Football

Players with the most titles in history: where does Lionel Messi rank?

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3 years ago

July 31, 2022

Sophia

Players with the most titles in history: where does Lionel Messi rank?

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Alves, Messi and Iniesta, the most winners.

By winning the French Super Cup against Nantes, Leo Messi added another trophy to his display casesthus taking it third of 2022 (he had celebrated the Ligue 1 title with France’s PSG and the Finalissima against Italy with Argentina national team).

Ligue 1 was his 11th title in local competitions, knowing this to date won La Liga 10 times with Barca: 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2018-2017-2018.

To these 10 titles we must add another 25 in other competitions with Barcelona: won the Champions League (2005-2006, 2008-2009, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015), three times Club World Cup (2009, 2011 and 2015) and also tripled European Super Cup (2009, 2011 and 2015), as well as eight Spanish Super Cup (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2018) and seven King’s Cups (2008-2009, 2011-2012, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2020-2021). Now add the French Super Cup.

Finally, we must add his four championships with the Argentine National Team: the 2005 U20 World Cup, the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and his double celebration with the Major: o Copa América 2021 and this Finalissima.

The Argentine star today he collects 40 official titles throughout his careeradding his track record in clubs and national teams (senior and youth).

The footballers with the most titles in history

Messi is now the second player with most championships of all timenow over his ex-partner Andres Iniesta and only behind another former partner, Daniel Alveswho has devoted himself to nothing less than 46 different occasions.

At the top of the list remains an Alves who won six times The championship (all with Barcelona), five King’s Cups (four with Barcelona, one with Sevilla), five Spanish Super Cup (four with Barcelona, one with Sevilla), four European Super Cup (three with Barcelona and one with Sevilla), three Champions League (all with Barcelona), three times the Club World Cup (always with Barcelona), two UEFA Cup (both in Seville), two League 1 (PSG), two French Super Cup (PSG), two Northeast Cups (Bahia), a Italian league (Juventus), a Italian Cup (Juventus), a French Cup (PSG), a French League Cup (PSG), a Paulista Championship (Agios Pavlos) and a Bahian Championship (Cove).

To this we must add his six titles with Brazil: two Copa Americas, two Confederations Cups, one U20 World Cup (Brazil) and the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Player	Country	Titles
Daniel Alves	Brazil	46
Leo Messi	Argentina	41
Andres Iniesta	Spain	39
Maxwell	Brazil	37
Gerard Pique	Spain	37

All the titles of Lionel Messi’s career

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Tournament	Equipment	title year
The championship	Barcelona	2005
Spanish Super Cup	Barcelona	2005
Sub 20 world	Argentina Sub 20	2005
Champions League	Barcelona	2006
The championship	Barcelona	2006
Spanish Super Cup	Barcelona	2006
Olympic Games	Argentina Sub 23	2008
Champions League	Barcelona	2009
European Super Cup	Barcelona	2009
Club World Cup	Barcelona	2009
Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2009
The championship	Barcelona	2009
Spanish Super Cup	Barcelona	2009
The championship	Barcelona	2010
Spanish Super Cup	Barcelona	2010
The championship	Barcelona	2011
Spanish Super Cup	Barcelona	2011
Champions League	Barcelona	2011
European Super Cup	Barcelona	2011
Club World Cup	Barcelona	2011
Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2012
The championship	Barcelona	2013
Spanish Super Cup	Barcelona	2013
The championship	Barcelona	2015
Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2015
Champions League	Barcelona	2015
European Super Cup	Barcelona	2015
Club World Cup	Barcelona	2015
The championship	Barcelona	2016
Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2016
Spanish Super Cup	Barcelona	2016
Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2017
The championship	Barcelona	2018
Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2018
Spanish Super Cup	Barcelona	2018
The championship	Barcelona	2019
Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2021
America’s Cup	Argentina	2021
League 1	PSG	2022
Finalissima	Argentina	2022
French Super Cup	PSG	2022

Author:

John Esteves

Source: Sporting News

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Football

Gazzaev noted Galitsky’s contribution to the development of Russian football

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1 hour ago

December 30, 2025

Jon

Gazzaev noted Galitsky’s contribution to the development of Russian football

President of the Krasnodar football club Sergei Galitsky made a significant contribution to the development of national football and showed an example of effective construction of a private club. This opinion was expressed by the former Moscow coach CSKA and the Russian national team Valeri Gazzaev.

December 29, President of Russia Vladimir Putin awarded Galitsky the Order of Friendship. The head of state noted his merits in the development of physical culture and sports, as well as many years of conscientious work.

“I really appreciate Sergei Galitsky’s contribution to the development of national football. He made a great contribution not only to the history of Krasnodar, but also to Russian football and sport in general. I believe that Sergei Galitsky is an example of how to build a private club. This is the most important thing, because the future of our football, in my opinion, lies in private clubs. Krasnodar has built a modern sports infrastructure, a strong children’s academy and in fact created a model of how a football club should develop, so this is an example for other teams,” Gazzaev said.

“Of course, the award received is deserved. I sincerely congratulate Sergei Nikolaevich, wish him good health, prosperity and further success, new achievements and strength to realize all his planned projects for the benefit of Russian football. He showed what a private football club could and should be. The future of our football lies in private clubs,” he added.

Galitsky is 58 years old. He founded Krasnodar in February 2008. In the 2024/25 season, the club became champions of Russia, winning the first trophy in history. In the current season of the World Cup – Russian Premier League, Krasnodar is in 1st place, gaining 40 points after 18 matches.

Source: Soccer Ru

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Football

Dyukov plans to meet UEFA President Ceferin in January

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3 hours ago

December 30, 2025

Jon

Dyukov plans to meet UEFA President Ceferin in January

President of the Russian Football Federation (RFU) Alexander Diukov in a meeting with the head of the Union of European Football Associations (of UEFA) Alessandro Ceferino in January he wants to discuss his arrival in Russia.

In November 2024, Dyukov announced that he intended to invite Cheferin to the Russian national team match in 2025.

“We will also talk to Alexander Čeferin about his arrival in Russia. A football event is planned in January where we will also have the opportunity to communicate on this topic,” Dyukov said.

In February 2022 of UEFA and the International Football Federation suspended Russian clubs and national teams from participating in international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.

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Europa League

Vasily Kobin could go to Dnepr and play in the Europa League final

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8 hours ago

December 30, 2025

Jayden

Vasily Kobin could go to Dnepr and play in the Europa League final

football journalist Igor Tsyganyk He told the details of the long-standing transfer story regarding the possible transfer of Vyacheslav Kobin to Dnepr.

According to him, when Dnipro club had to choose between Artem Fedetsky and Vyacheslav Kobin, Kobin was the first choice to strengthen the squad.

Tsyganyk stated that the football player could really be transferred to Dnieper and noted that they made him an offer in the first place. According to the journalist, in the event of such a transfer, Kobin could even play in the 2015 Europa League final, but ultimately the transfer did not take place.

The journalist emphasized that the failure of the transition was not related to financial conditions. According to his information, salaries in Shakhtar and Dnepr were approximately the same. The reasons why the transfer did not take place lie on a different level, but the details of this situation are not reliably known.

According to Tsyganik, Dnepr considered Kobin as a priority option, but the transition was never implemented. Artem Fedetsky played for Dnepr from 2012 to 2016. In the 2014/15 Europa League final, Dnepr lost to the Spanish team Sevilla (2:3).

Source: Sport UA

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