: 20 years.

The most complete World Cup career in football history. 🐐🇦🇷🏆

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