Lionel Messi recently racked up his tenth international hat-trick for Argentina. His three goals against Bolivia was the 58th hat-trick of Messi’s incredible career so far for club and country.
Whilst Messi has represented three clubs professionally across the career including Paris Saint-Germain and currently Inter Miami of the MLS, all 48 of his club hat-tricks have come playing for one team, FC Barcelona whether it be in La Liga, the Copa Del Rey, the Spanish Super Cup or the Champions League. The remaining ten have been whilst playing for Argentina.
Here is a full analysis of all Lionel Messi’s 58 career hat-tricks he has scored, including the date, the opponent and the match outcome.
*Last updated on 16/10/24
- Lionel Messi has scored three more international hat-tricks than Brazil legend Pele, two more than former Iran striker Ali Daei and one more than Swedish forward Sven Rydell.
- Messi is currently tied with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo for the most hat-tricks scored across international men's football.
- Both Messi and Ronaldo and the only two male players to have recorded a double-figure number of hat-tricks for their respective countries.
- Messi's first career hat-trick for Barcelona back in 2007, came as a 19-year-old during a 3-3 draw against Real Madrid in El Clásico and remains the only match in which Messi's side have not gone on to win despite him scoring three goals.
- Each of Messi's last four career hat-tricks have been for Argentina.
- Messi's hat-trick against Panama in the 2016 Copa America remains his only hat-trick to be scored in a major international tournament.
- The last time Messi scored three or more goals in a single club fixture came in February 2020 for Barcelona against Eibar in La Liga.
- Messi has netted four goals in a single fixture, six times across his career so far and scored five times on two occasions, most recently in 2022.
