Watch Lionel Messi's Best Ever Free-Kicks

Lionel Messi has scored SIXTY-TWO goals direct from free-kicks during his career. We have gathered together video footage of 22 of Messi's best free-kicks.

Lionel Messi scored direct from a free-kick on Saturday night as an Argentina XI lost 7-5 to Newell's Old Boys in a testimonial game for Maxi Rodriguez.

Fans in Rosario were thrilled by Messi's fine finish but probably not surprised.

After all, Messi has scored SIXTY-TWO goals direct from free-kicks during his remarkable career.

Check out some of his best set-piece strikes below.

Lionel Messi's Top 22 Free-Kick Goals

1. BARCELONA vs Atletico Madrid, 2008

🏟️ Camp Nou
⚽️ #BarçaAtleti
🔙 05/10/2008

Messi's first EVER free-kick goal in #LaLiga came in a 6-1 @FCBarcelona win! 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/SFvWbwa4t7

— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) December 16, 2018

2. Dynamo Kyiv vs BARCELONA, 2009

🇦🇷 Messi curls in a beautiful free-kick 13 years ago today 🥰#UCL pic.twitter.com/v9jEzatUWN

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 9, 2022

3. Atletico Madrid vs BARCELONA, 2011

G⚽️AL OF THE DAY!

Picture- perfect free-kick from #Messi per usual.

👑👑👑 pic.twitter.com/J1Be2bUfiN

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) June 7, 2020

4. BARCELONA vs Real Madrid, 2012

🔥#Messi 🆚Real Madrid 🤯
🔙 2012/13#ElClásico🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/TiS22bgw95

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) October 24, 2020

5. Granada vs BARCELONA, 2013

Goat 🆚 Granada pic.twitter.com/wvFQJlUeP2

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 2, 2021

6. BARCELONA vs Real Betis, 2013

#Messi is (and always has been) the free-kick master. pic.twitter.com/Rr0ssqoGK1

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 9, 2020

7. BARCELONA vs Ajax, 2013

🔵🔴 Leo Messi hat-trick #OTD in 2013 ⚽️⚽️⚽️@FCBarcelona | #UCL pic.twitter.com/lTbOmKGcbk

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 18, 2020

8. Nigeria vs ARGENTINA, 2014

Messi's beautiful free kick vs Nigeria in the 2014 #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/6aAVJRCyO1

— Football Flashback 📹🔙 (@FootyFlashback) June 11, 2018

9. United States vs ARGENTINA, 2016

Brightening your day with a classic 🎞

That time Messi became Argentina's all-time top scorer with a perfect free kick against the U.S. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/7rSyIZf9sM

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) March 16, 2020

10. ARGENTINA vs Colombia, 2016

A 3 años de esta JOYITA de Messi contra Colombia en Eliminatorias. pic.twitter.com/k9SvFCjFV4

— TyC Sports (@TyCSports) November 15, 2019

11. Villarreal vs BARCELONA, 2017

G⚽️AL OF THE DAY!

Need a free-kick goal?

📞 Simple: Call Leo #Messi... 👑🔥 pic.twitter.com/O7ms9DHkoG

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 31, 2020

12. BARCELONA vs Alaves, 2018

Messi Goal Vs Alaves 2018 From stands
Like & RT for more contents🙏 pic.twitter.com/th3vdrpi0H

— MessiStands 🐐 (@MessiStands) January 22, 2022

13. BARCELONA vs Atletico Madrid, 2018

14. Real Betis vs BARCELONA, 2019

📅 #OnThisDay last year...

The best hat-trick of Leo Messi's career? 👽🎩

(go to 2:13 for THAT goal 🤤) pic.twitter.com/iF0PUDLmsg

— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) March 17, 2020

15. BARCELONA vs Espanyol, 2019

March 30th 2019.
Barcelona vs Espanyol.
70th minute free-kick.
Leo Messi🐐
Goal. pic.twitter.com/ZJ2gg6R5oq

— A A G (@chaaco___) December 3, 2019

16. Villarreal vs BARCELONA, 2019

🔙 4 yıl önce bugün: Barcelona, Villarreal deplasmanında 90. dakikaya 4-2 geride giriyor.

Ve hikaye başlıyor.#LaLigaHistory | @fcbarcelona_tr pic.twitter.com/d3PU1bNPPh

— LALIGA Türkiye (@LaLigaTR) April 2, 2023

17. BARCELONA vs Liverpool, 2019

🔵🔴 Leo Messi free-kick 🔥#UCL | @FCBarcelona pic.twitter.com/gwtsDp8pnF

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 9, 2019

18. Valencia vs BARCELONA, 2021

🎥 Barça cərimə zərbəsindən 701 gündür ki, qol vura bilmir. Son dəfə bunu Leo Messi etmişdi (2 may, 2021 / Mestalla'da Valencia'nın qapısına). #FCBAZFAN pic.twitter.com/oKiHjVF8B8

— FC Barcelona Azerbaijan (@fcbazfan2010) April 4, 2023

19. ARGENTINA vs Chile, 2021

🔥⚽ ¡El golazo de Lionel Messi en la #CopaAmerica 2021!

💥 Una clase de cómo patear un tiro libre.

🇦🇷🏆🇮🇹 El miércoles se jugará la #Finalissima ante @Argentina y @Azzurri. pic.twitter.com/C98lU9zmxn

— CONMEBOL Copa América™️ (@CopaAmerica) May 29, 2022

20. PSG vs Nice, 2022

Your October #GoalOfTheMonth 👀

Lionel Messi's free-kick against Nice! 🇦🇷#Ligue1UberEats | @PSG_English pic.twitter.com/ksU9DKzLHd

— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) November 16, 2022

21. PSG vs Lille, 2023

Le coup franc 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲́𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘂𝗿 signé Leo Messi ! 💫⚽️#PSGLOSC pic.twitter.com/kwmL8cfMeB

— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) February 20, 2023

22. ARGENTINA vs Panama, 2023

#ARG 🇦🇷 2 - 🇵🇦 0 #PAN | 43 ST | Leo la soltó y la gente lo gritó, de tanto intentar se hizo realidad.

Mirá el partido EN VIVO en https://t.co/fnEKkuadQ9 #SomosMundiales pic.twitter.com/nPKpl0drjZ

— TVP (@TV_Publica) March 24, 2023

Lionel Messi pictured shooting to score direct from a free-kick during Argentina's 2-0 win over Panama in March 2023 :: IMAGO/Sebastian Frej