List of international goals scored by Lionel Messi - wikipedia List of international goals scored by Lionel Messi Lionel Messi celebrating after scoring a goal against Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He has scored a record 65 goals in 128 caps for Argentina. Lionel Messi is an association football forward in the Argentina national football team. Since debuting for Argentina in 2005, Messi has scored 65 goals in 128 international appearances, making him the country 's all - time top scorer, surpassing Gabriel Batistuta 's record, with a free kick against United States in the semi-final of Copa América Centenario on 21 June 2016. He made his debut for Argentina in a 2 -- 1 away win over Hungary on 17 August 2005. He scored his first international goal a year later in his sixth appearance for his country against Croatia. Messi 's goal against Serbia and Montenegro, on 16 June 2006, made him the youngest - ever scorer for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup when he was 18 years and 357 days old. He has scored six international hat - tricks, and has netted twice in a match ( also known as a brace ) on eleven occasions. Messi has scored more times against Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, Uruguay and Ecuador than any other team, with four goals against each one of them. Messi has scored 21 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him the all - time top scorer of the qualification in CONMEBOL, along with his Barcelona teammate Luis Suárez. He has scored eight goals in Copa América, leading his team to the final of the tournament in 2007, 2015, and 2016, each time finishing as a runner - up. At the 2015 tournament, he allegedly rejected the Best Player award and the trophy was omitted from the ceremony. He has scored six times in the FIFA World Cup tournaments, once in 2006, four times in 2014, when he guided his team to the final and was awarded the Golden Ball, and once in the 2018 World Cup finals. The remainder of Messi 's goals, 30, have come in friendlies. List of goals As of match played on 26 June 2018 Scores and results list Argentina 's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Messi goal. Goal Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref 6 1 March 2006 St. Jakob - Park, Basel, Switzerland Croatia 2 -- 1 2 -- 3 Friendly 8 16 June 2006 Veltins - Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Serbia and Montenegro 6 -- 0 6 -- 0 2006 FIFA World Cup 14 5 June 2007 Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain Algeria 2 -- 2 4 -- 3 Friendly 4 -- 2 5 18 8 July 2007 Metropolitano de Lara, 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 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 9 27 4 June 2008 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States Mexico 2 -- 0 4 -- 1 Friendly 10 33 11 October 2008 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, 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 Antonio V. Liberti, 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 Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 -- 0 4 -- 1 15 54 17 November 2010 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Brazil 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 16 55 9 February 2011 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Portugal 2 -- 1 2 -- 1 17 57 20 June 2011 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Albania 2 -- 0 4 -- 0 18 64 7 October 2011 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 20 68 29 February 2012 Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland Switzerland 1 -- 0 3 -- 1 Friendly 21 2 -- 1 22 3 -- 1 23 69 2 June 2012 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, 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 Commerzbank - Arena, Frankfurt, Germany Germany 2 -- 1 3 -- 1 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 30 3 -- 0 31 75 16 October 2012 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Chile 1 -- 0 2 -- 1 32 78 22 March 2013 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Venezuela 3 -- 0 3 -- 0 33 82 14 June 2013 Estadio Mateo 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 Ciudad de La Plata, 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 Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Iran 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 41 89 25 June 2014 Estádio Beira - Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil Nigeria 1 -- 0 3 -- 2 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 46 98 13 June 2015 Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile Paraguay 2 -- 0 2 -- 2 2015 Copa América 47 104 4 September 2015 BBVA Compass 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 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 55 112 21 June 2016 NRG Stadium, Houston, United States United States 2 -- 0 4 -- 0 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 58 117 23 March 2017 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Chile 1 -- 0 1 -- 0 59 121 10 October 2017 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador 1 -- 1 3 -- 1 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 Statistics This article is part of a series about Lionel Messi Argentine professional footballer International goals Career achievements Comparisons to Cristiano Ronaldo Films Messi ( 2014 ) Messi ( 2017 ) As of match played on 30 June 2018 Year Competitive Friendly Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2005 0 0 5 0 2006 7 2007 10 14 6 2008 6 8 2009 8 10 5 0 5 10 2011 8 5 13 2012 5 5 7 9 12 2013 5 7 6 2014 7 7 14 8 2015 6 8 2016 10 8 0 11 8 2017 5 0 7 2018 Total 85 35 43 30 128 65 Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 30 Copa América 8 FIFA World Cup qualification 21 FIFA World Cup tournaments 6 Total 65 ^ Jump up to : Appearances in FIFA World Cup qualification ^ Jump up to : Appearances in FIFA World Cup Jump up ^ Six appearances and two goals in Copa América, four appearances and two goals in FIFA World Cup qualification Jump up ^ Four appearances in Copa América, four appearances and two goals in FIFA World Cup qualification Jump up ^ Appearances in Copa América Jump up ^ Five appearances and three goals in FIFA World Cup qualification, five appearances and five goals in Copa América Centenario See also Association football portal Argentina portal List of men 's footballers with 50 or more international goals References ^ Jump up to : Mamrud, Roberto. `` Lionel Andrés Messi -- Century of International Appearances ''. 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