Messi vs Ronaldo in friendly games with their National Teams in 2018

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	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Argentina	1	3	1	3.00	1.00	4.00
Totals	1	3	1	3.00	1.00	4.00

Summary

Lionel Messi 39 years, 4 months, 11 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Portugal	3	2	1	0.67	0.33	1.00
Totals	3	2	1	0.67	0.33	1.00

Summary

Cristiano Ronaldo 41 years, 8 months, 30 days

Last games:

FIFA Friendly ·
Argentina vs Haiti

	4-0
Messi, 90′

29-05-2018

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FIFA Friendly ·
Portugal vs Argelia

	3-0
C. Ronaldo, 75′

07-06-2018

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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

1 seasons 0

1 -2

3 games played+2

Goals

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

3 goals +1

2-1

3.00 goals per game +348%

0.67-78%

2 goals without penalties 0

66.67% -33%

100.00% goals without penalties+33%

1 penalty goals +100%

0-1

33.33% penalty goals +33%

0.00%-33%

0 direct free-kick goals +0%

Scores every 30′ -74%

116′+288%

Goal contribution

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

4 total contributions +1

3-1

1 assists (Opta™ criteria) 0

1 assists (Transfermarkt™ criteria) 0

Assists every 90′ -61%

233′+159%

Goal contribution every 22′ -71%

78′+245%

Messi vs Ronaldo in friendly games with their National Teams in 2018: key facts

Who has the better record here, Messi or Ronaldo?

In this competition, Messi has 3 goals and 1 assist in 1 game (3.00 goals per game), and Ronaldo 2 goals and 1 assist in 3 games (0.67). Messi has more goals.

Data updated on 01/11/2026.

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