Lionel Messi nets 100th international goal as Argentina thrash Curaçao 💯

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Dan Burke·29 March 2023

Lionel Messi added another achievement to an already very long list when Argentina hammered Curaçao in a friendly on Tuesday.

Messi opened the scoring in the 20th minute and by half-time, he had completed the 57th hat-trick of his career.

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Those goals meant he became only the third men’s player in history to reach 100 international goals.

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But the 35-year-old still has a way to go if he is to reach Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 122.

Men’s footballers with 100+ international goals: ▪️ Cristiano Ronaldo—122 ▪️ Ali Daei—109 ▪️ Lionel Messi—101
– Wednesday, 29 March 2023

There’s time yet.

Nicolás Gonzalez, Enzo Fernández, Ángel di María and Gonzalo Montiel also found the net for the world champions.