Messi vs Ronaldo in friendly games with their National Teams in 2006

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	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Argentina	4	1	1	0.25	0.25	0.50
Totals	4	1	1	0.25	0.25	0.50

Summary

Lionel Messi 39 years, 4 months, 11 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Portugal	4	2	1	0.50	0.25	0.75
Totals	4	2	1	0.50	0.25	0.75

Summary

Cristiano Ronaldo 41 years, 8 months, 30 days

Last games:

FIFA Friendly ·
Spain vs Argentina

	2-1
		Messi, 61′

11-10-2006

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FIFA Friendly ·
Denmark vs Portugal

	4-2
		C. Ronaldo, 66′

01-09-2006

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Timeframe

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

39 years, 4 months, 11 days-869 days

41 years, 8 months, 30 days+869 days

2 seasons 0

4 games played 0

Goals

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

1 -1

2 goals+1

0.25 -50%

0.50 goals per game+100%

1 -1

2 goals without penalties+1

100.00% goals without penalties 0%

0 penalty goals +0%

0.00% penalty goals 0%

0 direct free-kick goals +0%

268′+87%

Scores every 143′-46%

Goal contribution

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

2 -1

3 total contributions+1

1 assists (Opta™ criteria) 0

1 assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) 0

Assists every 268′ -7%

287′+7%

134′+40%

Goal contribution every 96′-29%

Messi vs Ronaldo in friendly games with their National Teams in 2006: key facts

Who has the better record here, Messi or Ronaldo?

In this competition, Messi has 1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games (0.25 goals per game), and Ronaldo 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 games (0.50). Ronaldo has more goals.

Data updated on 01/11/2026.

Cache date: 04-11-2026 20:40:56