Lionel Messi
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has overtaken a Brazil legend Ronaldo Nazario among the top goalscorers in South American history .
He now needs only 14 more goals to become the all -time record scorer, according to Soccer Laduma.
The Argentine netted a hat - trick in his side’ s 4 - 0 friendly win over Haiti on Wednesday morning , taking his overall tally for the Albiceleste to 64 goals .
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In doing so , he bettered the record of Selecao forward Ronaldo , who retired with 62 strikes for Brazil .
Three - time World Cup champion Pele, who sits in seventh spot in the worldwide all- time ranking , is the only South American player to have scored more than Messi . Pele retired with 77 goals for Brazil , which means Messi needs to score 14 more times to overtake the legendary striker .
The Blaugrana attacker also extended his own record as Argentina ’ s all - time record scorer, and is now 10 strikes ahead of second - placed Gabriel Batistuta . Sergio Aguero , who scored his country’ s fourth goal in the 4 - 0 win over Haiti , follows in third place with 38 strikes .
Argentina face Israel next , on June 9 , in their final friendly ahead of the 2018 World Cup , before starting their tournament against Iceland on June 16.
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