Now even the palmares agrees: Lionel Messi is the greatest player in the history of football. Or at least the most successful: with the victory of his Argentina on the Italian night, which defeated Colombia in extra time in the final of the Copa America, the South American Flea is officially the footballer who has won the most trophies in the history of the game.
Previous record holder Dani Alves surpassedMessi now has 45 trophies in his palmares. Many of these successes can be traced back to his golden period in Barcelona, especially his successes in Europe. But it’s not just what he did in Blaugrana, on the contrary: the prevailing feeling is that his latest exploits with his national team (excluding this Copa America in which he had less of an impact and had to leave the field in the final due to a problematic ankle injury) have contributed to giving a definitive squaring of the circle and to raising a career that already had few, very few equals, well above the canons of the simple “great”.
LIONEL MESSI’S RECORDS
10x LaLiga
8x Spanish Super Cup
7x King’s Cup
4x Champions League
3x Club World Cup
3x UEFA Super Cup
2x America’s Cup
2x League 1
1x French Super Cup
1x World Cup
1x Olympics
1x Grand Final
1x U20 World Cup
1x Leagues Cup