FACTBOX-Soccer-Messi by numbers

853: Club matches for Barcelona B, Barcelona, and Paris St Germain 701: Club goals for Barcelona B, Barcelona, and Paris St Germain 172:International caps 98: International goals 37: Club trophies won 35: Age 26: Matches played at the World Cup (Overall record) 19: Appearances as captain in the World Cup -- a record 17: World Cup match victories (Tied with Germany's Miroslav Klose).

The following is a look at Argentina captain Lionel Messi's career by numbers: 499 million: Global followers on social media platforms Facebook and Instagram (over 10 times the population of Argentina)

$120 million: Messi's estimated earnings for the 2022-23 season before taxes and agents' fees, according to Forbes. $26.60 million: Messi's estimated transfer value, according to Swiss research group CIES Football Observatory.

2,315: Minutes played in the World Cup. No one has played more. 853: Club matches for Barcelona B, Barcelona, and Paris St Germain

701: Club goals for Barcelona B, Barcelona, and Paris St Germain 172:International caps

98: International goals 37: Club trophies won

35: Age 26: Matches played at the World Cup (Overall record)

19: Appearances as captain in the World Cup -- a record 17: World Cup match victories (Tied with Germany's Miroslav Klose). Does not include penalty shootout wins.

16 years: The gap between his first and latest World Cup goals 13: World Cup goals (Argentine record)

11: Player of the match awards (first given in 2002) 7: Ballons d'Or

6: Men to have played in five World Cups - Messi, Lothar Matthaeus, Antonio Carbajal, Rafa Marquez, Andres Guardado and Cristiano Ronaldo 6: Assists in the knockout phase of World Cups

5: World Cups played in and assisted in 2: World Cup finals

1: Copa America trophy 1: World Cup winners' medals (Compiled by Aadi Nair and Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, Tommy Lund in Gdansk, Editing by Toby Davis and Ed Osmond)