What are some highlights of Lionel Messi's career goals?

Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who has represented the Argentina national football team as a forward since his debut in 2005. Since then, Messi has scored 102 goals in 174 international appearances,[1] 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.[2][3] He also holds the record for most goals by a South American male, surpassing Pelé‘s 77 goals with a hat-trick against Bolivia in September 2021.[4] Messi made his debut for Argentina in a 2–1 away win over Hungary on 17 August 2005,[5] and scored his first international goal a year later in his sixth appearance, against Croatia.[1]

Messi's goal against Serbia and Montenegro, on 16 June 2006, at the age of 18 years and 357 days, made him the youngest-ever scorer for Argentina at a FIFA World Cup.[6] He has scored nine international hat-tricks, and has netted twice in a match on ten occasions.[1] In a June 2022 friendly against Estonia, Messi scored five goals in a match for Argentina for the first time.[7] Out of all his opponents, Messi has scored the most against Bolivia, netting eight goals in total.[1]

He is his country's all-time top scorer with 102 goals in 174 international appearances. He also is the South American male with most goals, surpassing Pelé's 77 goals. He also was the youngest-ever scorer for Argentina at a Fifa World Cup. He has scored nine international hat-tricks, and scored five times in a match for Argentina for the first time against Estonia in June 2022.