Records and statistics Argentina national football team

1 records , statistics

1.1 capped players
1.2 top goalscorers
1.3 world cup winning captains
1.4 individual records

records , statistics
most capped players

javier zanetti capped player in history of argentina 143 caps.



as of 14 november 2017


top goalscorers

lionel messi celebrating after scoring hat-trick against ecuador on 10 october 2017. highest goalscorer in history of argentina 61 goals.



as of 14 november 2017, ten players goals argentina are:


world cup winning captains

individual records

most goals scored in international competitions, including friendlies: 61 – lionel messi, 2005–
most goals scored in official international competitions, including fifa world cup qualification , fifa confederations cup: 38 – gabriel batistuta, 1991–2002
most goals scored in major international tournaments, not including fifa world cup qualification , fifa confederations cup: 23 – gabriel batistuta, 1991–2002
most goals scored in international friendlies: 27 – lionel messi, 2005–
most goals scored in 1 calendar year, including friendlies: 12 – lionel messi, 2012; gabriel batistuta, 1998
most goals scored in 1 fifa world cup qualification: 10 – lionel messi, 2014
most goals scored in fifa world cup qualifications: 21 – lionel messi, 2005–
most goals scored in 1 fifa world cup tournament: 8 – guillermo stábile, 1930
most goals scored in fifa world cup tournaments: 10 – gabriel batistuta, 1991–2001
most goals scored in 1 fifa confederations cup: 4 – luciano figueroa, 2005
most goals scored in fifa confederations cup: 4 – gabriel batistuta, 1991–2002, luciano figueroa, 2004–2005
most goals scored in 1 copa américa: 6 – gabriel batistuta, 1991
most goals scored in copas américa: 13 – gabriel batistuta, 1991–2002
most goals scored in 1 south american championship: 9 – humberto maschio, 1957
most goals scored in south american championships: 17 – norberto méndez, 1945–1956
most goals scored in 1 football summer olympics: 9 – domingo tarasconi, 1928
most goals scored in football summer olympics: 9 – domingo tarasconi, 1922–1929
most goals scored in u-20 international competitions, including friendlies: 14 – lionel messi, 2005
most goals scored in official u-20 international competitions: 11 – lionel messi, 2005; javier saviola, 2001
most goals scored in 1 fifa u-20 world cup tournament: 11 – javier saviola, 2001
most goals scored in fifa u-20 world cup tournaments: 11 – javier saviola, 2001
most goals scored in 1 south american youth football championship: 9 – luciano galletti, 1999; giovanni simeone, 2015
most goals scored penalty kick: 12 – lionel messi, 2005–
most direct free kick goals scored in international competitions, including friendlies: 6 – lionel messi, against paraguay, uruguay, nigeria, panama, usa, colombia
most hat-tricks scored in international competitions, including friendlies: 5 – lionel messi, against switzerland, brazil, guatemala, panama, ecuador
most assists provided in international competitions, including friendlies: 37 – lionel messi, 2005–
most assists provided in copa america matches: 11 – lionel messi, 2005–
most man of match awards won in 1 fifa world cup: 4 – lionel messi, 2014
most man of match awards won in fifa world cup matches: 5 – lionel messi, 2005–
most man of match awards won in 1 copa américa: 4 – lionel messi, 2015
most man of match awards won in copa américa matches: 9 – lionel messi, 2005–
oldest player have ever scored goal: martín palermo, 36 years , 7 months old in 2010 against greece
oldest player have scored goal @ fifa world cup tournament: martín palermo, 36 years , 7 months old in 2010 against greece
youngest player have ever scored goal: diego maradona, 18 years, 7 months , 4 days old in 1979 against scotland
youngest player have ever scored goal @ fifa world cup tournament: lionel messi, 18 years , 357 days old in 2006 against serbia , montenegro
youngest player have ever captained team @ fifa world cup tournament: lionel messi, 22 years , 363 days old in 2010 against greece
youngest player ever reach 100 caps: lionel messi, 27 years , 362 days old in 2015 against jamaica
youngest player have scored goal @ south american championship/copa america: diego maradona 18 years , 10 months old in 1979 against brazil
only player have scored against 9 south american nations: lionel messi, against bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, paraguay, peru, uruguay, venezuela
players have scored goals in match @ competition: 5 – manuel seoane, in 1925; juan marvezzi, in 1941
players have scored in 3 matches of group stage in 1 fifa world cup: oreste corbatta, in 1958; lionel messi, in 2014
players have scored goals in match @ fifa world cup: 3 – guillermo stábile, in 1930; gabriel batistuta, in 1994 & 1998; gonzalo higuaín, in 2010
players have scored goals in match @ south american championship/copa américa: 5 – manuel seoane, in 1925; juan marvezzi, in 1941
players have won fifa world cup golden ball: diego maradona, in 1986; lionel messi, in 2014
players have won fifa world cup golden boot: guillermo stábile, 8 goals in 1930; mario kempes, 6 goals in 1978
players have won copa américa era golden shoe: leopoldo luque, 4 goals in 1975; jorge burruchaga, 3 goals in 1983; gabriel batistuta, 6 goals in 1991, 4 goals in 1995
players have won south american championship golden shoe: julio libonatti, 3 goals in 1921; juan francia, 4 goals in 1922; vicente aguirre, 3 goals in 1923; manuel seoane, 6 goals in 1925; alfredo carricaberry & segundo luna, 7 goals in 1927; herminio masantonio, 4 goals in 1935; juan marvezzi, 5 goals in 1941; herminio masantonio & josé manuel moreno, 7 goals in 1942; norberto méndez, 6 goals in 1945; rodolfo micheli, 8 goals in 1955; humberto maschio, 9 goals in 1957; josé sanfilippo, 5 goals in 1959; luis artime, 5 goals in 1967
players have won football summer olympics golden shoe: domingo tarasconi, 9 goals in 1928; hernán crespo, 6 goals in 1996; carlos tevez, 8 goals in 2004




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