World Cup 2022: How many trophies has Lionel Messi won in his career?

Argentina captain Lionel Messi celebrates with the Copa America trophy in 2021.
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Lionel Messi has confirmed that Sunday's World Cup final against France in Qatar will be his last in the game's grandest tournament.

At the age of 35, the seven-time Ballon d'Or has the chance to add the World Cup trophy to his impressive collection of silverware and round off an extraordinary career with the greatest prize of all.

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Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is the Weekend Editor of FourFourTwo. A European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.