Argentina’s crazy stat when Lionel Messi scores

06.10.26 FT Friendly International

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Lionel Messi (208 caps, 126 goals) said goodbye on Tuesday evening by playing his final match for Argentina. La Pulga experienced an emotional evening, bowing out with a remarkable statistic that proves just how important he is to his country.

Since 2010, Argentina have lost just one match when Lionel Messi has scored. That came in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, against Saudi Arabia (1-2), a tournament won by La Albiceleste.

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During that period, Argentina’s number 10 scored in 75 matches, recording 66 wins, 8 draws and just 1 defeat.

All the matches in which Messi scored for La Albiceleste since 2010:

07/09/2010: Argentina 4-1 Spain - Friendly

17/11/2010: Argentina 1-0 Brazil - Friendly

09/02/2011: Argentina 2-1 Portugal - Friendly

20/06/2011: Argentina 4-0 Albania - Friendly

07/10/2011: Argentina 4-1 Chile - 2014 World Cup qualifier

15/11/2011: Colombia 1-2 Argentina - 2014 World Cup qualifier

29/02/2012: Switzerland 1-3 Argentina - Friendly

02/06/2012: Argentina 4-0 Ecuador - 2014 World Cup qualifier

09/06/2012: Argentina 4-3 Brazil - Friendly

15/08/2012: Germany 1-3 Argentina - Friendly

07/09/2012: Argentina 3-1 Paraguay - 2014 World Cup qualifier

12/10/2012: Argentina 3-0 Uruguay - 2014 World Cup qualifier

16/10/2012: Chile 1-2 Argentina - 2014 World Cup qualifier

22/03/2013: Argentina 3-0 Venezuela - 2014 World Cup qualifier

14/06/2013: Guatemala 0-4 Argentina - Friendly

10/09/2013: Paraguay 2-5 Argentina - 2014 World Cup qualifier

07/06/2014: Argentina 2-0 Slovenia - Friendly

15/06/2014: Argentina 2-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2014 World Cup

21/06/2014: Argentina 1-0 Iran - 2014 World Cup

25/06/2014: Nigeria 2-3 Argentina - 2014 World Cup

14/10/2014: Argentina 7-0 Hong Kong - Friendly

12/11/2014: Argentina 2-1 Croatia - Friendly

13/06/2015: Argentina 2-2 Paraguay - 2015 Copa América

04/09/2015: Argentina 7-0 Bolivia - Friendly

08/09/2015: Argentina 2-2 Mexico - Friendly

29/03/2016: Argentina 2-0 Bolivia - 2018 World Cup qualifier

10/06/2016: Argentina 5-0 Panama - Copa América Centenario

18/06/2016: Argentina 4-1 Venezuela - Copa América Centenario

21/06/2016: United States 0-4 Argentina - Copa América Centenario

01/09/2016: Argentina 1-0 Uruguay - 2018 World Cup qualifier

15/11/2016: Argentina 3-0 Colombia - 2018 World Cup qualifier

23/03/2017: Argentina 1-0 Chile - 2018 World Cup qualifier

10/10/2017: Ecuador 1-3 Argentina - 2018 World Cup qualifier

29/05/2018: Argentina 4-0 Haiti - Friendly

26/06/2018: Nigeria 1-2 Argentina - 2018 World Cup

07/06/2019: Argentina 5-1 Nicaragua - Friendly

19/06/2019: Argentina 1-1 Paraguay - 2019 Copa América

15/11/2019: Brazil 0-1 Argentina - Superclásico de las Américas

18/11/2019: Argentina 2-2 Uruguay - Friendly

08/10/2020: Argentina 1-0 Ecuador - 2022 World Cup qualifier

03/06/2021: Argentina 1-1 Chile - 2022 World Cup qualifier

14/06/2021: Argentina 1-1 Chile - 2021 Copa América

28/06/2021: Bolivia 1-4 Argentina - 2021 Copa América

03/07/2021: Argentina 3-0 Ecuador - 2021 Copa América

09/09/2021: Argentina 3-0 Bolivia - 2022 World Cup qualifier

10/10/2021: Argentina 3-0 Uruguay - 2022 World Cup qualifier

25/03/2022: Argentina 3-0 Venezuela - 2022 World Cup qualifier

05/06/2022: Argentina 5-0 Estonia - Friendly

23/09/2022: Argentina 3-0 Honduras - Friendly

27/09/2022: Argentina 3-0 Jamaica - Friendly

16/11/2022: United Arab Emirates 0-5 Argentina - Friendly

22/11/2022: Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia - 2022 World Cup

26/11/2022: Argentina 2-0 Mexico - 2022 World Cup

03/12/2022: Argentina 2-1 Australia - 2022 World Cup

09/12/2022: Netherlands 2-2 Argentina - 2022 World Cup

13/12/2022: Argentina 3-0 Croatia - 2022 World Cup

18/12/2022: Argentina 3-3 France - 2022 World Cup

23/03/2023: Argentina 2-0 Panama - Friendly

28/03/2023: Argentina 7-0 Curaçao - Friendly

15/06/2023: Argentina 2-0 Australia - Friendly

07/09/2023: Argentina 1-0 Ecuador - 2026 World Cup qualifier

17/10/2023: Peru 0-2 Argentina - 2026 World Cup qualifier

14/06/2024: Argentina 4-1 Guatemala - Friendly

09/07/2024: Argentina 2-0 Canada - 2024 Copa América

15/10/2024: Argentina 6-0 Bolivia - 2026 World Cup qualifier

04/09/2025: Argentina 3-0 Venezuela - 2026 World Cup qualifier

14/11/2025: Angola 0-2 Argentina - Friendly

31/03/2026: Argentina 2-0 Zambia - Friendly

09/06/2026: Argentina 1-0 Iceland - Friendly

16/06/2026: Argentina 3-0 Algeria - 2026 World Cup

22/06/2026: Argentina 2-0 Austria - 2026 World Cup

27/06/2026: Argentina 3-1 Jordan - 2026 World Cup

03/07/2026: Argentina 3-2 Cape Verde - 2026 World Cup

07/07/2026: Argentina 3-2 Egypt - 2026 World Cup

06/10/2026: Argentina 3-0 Benin - Friendly

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Imed Ben Amara - bilingual sports writer and web editor with experience in football content creation. Since 2021, he has contributed to Foot Africa, providing news coverage and analysis.

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