Published 23:28 IST, October 11th 2019

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi: International career comparison

The two greats, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are giving each other a run for their money since years now. Here is look at their International careers.

Reported by: Abhishek Shetty
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Talk about football and first two names that will come in anyone’s mind will surely be Cristia Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. two giants have been pushing each or to brink and breaking records for years w. Both are awarded with most prestigious football award ‘Ballon D’Or’ five times each. El Classico used to have a different charm when two legends represented ir respective clubs, Barcelona (Messi) and Real Mrid (Ronaldo) during clash. 

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bittersweet relation between legends has forced people to take sides on ‘Who is G.O.A.T?’ debate. A neutral football fan won’t ever be able to draw line between two and statistics prove that. Ronaldo and Messi, both have incredible statistics for ir club and country. With international break going on, let’s have a look at ir terrific numbers for ir respective countries.

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Cristia Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi: International Statistics

  1. Name: Cristia Ronaldo (34)
  2. Country: Portugal
  3. First Portugal appearance: Aug 20, 2003    
  4. Total appearances: 160
  5. Stats: 93 goals and 28 assists
  6. Hat-tricks: 8
  7. Penalties: 9 (6 missed)
  8. International goal ratio: 0.58
  1. Name: Lionel Messi (32)
  2. Country: Argentina
  3. First Country appearance: Aug 17, 2005
  4. Total appearances: 136
  5. Stats: 68 goals and 41 assists
  6. Hat-trick: 6
  7. Penalties: 14 (3 missed)
  8. International goal ratio: 0.50

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Cristia Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi: At World Cups 

Cristia Ronaldo World Cup goals
2006: 1 
2010: 1 
2014: 1 
2018: 4

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Lionel Messi World Cup goals
2006: 1 
2010: 0 
2014: 4 
2018: 1

Cristia Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi: International Hours

Ronaldo international hours
Uefa European Championship titles: 1 (2016)
Uefa Nations League titles: 1 (2019) 

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Messi international hours
Fifa U-20 World Cup: 1 (2005) 
Olympic Gold Medal: 1 (2008)

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12:43 IST, October 10th 2019