Messi is entering the thousandth match

Lionel Messi started the World Cup mission. He played the most 778 matches for Barcelona. Among them, Messi is playing 53 matches for his current club PSG.

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Argentina captain Lionel Messi was standing in front of several records before the start of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He has been making one record after another since the start of the world football era. The more matches you play, the higher the number of records.

Argentina is the poster boy of football in front of multiple records even in the first match of the knockout stage of the World Cup. He will play the 1,000th match against Australia at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Saturday midnight Bangladesh time.

The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner started the World Cup mission with 996 match experience. The Argentinian wizard has played the most matches for Barcelona with 778 matches. And he is playing 53 matches for the current club Paris Saint Germain (PSG). He played 168 matches in the national team jersey.

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The 35-year-old star has already set the record for the most five World Cup games for Argentina by participating in the first match of the World Cup against Saudi Arabia. Starting from the World Cup held in Germany in 2006, he has played in every subsequent tournament.

Apart from Messi, Diego Maradona and Javier Mascherano have played 4 World Cups for Argentina.

Messi now holds the record for playing the most World Cup matches for Argentina by playing three matches in the group stage. He also surpassed the record of Argentine legend Diego Maradona.

Maradona was at the top by playing 21 matches in the World Cup. Messi's number of matches is 22 after playing three matches in the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar.