3) Lionel Messi (Argentina) – 166 Caps

Messi

The World Cup is the only trophy that the Argentinian legend hasn’t won in his extraordinary career and the task to reach the final has got all the harder after the defeat to Saudi Arabia.

With group games against Mexico and Poland coming up, Messi’s country will need him to produce some magic to get them out of the hole they have dug for themselves.


David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.