Doha: Argentina's captain Lionel Messi has bagged back-to-back trophies and smashed records during the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Apart from taking over the World Record Egg as Instagram's most liked post with over 68 million likes and counting, Messi had also set five Guinness World Record titles during the tournament.
The Guinness World Records announced that Messi now holds the title for the following:
Most Man of the Match awards won at the FIFA World Cup: 11
First person to assist at five different FIFA World Cups
Most FIFA World Cup matches played in by a player: 26
Most FIFA World Cup appearances as captain: 19
Most appearances in FIFA World Cup tournaments by a player (male): 5
The Argentine captain and his teammates had returned in Buenos Aires and were met with thousands of supporters cheering on La Albiceleste's thrilling victory during the Final match against France on December 18, coinciding with Qatar National Day.
xeenolove
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After seeing everything now U will agree with me that it worth d wait 😱 If Messi has won d World Cup before d hype won’t be like dis
D10S_LM10
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Messi silently smiling and looking at his hater 😂
Jvin78
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Messi is also the only player who won 2 World Cup MVP. In Brazil 2014 Messi was named best player of the tournament and in Qatar 2022 World Cup he was again named player of the tournament. Indeed he’s a great player. Guinness record book 📕 has to include this fact.
fueacmnu
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Messi doesn’t follow records . Records follow Messi . Tapinaldo agrees
Football⚽/Fan
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🏆The 9 players who won football’s ‘holy trinity’- European Cup / UEFA Champions League,FIFA World Cup & Ballon d'Or; 🏴Bobby Charlton 🇩🇪Franz Beckenbauer 🇩🇪Gerd Müller 🇮🇹Paolo Rossi 🇫🇷Zinedine Zidane 🇧🇷Rivaldo 🇧🇷Ronaldinho 🇧🇷Kaká 🇦🇷🆕Lionel Messi You can find only great player here...
AdivhahoCollenN
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The first and only player to score in every stage of the world cup? Group stage Last 16 Quarter final Semi final Final