Lionel Messi Becomes First Player In FIFA World Cup After 72 Years To..

Published 22 June 2026 · sports

Lionel Messi Becomes First Player In FIFA World Cup After 72 Years To... Published By, Last Updated: June 23, 2026, 02:11 IST The brace against

Lionel Messi Becomes First Player In FIFA World Cup After 72 Years To... Published By, Last Updated: June 23, 2026, 02:11 IST The brace against Austria helped Messi become only the third player in FIFA World Cup history to score multiple goals in three consecutive matches. Lionel Messi becomes 3rd player to score multiple goals in three back-to-back FIFA World Cup matches. (Picture Credit: AP) Lionel Messi scored twice for Argentina in their second match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Monday (June 22) to help his side secure a 2-0 win over Austria. The 38-year-old opened the scoring in the 39th minute and added his second goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time. The brace at AT&T Stadium in Arlington helped Messi become only the third player in FIFA World Cup history to score multiple goals in three consecutive matches. Before netting twice against Austria, Messi had scored a hat-trick against Algeria in Argentina’s opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and a brace in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final against France in Lusail on December 18, 2022. 2 – Lionel Messi en la @fifaworldcup_es 🇦🇷Tercer jugador en marcar un doblete tras fallar un penalti en un partido tras Alessandro Altobelli 🇮🇹 en 1990 y David Villa 🇪🇸 en 2010.

Tercer jugador en marcar más de un gol en tres partidos seguidos tras Sandor Kocsis 🇭🇺 en 1954… pic.twitter.com/bPSq2KrEao — OptaJose (@OptaJose) June 22, 2026 Argentina’s Guillermo Stábile was the first player to score multiple goals in three consecutive FIFA World Cup matches. He achieved the feat in the inaugural edition of the tournament, held in Uruguay in 1930. Stábile scored a hat-trick in Argentina’s Group 1 match against Mexico at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo and then struck braces in each of the next two matches against Chile and the United States at the same venue. His feat was matched by Hungary striker Sándor Kocsis at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Kocsis scored a hat-trick in Hungary’s opening group-stage match against South Korea in Zurich and then found the net four times in the second group-stage match against West Germany in Basel. He followed that up with a brace in the quarter-final against Brazil and another brace in the semi-final against Uruguay in Lausanne. Players to score multiple goals in 3 or more FIFA World Cup matches PLAYER COUNTRY AGAINST GOALS VENUE DATE Guillermo Stábile Argentina Mexico 3 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo July 19, 1930 Chile 2 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo July 22, 1930 USA 2 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo July 26, 1930 Sándor Kocsis Hungary South Korea 3 Hardturm Stadium, Zürich June 17, 1954 West Germany 4 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel June 20, 1954 Brazil 2 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern June 27, 1954 Uruguay 2 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne June 30, 1954 Lionel Messi Argentina France 2 Lusail Stadium, Lusail December 18, 2022 Algeria 3 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City June 16, 2026 Austria 2 AT&T Stadium, Arlington June 22, 2026 Kocsis, who finished the 1954 FIFA World Cup with 11 goals, remains the first and only player to score multiple goals in four consecutive FIFA World Cup matches.