Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Messi, mutambi wenhabvu wenyika yeArgentina, ndiye mutambi ane mukurumbira munyika yake uye ndiye mutambi ane zvibodzwa zvakawanda kupfuura vose. Pazera revechidiki, akakunda 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, achipedzisa mutambo uyu neGolden Ball neGolden Shoe, uye menduru yegoridhe yeOlympic kuma2008 Summer Olympics. Maitiro ake ekutamba semutambi mudiki, akarerekera kuruboshwe akafananidza nemumwe wake Diego Maradona, uyo akarondedzera Messi semutsivi wake. Mushure mekutanga kwake mukuru muna Nyamavhuvhu 2005, Messi akazova mudiki weArgentina kutamba uye kurova muFIFA World Cup muna 2006, uye akasvika kumagumo e2007 Copa América, kwaakatumidzwa zita remutambi wechidiki wemutambo. Semutungamiri wechikwata kubva muna Nyamavhuvhu 2011, akatungamira Argentina kumafainari matatu akateedzana: iyo 2014 FIFA World Cup, iyo yaakakunda Bhora reGoridhe, uye 2015 uye
2016 Copa América, kuhwina Goridhe Bhora mu2015 edition. Mushure mekuzivisa kwake pamudyandigere wepasi rose muna 2016, akadzora danho rake uye akatungamira nyika yake kuenda kunzvimbo ye2018 FIFA World Cup, nzvimbo yechitatu ku2019 Copa América, uye akahwina 2021 Copa América, uku achihwina mubairo weGolden Ball neGolden Boot yeiyo yekupedzisira.