Lionel Messi has surpassed his rival, Christiano Ronaldo as the active footballer to score the most free kicks.

Messi Surpassed Ronaldo's goal tally on Monday as he found the back of the net for Argentina in their 1-1 draw with Chile at the Copa America. 

With the goal, Messi has now scored 57 free kicks in his career, one more than Portugal captain, Ronaldo.

The 33 year old also became Argentina’s all-time leading goalscorer in official games with his strike, bagging his 39th goal in 98 games and overtaking Gabriel Batistuta.

However, the Barcelona star is five goals short of Diego Maradona’s record of 62 free kicks.

Messi has scored a total of 73 goals for Argentina.

The 33-year-old also joined Americo Tesoriere (1920-25) as the only player to have featured in six Copa Americas for Argentina.