Lionel Messi: The Staggering Number of Goalkeepers Argentine Has Scored Against After Brace vs Honduras

Lionel Messi: The Staggering Number of Goalkeepers Argentine Has Scored Against After Brace vs Honduras

Rene Otinga
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:12 PM
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  • Lionel Messi’s set a unique milestone with his goals against Honduras
  • The Argentine has scored against more than 200 different goalkeepers throughout his career
  • Honduras goalkeeper Luis Lopez became his latest victim

Despite being aged 35, Lionel Messi continues to defy the odds of the football game as he continues to rack up his numbers.

This was the case once again as his brace was enough to sink Honduras in a friendly on Friday, September 23.

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Lionel Messi scores a goal on a penalty kick during the first half of the international friendly match between Honduras and Argentina at Hard Rock Stadium on September 23, 2022.Photo by Eric Espada
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The Argentine’s brace was worthy of a standing ovation from all the fans who came to watch him as he took his international tally to 87 goals

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Honduras goalkeeper Luis Lopez also had an odd honor as he became the 219th goalkeeper to concede a goal or two courtesy of Messi.

Messi’s 'victims' in numbers

When one has over 700 career goals, there is a high chance one has come across many different rivals, and Messi is no exception.

Messi has scored against 90 clubs in his career, which is quite impressive if you think about it.

These clubs include teams from Europe’s top five leagues as well as relegated and promoted La Liga sides.

In terms of national teams, Messi has scored against 31 countries.

With the World Cup less than two months away, Argentina will certainly still be looking at Messi for inspiration as they look for their first triumph in the coveted competition since 1986 when they were inspired by the legendary Diego Maradona.

Lionel Messi fiercely defended by Argentina players in win over Honduras

Elsewhere, Argentina players quickly leapt to Lionel Messi's defence after their captain was fouled by a Honduras player

Messi was captaining his side at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami when he went down after a challenge from Deiby Flores

The referee immediately whistled for a foul, but that was not enough as Argentina players rushed to the referee and demanded to know why there was no further action.

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Rene Otinga is a sports journalist with over eight years of working experience in digital media. Rene's experience includes working as a Copywriter at X News Kenya and TUKO.co.ke.
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