Lionel Messi beats Bruno Fernandes and Kevin De Bruyne with incredible stats despite leaving Europe in 2023.
According to the latest statistics from WhoScored, although Lionel Messi will not play in the 2023/24 season in Europe, he is still the leading player in the number of successful through balls in the last 2 seasons in the top 5 national championships of the “Old Continent”.
Excluding Messi, MU’s Bruno Fernandes (35) is the player with the most successful through balls in the last two seasons in Europe.
Martin Odegaard (32), Alex Baena (25) and Kevin De Bruyne (22) take up the next four spots in the list compiled by WhoScored.
El Pulga left Europe after 19 seasons – including his first 17 at Barcelona – for Inter Miami last summer, joining the Herons on a free transfer . The eight-time Ballon d’Or w inner is currently playing his first full season in the United States.
The Argentina captain recently reached another milestone when he won the 2024 Copa America, with La Albiceleste beating Colombia 1-0 in extra time in the final in Miami.
The trophy just won makes Messi the first player to win 45 titles with club and country, surpassing his former Barcelona teammate Dani Alves (44). To add to the “magnificence” of M10, his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo is far behind with 35 titles, two of which are with the Portuguese national team.
Among those titles, Messi has won four with Argentina, with the latest Copa victory following his previous successes at the 2021 Copa America, 2022 Finalissima and 2022 FIFA World Cup.
At club level, the “atomic flea” won 38 of his 41 trophies with former club Barcelona – where he left in the summer of 2021 on a free transfer to PSG. In France, he won a further three titles with the team at the Parc des Princes.
