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eFootball Lionel Messi - Stats & Build (Highlight)

2026 11/04
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30/10/202604/11/2026
In short
  • The card: a Highlight SS that reaches 96 at max training
  • Strengths: Low Pass (#1), Lofted Pass (#1), Set Piece Taking (#1)
  • How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Low Pass
  • What this page covers: the Highlight version of Lionel Messi (this player has 50 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)
Contents
  1. Player Review
  2. Basic info (Highlight)
  3. Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
  4. Position Proficiency
  5. Player skills
  6. Recommended Additional Skills
  7. Player Progression
  8. Compare with other players
  9. Where this card ranks
  10. Summary
  11. More players from World Player of the Year 2026
  12. More from eFootball LABO

Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #36 of 629 SS cards and #24 of 358 Classic No. 10 cards, with a max-level overall of 96.

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 (Highlight)

Lionel Messi
SS
Lionel Messi
PositionSS
Preferred footLeft
Attacking styleClassic No. 10
Defensive styleAttack Outlet
Height170 cm
Age39
Max levelLv29
Progression points56
Overall at Lv184
Overall at max level96
Special skillsNone
Available fromWorld Player of the Year 2026

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness77
Ball Control80
Dribbling80
Tight Possession80
Low Pass80
Lofted Pass74
Finishing76
Heading50
Set Piece Taking81
Curl84

Physical

Speed76
Acceleration79
Kicking Power76
Jumping45
Physical Contact65
Balance80
Stamina73

Defending

Defensive Awareness40
Tackling43
Aggression45
Defensive Engagement41

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40
GK Catching40
GK Parrying40
GK Reflexes40
GK Reach40
Weak foot usageAverage
Weak foot accuracyHigh
Form4
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

Shooting

Long-range Curler

Chip Shot Control

Long-range Shooting

Dipping Shot

First-time Shot

Penalty Specialist

Mental

Captaincy

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a SS.

+Outside Curlermore shot accuracy
+Knuckle Shotunpredictable trajectory
+Heel Trickunlocks tight spaces

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

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
#76 / 629 cards
Rankings →
By playing style
Classic No. 10 overall ranking
#38 / 358 cards
Rankings →
Among this player’s cards
Lionel Messi all-time cards
#42 / 50 cards
All cards →

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.

All Lionel Messi cards
Best Messi card — every Lionel Messi card ranked

Summary

✓Lionel Messi (Highlight)
  • Lionel Messi (Highlight) caps at Lv29 with a max-level overall of 96
  • It has 56 progression points to spend
  • Among the 50 cards of this player it ranks #42 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

More players from World Player of the Year 2026

The other players you can pull from World Player of the Year 2026.

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CF · 103
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CF · 98
Erling Haaland
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Rodri
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Rodri
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Michael Olise
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Michael Olise
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Ousmane Dembele
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K. Kvaratskhelia
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Fabian Ruiz
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Unai Simon
GK · 95
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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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