Lionel Messi Has Won Every Trophy, Including The Champions League, World Cup, And More

When it comes to the most awards won by a football player, Lionel Messi has 45 awards from club and country, ahead of Dani Alves in the standings.

After Argentina recently won the FIFA World Cup 2022, Lionel Messi has scaled new heights.

After all, Lionel Messi’s impressive trophy cabinet now includes every trophy the Argentine could have won in his career, with the FIFA World Cup being the final missing piece.

With 45 championships for club and country, including the World Cup in Qatar, Lionel Messi surpassed former Barcelona teammate Dani Alves as the player with the most awards won in his career.

During Argentina’s historic World Cup campaign in Qatar, Messi scored seven goals and provided three assists, making history as the first player to score in the group stages, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final of a single edition. In addition, he was the first player to win the prestigious individual award twice (in 2014 and 2022). He also won the Golden Ball in Qatar in 2022.

After winning the Copa America (2021) and Cup of Champions (2022) with Argentina, Lionel Messi earned his third major international championship at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Additionally, he and Argentina won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Lionel Messi won his fourth major international championship in 2024 when Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 in the Copa America 2024 final at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Lionel Messi Wins Trophies

In the 2004-05 season, then 17-year-old Messi won both La Liga and the Supercopa de España in his debut season with FC Barcelona’s senior team.

The teenage superstar took things a step further the following season and established himself as a key member of the senior team, winning the league and securing his first Champions League trophy by beating Arsenal in the championship game.

But the 2008-09 campaign was the most successful year of his professional career. For the first time in his career, he scored more than 30 goals in a single competition (38 goals in 51 games), and he scored in the Champions League final against Manchester United to win Barcelona’s first-ever treble.

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With 58 goals in 57 games in all competitions, he once again led the team in scoring and won their second treble under Luis Enrique in 2014-15.

The Argentine sensational player is now second only to Ryan Giggs in terms of most titles won with a single club (36 with Manchester United) after his incredible 35 triumphs with Barcelona. In the summer of 2021, he moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent.

Lionel Messi won the league and the Trophée des Champions in his first season with the Parisian team.

Lionel Messi’s first significant victory with Argentina came from the FIFA World Youth Championship in 2005, and he later won the Olympic gold medal in 2008. He led the senior team to the Copa America championship in 2021, before winning the FIFA World Cup and the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions in 2022.

Reigning champions Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 in the final of the Copa America 2024 in the United States under his direction.

All the trophies won by Lionel Messi

Club trophies

Barcelona

• La Liga 10- 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19
• Copa del Rey 7-2008-09, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2020-21
• Supercopa de España 8- 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018
• UEFA Champions League 4- 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2014-15
• UEFA Super Cup 3-2009, 2011, 2015
• FIFA Club World Cup 3- 2009, 2011, 2015

Paris Saint-Germain

Ligue 1: 2021-22, 2022-23

Trophée des Champions: 2022

International trophies

Argentina U20

FIFA World Youth Championship: 2005

Argentina U23

Summer Olympics: 2008

Argentina

FIFA World Cup: 2022

Copa América: 2021, 2024

CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022