Lionel Messi Records New International Football

• Lionel Messi (Argentina) has moved to the top of the international assist list making 60 international assist in his career in the national team.
• He achieved this record in the 6 goals won by Argentina over Puerto Rico when he assisted two times.
• Messi overtook Neymar Jr. (Brazil) and Landon Donovan (USA) who were at the same level of 58 assists.

• Five bestsellers- Men International Assists.
• Rank    Player    Country    Assists

1    Lionel Messi    Argentina    60

2    Neymar Jr.    Brazil    58

3    Landon Donovan Unites States 58.

4    Ferenc Puskás    Hungary    53

5    Kevin De Bruyne    Belgium    52

• The first international assist by Messi was in 2006, also in a 6 0 game (vs Serbia and Montenegro, FIFA World Cup), which is the same result of his recent record-breaking game.
• He now only has 2 assists to reach 400 career assists in professional football - something that has been difficult to reach particularly by a forward.