Portugal scored its 938th career goal with the cup. Where is Messi?

Text/Jiang Shihua

The European League title and runner-up battle, Portugal and Spanish teams joined forces to present a wonderful and high-level showdown to fans. Finally, through the cruel penalty shootout, the Portugal team got the last laugh. It is particularly worth mentioning that Ronaldo, who is not confused about his forties, performed well in this game to contribute to the team and scored his 938th goal in his personal career. So what about Messi?

In the 61st minute of this game, when Portugal was behind 1-2, Ronaldo received a cross from Nuno Mendes from the wing and scored a shot into the net, thus helping the team equalize the score, laying the groundwork for the final comeback in the penalty shootout. This is not only his 138th goal in the national team, but also his 938th goal in his career, ranking first in both statistics. At the same time, this is also the third national team trophy that Ronaldo won for Portugal.

As we all know, Messi and Ronaldo are the peerless two men in world football. When Ronaldo handed over a series of outstanding data orders, what kind of data did Messi present? As of June 2, 2025, Messi scored a total of 865 goals in his career, covering club and national team events. At the national team level, Messi played for Argentina and scored 109 goals 186 times, and also sent 55 assists. It is not difficult to find that in terms of personal goal data, Ronaldo is more like a goal machine.

However, in terms of individual Golden Ball Awards and national team honors, Messi won the Golden Ball eight times, while Ronaldo only had 5 times. At the same time, Messi led Argentina to win the national team trophy in four major competitions, including the World Cup championship, while Ronaldo won the trophy in three major competitions for Portugal, but never won the World Cup championship.