How many times has Messi reached World Cup knockout stage?
How many times has Messi reached World Cup knockout stage?
Lionel Messi has amassed more than 780 senior goals for club and country, making him without a doubt one of the football sport’s all-time leading goal scorers. The Argentine master hasn’t exactly met these high expectations while competing in the FIFA World Cup, though. For this reason, let’s have a look at How many times has Messi reached World Cup knockout stage?
Lionel Messi World Cup Stats
Throughout five FIFA World Cups, Lionel Messi has scored eight goals in 21 games (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022). He is comparable in terms of his statistics to the late great Diego Maradona, who also scored eight goals in 21 World Cup games.
Leo Messi averaged just 0.35 goals per game during the football World Cup Tournament, according to the statistics. Despite being a noteworthy figure, it is lower than the 0.55 goals per game he averages when playing for Argentina at the international level.
In 167 international games throughout his career, Lionel Messi has scored 93 goals, making him Argentina’s all-time leading scorer. Messi is second among active players and fourth overall in terms of goals scored for international teams, trailing only rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
However, Lionel Messi has a significantly better goal-scoring record in FIFA World Cup qualifying, having scored 28 goals in 60 appearances.
How many times has Messi reached World Cup knockout stage?
Since Leo Messi’s World Cup debut in 2006, Argentina has reached the knockout stages for every World Cup Tournament since then. In 2006, Argentina reached the Quater-finals and was then knocked out by 2006 World Cup Hosts Germany.
In 2010, Argentina was again knocked out by Germany in the Quater-finals of the World Cup.
However, in 2014, Argentina reached the finals in the World Cup tournament and again lost to Germany.
In the round of 16 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, France defeated Argentina, going on to win the tournament.
In the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Argentina still needs to win against Poland to qualify for the knockout stages.
So in total, Lionel Messi has reached 4 times in total for the World Cup Knockout stages. If Argentina qualifies for the knockout stages of this World Cup then, the total number will be 5.
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