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eFootball Lionel Messi - Stats & Rating (Trending)

2026 9/02
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02/09/2026
In short
  • The card: a Trending SS that reaches 97 at max training
  • Strengths: Attacking Awareness (#1), Ball Control (#1), Dribbling (#1)
  • How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Attacking Awareness
  • What this page covers: the Trending version of Lionel Messi (this player has 47 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)
Contents
  1. Player Review
  2. Basic info (Trending)
  3. Stats (Trending)
  4. Position Proficiency
  5. Player skills
  6. Player Progression
  7. Compare with other players
  8. Where this card ranks
  9. Summary
  10. More from eFootball LABO

Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #21 of 614 SS cards and #38 of 850 Deep-Lying Forward cards, with a max-level overall of 97.

How the rating is decided
  • SS  Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
  • S  Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
  • A  Overall 98–99
  • B  Overall 95–97
  • C  Overall below 95

Basic info (Trending)

Lionel Messi
SS
Lionel Messi
PositionSS
Preferred footLeft
Attacking styleDeep-Lying Forward
Defensive styleBasic
Height170 cm
Age39
Overall95
Overall with booster97
LevellingNot available — this card performs as it comes
Special skillsNone
Available fromPOTW Club International Cup 26 Jun ’25

Stats (Trending)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness87
Ball Control89
Dribbling89
Tight Possession89
Low Pass84
Lofted Pass78
Finishing84
Heading50
Set Piece Taking90
Curl89

Physical

Speed80
Acceleration85
Kicking Power84
Jumping50
Physical Contact58
Balance89
Stamina79

Defending

Defensive Awareness47
Tackling49
Aggression52
Defensive Engagement49

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40
GK Catching40
GK Parrying40
GK Reflexes40
GK Reach40
Weak foot usageLow
Weak foot accuracyHigh
Form3
Injury resistanceAverage

Position Proficiency

LWF
LMF
LB
CF
SS
AMF
CMF
DMF
CB
GK
RWF
RMF
RB
Best position (SS, RMF, AMF, RWF, CF)
Not suited

Player skills

Dribbling

Double Touch

Passing

One-touch Pass

Through Passing

Pinpoint Crossing

Outside Curler

Shooting

Long-range Curler

Chip Shot Control

Long-range Shooting

First-time Shot

Mental

Captaincy

Player Progression

This card cannot be trained

Lionel Messi is a fixed card: it has no level cap to raise and no progression points to spend, so its stats never change. The only thing that moves the overall is the booster it comes with, which takes it from 95 to 97.

If you want to plan a card you can train, the progression calculator covers every trainable card in the game.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against Lionel Messi (Big Time, 106) — the strongest Lionel Messi card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position
SS overall ranking
#40 / 614 cards
Rankings →
By playing style
Deep-Lying Forward overall ranking
#65 / 850 cards
Rankings →
Among this player’s cards
Lionel Messi all-time cards
#22 / 47 cards
Rankings →

Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Lionel Messi (Trending)
  • Lionel Messi (Trending) is a fixed card with an overall of 97 once its booster is applied
  • It cannot be levelled up or trained — you use it exactly as you get it
  • Among the 47 cards of this player it ranks #22 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

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Mikelのアバター Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.

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