Messi and Ronaldo are one of the best players of the football world.
But the big QUESTION ? is who is better...
Messi:
By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year, in 2009, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. He followed this up by winning the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010, and then again in 2011 & 2012. He also won the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. At the age of 24, Messi became Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions. At age 25, Messi became the youngest player to score 200 La Liga goals.
Messi has won six La Ligas, two Copas del Rey, five Supercopas de España, three UEFA Champions Leagues, two Super Cups and two Club World Cups. In March 2012, Messi made Champions League history by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match. He also matched José Altafini's record of 14 goals in a single Champions League season. Messi became the first player to top-score in four successive Champions League campaigns. Messi set the European record for most goals scored in a season during the 2011–12 season, with 73 goals. In the same season, he set the current goalscoring record in a single La Liga season, scoring 50 goals. On 16 February 2013, Messi scored his 300th Barcelona goal. On 30 March 2013, Messi scored in his 19th consecutive La Liga game, becoming the first footballer in history to net in consecutive matches against every team in a professional football league. Messi later extended his record scoring streak to 21 consecutive league matches.
HONOURS
Barcelona
La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12; Runner-up 2010–11
Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011; Runner-up 2012
UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006
FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011
Argentina
Olympic Gold Medal: 2008
FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005
Runner-up:
Copa America: 2007
Third place:
U20 South American Youth Championship: 2005
Individual
FIFA Ballon d'Or (3): 2010, 2011, 2012. Created in 2010.
Ballon d'Or (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2009.
FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2009.
World Soccer Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008.
World Soccer Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2012.
Onze d'Or (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer (2): 2011, 2012.[289]
IFFHS World's best Top Division Goal Scorer (1): 2012.[290]
Goal.com Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2013.
El País King of European Soccer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.[291]
ESPY Best International Athlete (1): 2012.
European Golden Shoe (3): 2010, 2012, 2013.
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award (1): 2011. Created in 2011.
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010.
UEFA Team of the Year (5): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010.
UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match (1): 2011.
FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament (1): 2005.
FIFA U-20 World Cup Top Goalscorer (1): 2005.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball (2): 2009, 2011.
FIFA FIFPro World XI (6): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
FIFPro World Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008.
ESM Team of the Year (7): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Pichichi Trophy (3): 2010, 2012, 2013.
Copa del Rey Top Goalscorer (1): 2011.
La Liga Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2010, 2011.
La Liga Foreign Player of the Year (3): 2007, 2009, 2010. Ceased to exist in 2010.
La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year (5): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
LFP Best Player (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
LFP Best Forward (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
Marca Leyenda (1): 2009.
Bravo Award (1): 2007.
Copa América Young Player of the Tournament (1): 2007.
European Golden Boy (1): 2005.
Olimpia de Oro (1): 2011.
Olimpia de Plata (7): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.[292]
Records
As of 2 April 2013.[293][294][295][296][297][298][299][300][159]
World
Most FIFA Ballon d'Or awards: 4
Guinness World Records title for the most goals in a year: 91 goals
Most international goals in a year (club and national team): 25 goals (shared with Vivian Woodward)
Most goals scored in FIFA Club World Cup: 4 goals (held jointly with Denilson and Mohamed Aboutrika)
Most consecutive league matches scored in: 21 matches (33 goals)
Europe
Most European Golden Shoe awards: 3
Most goals scored in a season (club): 73 goals
Most goals scored in a year (club): 79 goals
Most goals scored in a European Cup season: 14 goals (held jointly with José Altafini)
Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 (shared with Gerd Müller)
Highest scorer in a European Cup game: 5 goals (held jointly with ten other players)
Argentina
Most goals scored in a year (national team): 12 goals (shared with Gabriel Batistuta)
Spain
Most goals scored in La Liga in a season: 50 goals
Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8 hat-tricks
Most goals scored in the Supercopa de España: 10 goals
Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 21 matches, 33 goals
Most goals scored in El Clásico matches: 18 goals (shared with Alfredo Di Stéfano)
Barcelona
Top scorer in official competitions: 313 goals
Top scorer in La Liga: 215 goals
Top scorer in UEFA Champions League: 59 goals
Top scorer in European competitions: 60 goals
Top scorer in international competitions: 64 goals
Most hat-tricks overall: 22 hat-tricks
Most La Liga hat-tricks overall: 16 hat-trick
But the big QUESTION ? is who is better...
Messi:
By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year, in 2009, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. He followed this up by winning the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010, and then again in 2011 & 2012. He also won the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. At the age of 24, Messi became Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions. At age 25, Messi became the youngest player to score 200 La Liga goals.
Messi has won six La Ligas, two Copas del Rey, five Supercopas de España, three UEFA Champions Leagues, two Super Cups and two Club World Cups. In March 2012, Messi made Champions League history by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match. He also matched José Altafini's record of 14 goals in a single Champions League season. Messi became the first player to top-score in four successive Champions League campaigns. Messi set the European record for most goals scored in a season during the 2011–12 season, with 73 goals. In the same season, he set the current goalscoring record in a single La Liga season, scoring 50 goals. On 16 February 2013, Messi scored his 300th Barcelona goal. On 30 March 2013, Messi scored in his 19th consecutive La Liga game, becoming the first footballer in history to net in consecutive matches against every team in a professional football league. Messi later extended his record scoring streak to 21 consecutive league matches.
HONOURS
Barcelona
La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12; Runner-up 2010–11
Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011; Runner-up 2012
UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006
FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011
Argentina
Olympic Gold Medal: 2008
FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005
Runner-up:
Copa America: 2007
Third place:
U20 South American Youth Championship: 2005
Individual
FIFA Ballon d'Or (3): 2010, 2011, 2012. Created in 2010.
Ballon d'Or (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2009.
FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2009.
World Soccer Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008.
World Soccer Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2012.
Onze d'Or (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer (2): 2011, 2012.[289]
IFFHS World's best Top Division Goal Scorer (1): 2012.[290]
Goal.com Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2013.
El País King of European Soccer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.[291]
ESPY Best International Athlete (1): 2012.
European Golden Shoe (3): 2010, 2012, 2013.
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award (1): 2011. Created in 2011.
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010.
UEFA Team of the Year (5): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010.
UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match (1): 2011.
FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament (1): 2005.
FIFA U-20 World Cup Top Goalscorer (1): 2005.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball (2): 2009, 2011.
FIFA FIFPro World XI (6): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
FIFPro World Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008.
ESM Team of the Year (7): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Pichichi Trophy (3): 2010, 2012, 2013.
Copa del Rey Top Goalscorer (1): 2011.
La Liga Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2010, 2011.
La Liga Foreign Player of the Year (3): 2007, 2009, 2010. Ceased to exist in 2010.
La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year (5): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
LFP Best Player (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
LFP Best Forward (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
Marca Leyenda (1): 2009.
Bravo Award (1): 2007.
Copa América Young Player of the Tournament (1): 2007.
European Golden Boy (1): 2005.
Olimpia de Oro (1): 2011.
Olimpia de Plata (7): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.[292]
Records
As of 2 April 2013.[293][294][295][296][297][298][299][300][159]
World
Most FIFA Ballon d'Or awards: 4
Guinness World Records title for the most goals in a year: 91 goals
Most international goals in a year (club and national team): 25 goals (shared with Vivian Woodward)
Most goals scored in FIFA Club World Cup: 4 goals (held jointly with Denilson and Mohamed Aboutrika)
Most consecutive league matches scored in: 21 matches (33 goals)
Europe
Most European Golden Shoe awards: 3
Most goals scored in a season (club): 73 goals
Most goals scored in a year (club): 79 goals
Most goals scored in a European Cup season: 14 goals (held jointly with José Altafini)
Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 (shared with Gerd Müller)
Highest scorer in a European Cup game: 5 goals (held jointly with ten other players)
Argentina
Most goals scored in a year (national team): 12 goals (shared with Gabriel Batistuta)
Spain
Most goals scored in La Liga in a season: 50 goals
Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8 hat-tricks
Most goals scored in the Supercopa de España: 10 goals
Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 21 matches, 33 goals
Most goals scored in El Clásico matches: 18 goals (shared with Alfredo Di Stéfano)
Barcelona
Top scorer in official competitions: 313 goals
Top scorer in La Liga: 215 goals
Top scorer in UEFA Champions League: 59 goals
Top scorer in European competitions: 60 goals
Top scorer in international competitions: 64 goals
Most hat-tricks overall: 22 hat-tricks
Most La Liga hat-tricks overall: 16 hat-trick
Ronaldo:
Ronaldo was the first player to win all four main PFA and FWA awards, doing so in 2007. In 2008, Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or.[6] He placed second in the Ballon d'Or in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012. He was awarded the European Golden Shoe in both 2008 and 2011. In 2008, he won three of the four main PFA and FWA trophies and was named the FIFPro Player of the Year, World Soccer Player of the Year, Onze d'Or, and the FIFA World Player of the Year.[7][8][9] In 2007 and 2008, Ronaldo was named FWA Footballer of the Year. Ronaldo was the inaugural winner of the FIFA Puskás Award in 2009.
Ronaldo is considered as one of the best footballers in the world.[10] He holds various scoring records, including records for most goals scored in a season for Real Madrid, most goals scored per minute in La Liga, fastest Real Madrid player to reach one hundred league goals, and the first player to score against every team in a single season in La Liga.[11] In January 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 300th club goal.[12][13]
Ronaldo is a Portuguese international and made his debut against Kazakhstan in August 2003. He has since participated in five major tournaments; UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He scored his first international goal in the opening game of the Euro 2004 against Greece, in addition to helping Portugal reach the final. He took over the captaincy of the side in July 2008 and went on to captain Portugal to the semi-finals at the Euro 2012 and finished the competition as the joint best scorer with three goals. On 16 October 2012, Ronaldo won his 100th cap against Northern Ireland, making him the third highest capped player for Portugal and became the third youngest European to reach a century of international appearances.
Honours
Ronaldo with Lionel Messi before an international friendly between Portugal and Argentina in Geneva, Switzerland on 9 February 2011.
Club
Manchester United
Premier League (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
FA Cup (1): 2003–04; Runner-up (2): 2004-05, 2006–07
Football League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2008–09
FA Community Shield (1): 2007
UEFA Champions League (1): 2007–08; Runner-up (1): 2008-09
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008
Real Madrid
La Liga (1): 2011–12
Copa del Rey (1): 2010–11; Runner-up (1): 2012-13
Supercopa de España (1): 2012; Runner up (1): 2011
International
Portugal
FIFA World Cup:
Fourth place (1): 2006
UEFA European Championship:
Runner-up (1): 2004
Bronze (1): 2012
Individual
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament (2): 2004, 2012
Bravo Award (1): 2004
FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year (2): 2004, 2005
PFA Young Player of the Year (1): 2006–07
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (3): 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08
PFA Players' Player of the Year (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
PFA Fans' Player of the Year (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
FWA Footballer of the Year (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
Barclays Player of the Year (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
Premier League Player of the Month (4): November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008
Premier League Golden Boot (1): 2007–08
Barclays Merit Award (1): 2007–08
UEFA Champions League Topscorer (2): 2007–08, 2012–13
UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1): 2007–08
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2007–08
FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball (1): 2008
UEFA Euro 2008 Man of the Match (1): Czech Republic vs Portugal
Ballon d'Or (1): 2008
Ballon d'Or Silver award (2): 2007, 2009
FIFA Ballon d'Or Silver award (2): 2011, 2012
FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2008
FIFPro World Player of the Year (1): 2008
Onze d'Or (1): 2008
World Soccer Player of the Year (1): 2008
PFA Premier League Team of the Year (4): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
FIFA Puskás Award (1): 2009
European Golden Shoe (2): 2007–08, 2010–11
CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad (4): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
UEFA Team of the Year (7): 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
FIFA FIFPro World XI (6): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Goal.com Player of the Year (2): 2008, 2012
FIFA World Cup 2010 Man of the Match (3): Côte d'Ivoire vs Portugal, Portugal vs Korea DPR, Portugal vs Brazil
Portuguese Footballer of the Year (8) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
La Liga top scorer (1): 2010–11
Copa del Rey top goalscorer (1): 2010–11
Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano (1): 2011–12
ESM Team of the Year (4): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12
UEFA Euro 2012 Man of the Match (2): Portugal vs Netherlands, Czech Republic vs Portugal
UEFA Euro Top Scorer (1): 2012
Ibero-American Community Trophy (1): 2011[334]
Orders
Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique[335]
Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Bragança)[336]
Records
As of 23 December 2012
World
The most expensive footballer in history
Europe
The only player to have won the European Golden Shoe in two different leagues (English Premier League and Spanish La Liga)
First top European league player to reach 40 goals in a single season in two consecutive years
Most consecutive UEFA Champions League matches scored in: 6 matches (shared with Burak Yılmaz)
England
Highest strike rate recording in winning the Premier League Golden Boot (31 goals over 34 games)
Spain
The first player ever to score against every team in a single season in La Liga
The first player ever to score in six consecutive Clásicos
Portugal
Portugal all-time third most capped player with 100 appearances
Portugal all-time third top scorer with 39 goals
Portugal all-time top scorer in UEFA Euro matches (6 goals, held jointly with Nuno Gomes)
Portugal all-time fourth top scorer in FIFA World Cup matches (2 goals, held jointly with Maniche and Simão Sabrosa)
Real Madrid
Most goals scored in a season in all competitions for Real Madrid: 60 goals
Most goals scored in a single La Liga season for Real Madrid: 46 goals
Most goals scored in a single UEFA Champions League season for Real Madrid: 12 goals
Most hat-tricks in a single season for Real Madrid: 7 hat-tricks
Fastest Real Madrid player to reach one hundred league goals
The only player, amongst Real Madrid’s top league goal scorers, who averages more than a goal per match (1.09)[337]
Real Madrid all-time top sixth scorer in all competitions with 201 goals
Real Madrid all-time top sixth scorer in La Liga with 146 goals
Real Madrid all-time top eight scorer in Copa del Rey with 17 goals
Real Madrid all-time top fourth scorer in Champions League with 35 goals
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