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Messi now has four goals at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. | Photo Credit: AFP

Lionel Messi scored against Austria during Argentina’s FIFA World Cup Group J match in Dallas on Monday to break the record for most goal at the World Cup.

The 38-year-old moved past Germany’s Miroslav Klose, who finished with 16 goals and last played at the 2014 World Cup.

The goal’s significance was compounded after Messi botched up a penalty kick and fired it wide in the ninth minute, which had come Argentina’s way after Lautaro Martinez haad been fouled.

Messi had scored one goal in the 2006 edition, his first World Cup bow, before going goalless four years later in South Africa. He then added four goals in 2014, one in 2018 and seven in 2022 when Argentina clinched the title.

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Published on Jun 22, 2026