How many times has Lionel Messi won the Copa America? Argentina’s superstar’s achievements in the South American football tournament

 

Lionel Messi

In this article, Sporting News will provide information about Lionel Messi’s achievements in Copa America.

How many times has Lionel Messi won the Copa America?

Until Copa America 2024, Messi has participated in Copa America 6 times, and  won once, in 2021 . That was the tournament where Messi played extremely explosively, he was the main nucleus on Argentina’s championship journey. Messi started and completed all matches, scoring 4 goals and providing 5 assists. That impressive achievement helped him win the double individual titles of Best Player and Top Scorer.

Copa America 2021 is also the first major team title that Messi has won with the Argentina team after many years of nothing. That was also Messi’s best tournament in the Copa America tournaments.

Lionel Messi’s achievements in Copa America

Copa America 2024 is Messi’s 7th South American championship tournament. This achievement helps Messi surpass Sergio Livingstone, Zizinho and Claudio Bravo (6 Copa America appearances) to become the player with the second most Copa America appearances in history.

The former Barcelona star is only behind Ecuador’s Alex Aguinaga, who has participated in the Copa America 8 times in his career. Before Copa America 2021, Messi reached the final three times, but failed and became runner-up. The most notable of which is two consecutive runner-up finishes in 2015 and 2016, both against rival Chile.

Before Copa 2024, Messi was the number 1 assister in Copa America with 17 times clearing the throat for his teammates to score. He is also sharing the leading position with Chile’s Sergio Livingstone in the category of player with the most appearances in the tournament with 34 matches.

Lionel Messi Copa America trophy