Argentina and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi Retires from International Football

Argentina and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi retired from international duty after missing in a penalty shootout as Chile won the Copa America final on Sunday June 26,2016

"For me the national team is over. I've done all I can, it hurts not to be a champion," the 29-year-old said after the match.

With Barcelona, Messi has won eight La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues. But his only major international honour is the 2008 Olympic gold, with Argentina now having lost three major finals in three years.

Argentina were beaten 1-0 in the 2014 World Cup final by Germany before two Copa America final defeats by Chile on penalties

Lionel Messi's Football Career in Numbers 

INTERNATIONAL
Argentina debut: August 17, 2005
Appearances: 112
Goals: 55
World Cup: Finalist (2010), Quarter-finalist (2006, 2010), 15 matches, 5 goals
Copa America: Finalist (2015, 2007, 2016), Quarter-finalist (2011), 16 matches, 3 goals
Olympic gold medal (1): 2008
Under-20 World Cup (1): 2005

CLUB FOOTBALL

Plays for: Barcelona
Champions League (4): 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2014-15
Club World Cup (3): 2009, 2011, 2015
Spanish Championships (8): 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16
Spanish Cup (3): 2008-09, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16
Spanish Super Cups (6) 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

INDIVIDUAL HONOURS
Ballon D'Or (5): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015

Top scorer in the Spanish league (3): 2009-2010 (34 goals), 2011-2012 (50 goals), 2012-13 (46 goals)
Top scorer in the Champions League (5): 2008-2009 (9 goals), 2009-2010 (8 goals), 2010-2011 (12 goals), 2011-2012 (14 goals), 2014-15 (10 goals)
World Cup Golden Ball (1): 2014
Olympic player of the tournament (1): 2008
Under-20 World Cup player of the tournament (1): 2005
Top scorer at Under-20 World Cup (1): 2005 (6 goals)

Lionel Messi led Argentina to the title at the 2005 World Youth Championship, scoring two penalties in a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the final

Led Argentina to the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

After a season disrupted by injury, Messi captained Argentina to the final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where they lost 1-0 to Germany. Messi, who scored four goals in the finals, won the Golden Ball award as tournament's best player

LIONEL MESSI'S CAREER STATS

113 - Caps for Argentina.

Debut: vs Hungary 2005. 

55 - Goals for Argentina. His five goals in the 2016 Copa America saw him pass Gabriel Batistuta as his nation's all-time leading scorer.

Finals: Copa America 2007, 2015, 2016; World Cup 2014. 

170 - Messi's height in centimetres (5ft 6in).

72 - Messi's weight in kilograms (11st 5lbs).

47 - Seconds into his Argentina debut before he was sent off, against Hungary in 2005, aged 18, after coming on as a substitute.

2008 - Olympic gold in Beijing is Messi's only major international honour.

453 - Goals for Barcelona, in 531 games, including a Primera Division record of 312 goals.

8 - Primera Division titles with Barcelona.

4 - Champions League wins with Barca.

5 - Times he has won the FIFA Ballon d'Or, as the world's best player (in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015).