Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dan wasan Argentina na kasa da kasa, Messi shi ne mafi girman dan wasan kasarsa da kuma dan wasan da ya fi kowa zura kwallaye. A matakin matasa, ya lashe gasar zakarun duniya ta matasa ta FIFA ta 2005, inda ya kammala gasar tare da Ball na Zinare da Takalma na Zinare, da kuma lambar zinare ta Olympics a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2008. Salon wasansa a matsayin karamin dan wasa, mai kafar hagu ya jawo kwatankwacinsa da dan uwansa Diego Maradona, wanda ya bayyana Messi a matsayin magajinsa. Bayan wasan farko a watan Agusta 2005, Messi ya zama matashin dan Argentina da ya taka leda kuma ya ci kwallaye a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a 2006, kuma ya kai wasan karshe na Copa América 2007, inda aka nada shi matashin dan wasan gasar. A matsayin kyaftin din tawagar daga watan Agustan 2011, ya jagoranci Argentina zuwa wasan karshe uku a jere: gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2014, wanda ya lashe Golden Ball, da kuma 2015 da 2016 Copa América
, wanda ya lashe Golden Ball a shekarar 2015. Bayan ya sanar da yin ritaya a shekara ta 2016, ya canza shawarar da ya yanke kuma ya jagoranci kasarsa zuwa cancantar zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2018, da na uku a gasar Copa América ta 2019, kuma ya lashe Copa América ta 2021, yayin da ya lashe kyautar Golden Ball da Golden Boot don na biyun.