Lionel Messi Underrated National Team Records

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Messi has represented Argentina in 4 different Tournaments and has won the Best Player of the Tournament in all of them atleast once. U-19 WC, Olympics, Copa America and WC14.
Lionel Messi has the Most Goal contribution (35) in World Cup and EURO/Copa America history followed by Ronaldo Nazário (32)
Lionel Messi has won the most MOTM awards in a World Cup Tournament
Lionel Messi is the only player in history to make one or more Assists in FOUR World Cup Tournaments
Lionel Messi's goal in World Cup 2006 made him the youngest Argentine to score in World Cup history.
Lionel Messi is the only player to have scored in the World Cup in his teens, 20s and 30s.
Lionel Messi is the player with the most dribbles completed (110) in World Cup History.
Lionel Messi has won the most MOTM awards Copa America tournament's History
Messi is the top scorer in the history of CONMEBOL World Cup qualification games (21)
Lionel Messi Has the most Assists in Copa America tournament's History (12)
Messi is the Only Argentine player to score against every Conmebol nation
Messi holds the record of scoring the Fastest Hattrick as a substitute in Copa America tournament's history: 19 minutes (2016)
Messi has the record for most Argentine Footballer of the Year awards: 11 (2005, 2007-13, 2015-17)
Most underrated International Player ever.
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