Messi becomes the third player to reach the national team 100-goal milestone after Cristiano Ronaldo and Ali Daei
In a friendly match held on the morning of March 29th, Argentina defeated Curacao 7-0, with Messi completing a hat-trick in just 37 minutes, bringing his national team goal tally to 102.
With 102 goals, Messi has become the third player in history to score over 100 goals for his national team, following Iranian star Ali Daei and Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
Daei scored 109 goals for the Iranian team during his professional career, while Ronaldo has scored 122 goals for Portugal to date, and Messi has now scored 102 goals for Argentina. Both Ronaldo and Messi's goal tallies are expected to continue to increase in the future.
Below are the opponents these three great players faced when scoring for their national teams:
Ali Daei
Tajikistan (4 goals)
Bahrain (4 goals)
China (2 goals)
Indonesia (3 goals)
Qatar (5 goals)
North Korea (5 goals)
Kuwait (4 goals)
Lebanon (5 goals)
Malaysia (4 goals)
Oman (6 goals)
Pakistan (1 goal)
Palestine (2 goals)
Philippines (6 goals)
Saudi Arabia (3 goals)
Singapore (2 goals)
Syria (7 goals)
Thailand (4 goals)
UAE (5 goals)
Vietnam (5 goals)
Bangladesh (1 goal)
Iraq (8 goals)
Argentina (1 goal)
Australia (2 goals)
Austria (1 goal)
Belgium (1 goal)
Czech Republic (1 goal)
Denmark (2 goals)
England (1 goal)
Finland (1 goal)
France (1 goal)
Germany (1 goal)
Greece (1 goal)
Hungary (3 goals)
Iceland (1 goal)
Ireland (1 goal)
Italy (1 goal)
Japan (2 goals)
South Korea (2 goals)
Netherlands (1 goal)
Norway (3 goals)
Poland (1 goal)
Portugal (1 goal)
Sweden (2 goals)
Switzerland (1 goal)
USA (1 goal)
Cristiano Ronaldo
Armenia (4 goals)
Azerbaijan (1 goal)
Belgium (2 goals)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (4 goals)
Belarus (2 goals)
Bulgaria (1 goal)
Cameroon (1 goal)
Chile (1 goal)
China (1 goal)
Cyprus (3 goals)
Czech Republic (3 goals)
Denmark (1 goal)
Ecuador (1 goal)
England (1 goal)
Estonia (2 goals)
Faroe Islands (2 goals)
Finland (4 goals)
France (2 goals)
Georgia (3 goals)
Greece (3 goals)
Hungary (6 goals)
Iceland (1 goal)
Iran (1 goal)
Israel (3 goals)
Italy (1 goal)
Costa Rica (1 goal)
Latvia (2 goals)
Liechtenstein (3 goals)
Lithuania (2 goals)
Luxembourg (2 goals)
Macedonia (2 goals)
Moldova (4 goals)
Netherlands (3 goals)
Norway (4 goals)
Northern Ireland (9 goals)
Serbia (2 goals)
Slovakia (4 goals)
Slovenia (3 goals)
Spain (3 goals)
Sweden (2 goals)
Switzerland (1 goal)
Trinidad and Tobago (1 goal)
Tunisia (1 goal)
Turkey (2 goals)
Ukraine (3 goals)
Wales (14 goals)
Messi
Paraguay (2 goals)
Peru (1 goal)
Uruguay (2 goals)
Brazil (2 goals)
Venezuela (2 goals)
Colombia (1 goal)
Bolivia (2 goals)
Chile (3 goals)
Ecuador (2 goals)
Mexico (1 goal)
Panama (1 goal)
Nicaragua (1 goal)
Honduras (1 goal)
Canada (1 goal)
United States (2 goals)
Albania (1 goal)
Armenia (1 goal)
Croatia (1 goal)
Serbia (2 goals)
Belgium (1 goal)
Denmark (1 goal)
Finland (1 goal)
France (2 goals)
Germany (1 goal)
Italy (2 goals)
Netherlands (1 goal)
Norway (1 goal)
Russia (1 goal)
Spain (3 goals)
Sweden (1 goal)
Switzerland (2 goals)
Ukraine (1 goal)
Algeria (1 goal)
Angola (1 goal)
Australia (1 goal)
Egypt (1 goal)
Iran (1 goal)
Niger (1 goal)
Nigeria (1 goal)
South Africa (1 goal)
Saudi Arabia (2 goals)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 goal)
Poland (1 goal)
Romania (2 goals)
Slovakia (1 goal)
Slovenia (1 goal)