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Messi vs Ronaldo Match History — Every Appearance

Explore Messi and Ronaldo matches, including zero-goal games, with assists, playing minutes, competitions and source links.

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1,184 player appearances in this view

937 goals · 428 archive-defined assists · 97,411 source-reported playing minutes.

Showing 1151–1184 of 1,184. Definitions, coverage and checks · Appearance reuse policy

One row per player appearance. Dates use the match date, not the report publication date.
DatePlayer / teamOpponentCompetitionGoalsAssistsMinutesSource
2006-02-01Messi
Barcelona		Real ZaragozaCopa del Rey1090Archive
2006-01-29Messi
Barcelona		MallorcaLaLiga2018 (sub)Archive
2006-01-26Messi
Barcelona		Real ZaragozaCopa del Rey0090Archive
2006-01-22Messi
Barcelona		AlavesLaLiga1017 (sub)Archive
2006-01-15Messi
Barcelona		Athletic BilbaoLaLiga1083Archive
2006-01-07Messi
Barcelona		EspanyolLaLiga0078Archive
2005-12-20Messi
Barcelona		Celta VigoLaLiga0067Archive
2005-12-17Messi
Barcelona		CadizLaLiga0182Archive
2005-12-11Messi
Barcelona		SevillaLaLiga0063Archive
2005-12-04Messi
Barcelona		VillarrealLaLiga0081Archive
2005-11-27Messi
Barcelona		Racing SantanderLaLiga1067Archive
2005-11-19Messi
Barcelona		Real MadridLaLiga0170Archive
2005-11-16Messi
Argentina		QatarFriendly0181Archive
2005-11-06Messi
Barcelona		GetafeLaLiga0021 (sub)Archive
2005-11-02Messi
Barcelona		PanathinaikosChampions League1190Archive
2005-10-26Messi
Barcelona		MalagaLaLiga0028 (sub)Archive
2005-10-22Messi
Barcelona		OsasunaLaLiga0090Archive
2005-10-18Messi
Barcelona		PanathinaikosChampions League0023 (sub)Archive
2005-10-12Messi
Argentina		UruguayWorld Cup Qualifiers0011 (sub)Archive
2005-10-09Messi
Argentina		PeruWorld Cup Qualifiers0090Archive
2005-10-01Messi
Barcelona		Real ZaragozaLaLiga0024 (sub)Archive
2005-09-27Messi
Barcelona		UdineseChampions League0070Archive
2005-09-14Messi
Barcelona		Werder BremenChampions League0024 (sub)Archive
2005-09-03Messi
Argentina		ParaguayWorld Cup Qualifiers0010 (sub)Archive
2005-08-17Messi
Argentina		HungaryFriendly001 (sub)Archive
2005-05-01Messi
Barcelona		Albacete BalompieLaLiga102 (sub)Archive
2005-04-17Messi
Barcelona		GetafeLaLiga004 (sub)Archive
2004-12-21Messi
Barcelona		LevanteLaLiga0032 (sub)Archive
2004-12-11Messi
Barcelona		Albacete BalompieLaLiga001 (sub)Archive
2004-12-07Messi
Barcelona		Shakhtar DonetskChampions League0090Archive
2004-12-04Messi
Barcelona		MalagaLaLiga007 (sub)Archive
2004-10-27Messi
Barcelona		UDA GramenetCopa del Rey0073Archive
2004-10-24Messi
Barcelona		OsasunaLaLiga0018 (sub)Archive
2004-10-16Messi
Barcelona		EspanyolLaLiga007 (sub)Archive

* Ronaldo’s Al Faisaly goal follows league credit, which differs from the source archive. Playing-time figures retain the archive’s convention. Read the differences.

Coverage and sources

Senior competitive club goals and senior internationals, including international friendlies. Youth, Olympic, club-friendly and shootout goals are excluded. Includes the Arab Club Champions Cup.

Latest recorded goal: Messi 2026-11-01 · Ronaldo 2026-10-29. Matches checked through: Messi 2026-11-01 · Ronaldo 2026-10-29. Checked 2026-11-06T18:02:18+00:00. A separate reviewed match archive now supplies zero-goal appearances, assists and minutes with its own coverage and definition. Complete career finish-type and goal-minute breakdowns remain unavailable; selected primary-source event fields can be inspected in the comparison workspace. Methodology · CSV

Imported historical match records, supplemented by club and league reports and attributed reporting. This is a dated record, not a live score.

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LIONEL MESSI

Messi’s MVP case: assist counts need clear labels

A new Stats Perform preview uses a different assist total from Miami’s official notice and our archive. We explain the limits.

Our take: Our 2026 MLS archive records 26 Messi goals and 13 final-touch assists, or 39 contributions under its definition. Those figures need their stated scope before being used in an MVP comparison, because provider assist counts are not interchangeable. Inspect Messi’s MLS appearances → Read the assist definitions and coverage →Analysis uses records reviewed .

Analysis · source-defined assist counts; recycled endorsement identified, no award result

Full report · Stats Perform · preview published by SoccerNews

CRISTIANO RONALDO

Ronaldo’s club career continues after Portugal exit

AFP reports Mourinho’s response to Ronaldo’s Portugal exit; AP covers Jesus’s squad remarks. Neither confirms a final club season.

Our take: Our ledger splits Ronaldo’s 48-goal career lead into 28 at club level and 20 for his country. He has 839 club goals to Messi’s 811, so future eligible club goals can move that part of the comparison. Compare the club and country scopes → Follow the Race to 1,000 →Analysis uses records reviewed .

Reported · AFP and AP coaching responses; club and international scopes kept separate

Full report · AFP · reporting published by Arab News

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