Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - He kaitakaro o Argentina, ko Messi te mea nui rawa atu o tana whenua me to raatau whaainga katoa. I te taumata taiohi, i toa ia i te 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, ka mutu te whakataetae me te Golden Ball me te Golden Shoe, me te mētara koura Olympic i nga Orimipia Raumati 2008. Ko tana momo taakaro hei kaitakaro iti, maui-waewae i whakataurite ki tana hoa whenua a Diego Maradona, nana nei i whakaahua a Messi hei kaiwhaiwhai. I muri i tana tīmatanga matua i te marama o Akuhata 2005, ko Messi te taiohi o Argentina ki te purei me te kaute i te Ipu o te Ao FIFA i te 2006, ka tae ki te whakamutunga o te 2007 Copa América, i reira i whakaingoatia ai ia hei kaitakaro taiohi o te whakataetae. Hei rangatira o te kapa mai i Akuhata 2011, i arahi ia i a Argentina ki nga whiringa toa e toru i te raupapa: te 2014 FIFA World Cup, i toa ai ia i te Golden Ball, me te 2015 me te 2016 Copa América
, i toa i te Golden Ball i te putanga 2015. Whai muri i tana panui i tana reti a-ao i te tau 2016, ka hurihia e ia tana whakatau ka arahi i tana whenua ki te tohu mo te Ipu o te Ao FIFA 2018, te tuatoru o nga waahi i te 2019 Copa América, ka wikitoria i te 2021 Copa América, i a ia e wikitoria ana i te Golden Ball me te Golden Boot mo te whakamutunga.