Messi vs Ronaldo in National Team official games in the 2018-2019 season

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	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Argentina	6	1	1	0.17	0.17	0.33
Totals	6	1	1	0.17	0.17	0.33

Summary

Lionel Messi 39 years, 4 months, 11 days

	Totals			Per game
Team	Games	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Contrib.
Portugal	4	3	0	0.75	0.00	0.75
Totals	4	3	0	0.75	0.00	0.75

Summary

Cristiano Ronaldo 41 years, 8 months, 30 days

Last games:

Copa América · Third-fourth place match
Chile vs Argentina

	1-2
		Messi, 37′

06-07-2019

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UEFA Nations League · Final
Portugal vs Netherlands

	1-0
C. Ronaldo, 90′

09-06-2019

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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

6 games played +2

4-2

Goals

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

1 -2

3 goals+2

0.17 -77%

0.75 goals per game+341%

0 -3

3 goals without penalties

0.00% -100%

100.00% goals without penalties+100%

1 penalty goals +100%

0-1

100.00% penalty goals +100%

0.00%-100%

0 -1

1 direct free-kick goals

487′+385%

Scores every 100′-79%

Goal contribution

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

2 -1

3 total contributions+1

1 assists (Opta™ criteria) +100%

0-1

243′+143%

Goal contribution every 100′-59%

In finals

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

0 -1

1 finals played+1

0 -1

1 finals won+1

0 finals lost 0

0 goals in finals +0%

0 assists in finals +0%

0.00 goals per game in finals +0%

Scores in finals every 0′

Assists in finals every 0′

Goal contribution in finals every 0′

Titles

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

0/1 -1

1/1 titles won+1

Messi vs Ronaldo in National Team official games in the 2018-2019 season: key facts

Who has the better record here, Messi or Ronaldo?

In this competition, Messi has 1 goal and 1 assist in 6 games (0.17 goals per game), and Ronaldo 3 goals and 0 assists in 4 games (0.75). Ronaldo has more goals, but Messi has more assists. Titles: Messi 0, Ronaldo 1.

Data updated on 01/11/2026.

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