LIONEL MESSI AND ARGENTINA IN COPA AMERICA
In Messi’s history in Copa America, Argentina became The Best team in history of Copa America.
IFFHS STATISTICS
Although Argentina did not win any Copa America in Messi’s reign, it became the best team in the history of the tournament in Messi’s presence, in the five copies Messi participated, she attended the final three times and always surpasses the first round.
The following table shows the history of the Copa America in the Messi period.
| No # | National team | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2016 | 2019 | Points accrued |
| 1 | Argentina | Runners-Up | Quarter-Finals | Runners-Up | Runners-Up | Third | 50 |
| 2 | Chile | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Winner | Winner | Fourth | 47.5 |
| 3 | Peru | Quarter-Finals | Third | Third | Quarter-Finals | Runners-Up | 42.5 |
| 4 | Brazil | Winner | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Third-G | Winner | 40 |
| 5 | Uruguay | Fourth | Winner | Quarter-Finals | Third-G | Quarter-Finals | 35.5 |
| 6 | Colombia | Third-G | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Third | Quarter-Finals | 33 |
| 7 | Paraguay | Quarter-Finals | Runners-Up | Fourth | Fourth-G | Quarter-Finals | 32 |
| 8 | Venezuela | Quarter-Finals | Fourth | Fourth-G | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | 29 |
| 9 | Mexico | Third | Fourth-G | Fourth-G | Quarter-Finals | 20 | |
| 10 | Ecuador | Fourth-G | Fourth-G | Third-G | Quarter-Finals | Fourth-G | 15.5 |
| 11 | Bolivia | Fourth-G | Fourth-G | Quarter-Finals | Fourth-G | Fourth-G | 12.5 |
| 12 | USA | Fourth-G | Fourth | 11.5 | |||
| 13 | Costa Rica | Third-G | Third-G | 7 | |||
| 14 | Panama | Third-G | 4 | ||||
| 15 | Jamaica | Fourth-G | Fourth-G | 3.5 | |||
| 16 | Japan | Third-G | 3 | ||||
| 17 | Haiti | Fourth-G | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Qatar | Fourth-G | 1.5 | ||||
| 19 | Honduras | 0 |
Argentina, Chile and Peru They have not been out from the group stage since edition 2007 in Copa America.
10 IFFHS Awards for Lionel Messi in the last 10 years !
The following table shows the history of the Copa America in before the Messi period.
| No # | National team | Points accrued |
| 1 | Uruguay | 200.749 |
| 2 | Argentina | 187.332 |
| 3 | Brazil | 181.248 |
| 4 | Paraguay | 133.4155 |
| 5 | Chile | 113.332 |
| 6 | Peru | 111.3316 |
| 7 | Colombia | 91.415 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 61.8322 |
| 9 | Ecuador | 51.8326 |
| 10 | Mexico | 51 |
| 11 | Venezuela | 22.4992 |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 13.5 |
| 13 | USA | 9 |
| 14 | Honduras | 9 |
| 15 | Japan | 1.5 |
| 16 | Panama | 0 |
| 17 | Jamaica | 0 |
| 18 | Haiti | 0 |
| 19 | Qatar | 0 |
And the following table shows the history of the Copa America in after the Messi period.
| No # | National team | Points accrued |
| 1 | Argentina | 237.332 |
| 2 | Uruguay | 236.249 |
| 3 | Brazil | 221.248 |
| 4 | Paraguay | 165.4155 |
| 5 | Chile | 160.832 |
| 6 | Peru | 153.8316 |
| 7 | Colombia | 124.415 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 74.3322 |
| 9 | Mexico | 71 |
| 10 | Ecuador | 67.3326 |
| 11 | Venezuela | 51.4992 |
| 12 | USA | 20.5 |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 20.5 |
| 14 | Honduras | 9 |
| 15 | Japan | 4.5 |
| 16 | Panama | 4 |
| 17 | Jamaica | 3.5 |
| 18 | Haiti | 2 |
| 19 | Qatar | 1.5 |