Argentine striker Lionel Messi came in second place among the best scorers in South America.

The forward of Barcelona took part in the match of his national team against Haiti, in which he noted a hat-trick.

The first goal in the match allowed Messi to equal the number of goals with the legendary Brazilian Ronaldo, who was noted for his career 62nd goals for the national team. In the second half, Messi scored twice more and went around "toothache".

Thus, with 64 goals for Argentina Messi is the second best South American scorer after Pele (77 goals).

The highest number of goals for the South American team:.

Pele (Brazil) - 77 2. Messi (Argentina) - 64 3. Ronaldo (Brazil) - 62 4. Romario (Brazil) - 55 5. Batistuta (Argentina) - 54 6. Neimar (Brazil) - 53 7. Luis Suarez (Uruguay) - 50 Do you want to learn the main football news first? Subscribe to our channel in Telegram! You can also follow our website in Viber and Twitter.