Lionel Messi

He's scored 13 at Copa America already and wants to break a record this tournament. These are all his Copa goals analysed...

Messi has made a 'massive' impact on American soccer since joining Inter Miami but this Copa America may be his international farewell tour

Messi matched Daei with his 108th international goal when he scored a brace in the 77th minute of an Argentina-Guatemala friendly.

"I have to choose carefully, and it would be too much to play two straight tournaments," said Lionel Messi ahead of the Copa America.

Lionel Messi is not ruling out playing in World Cup 2026 — and has revealed he has never watched the 2022 final of the tournament. Messi will be 38 when the next World Cup starts in 2026 — and will turn 39 during the tournament — which will be hosted across the United States, Mexico and Canada. The Argentina international said after the semi-final victory over Croatia in 2022 that the Qatar World Cup would be “his last”. However, Messi has not yet retired from international football and will represent his nation as they look to defend their Copa America title this summer in...

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Plus, why Miami can pay Messi so much over the salary cap

The napkin upon which Lionel Messi’s first Barcelona agreement was informally written has gone on sale at auction. Bonhams — a privately owned, London-based international auction house — are running the auction until May 17, with a starting price of £220,000 ($274.55k), on behalf of Argentine player agent Horacio Gaggioli. The agreement was reached on December 14, 2000, with Barcelona director Carles Rexach desperate for the club to sign Messi, then aged 13. Messi had impressed during his two-week trial with Barcelona in September 2000, but the club was initially reluctant to sign...

Plus, some teams find value in MLS Next Pro call-ups

In many ways, Diego Chara’s Saturday evening was the same as so many have been for the past 13 years: Head to the stadium and lace em’ up for another game with the Portland Timbers, where he’s a club legend. Taking his familiar spot in central midfield on Saturday, Chara moved, tackled and smiled the same way at 38 years old that he did as the 25-year-old that debuted in MLS in 2011. Only two things were out of the ordinary: For one, he got a red card — somehow only his ninth across all competitions for Portland in 13 years despite someone constantly getting stuck into tackles. For...

Reigning Ballon d'Or winner Messi has tried to score from a corner many times - West Ham's James Ward-Prowse showed him how it's done

Messi sustained a hamstring injury in Inter Miami’s 3-1 victory over Nashville in a CONCACAF Champions Cup game in March.

Lionel Messi says he will call time on his football career when he no longer enjoys playing. Messi, 36, has a contract with Inter Miami — for whom he has scored 16 goals in 19 first-team appearances since his move from Paris Saint-Germain a year ago — through to the end of 2025. “I know that as soon as I believe that I can no longer perform, or no longer enjoy the game, or not able to help my team-mates, then I will stop,” Messi told the podcast Big Time, which was broadcast on Saudi Arabian TV this week. “I am really self-critical; I know when I am good and when I am...

Adidas will soon announce that Lionel Messi’s shirt was “their number one jersey of any sport,” MLS commissioner Don Garber told The Athletic. Adidas has not responded to questions about Garber’s comments, or indicated whether the top jersey was Messi’s Argentina or Inter Miami shirt, as the brand produces both kits. Last September, MLS announced that Messi’s Miami shirt was the league’s best-seller of 2023, even though he had only signed with Miami three months earlier at that point. In October, the New York Times reported that Adidas had nearly 500,000 requests from...

Despite his close relationship with U-23 head coach Javier Mascherano, Messi probably won't join Argentina in Paris.

Inter Miami will next travel to Los Angeles for a Sunday night matchup against the Galaxy.

Executive producer describes what it's like to capture Messi's life on film.