After the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 2008, Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria have won the World Cup trophy “Qatar 2022” together.
Messi and Di Maria have now become the only players to achieve this feat since the Second World War
Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria became this year the 12th and 13th players in the history of football to win the Olympic Games and the World Cup.
14 years before the triumph in Qatar, the Argentine National Team won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.
All 11 previous players (7 from Uruguay and 4 from Italy) have achieved this feat before the start of World War II.
Below you can find the list of players who have won the Olympic Games and the World Cup.
José Andrade – Uruguay (Olympic Games 1924, 1928) (World Cup 1930)
Héctor Castro – Uruguay (1928 Olympics) (1930 World Cup)
Pedro Cea – Uruguay (Olympic Games 1924, 1928) (World Cup 1930)
Lorenzo Fernández – Uruguay (1928 Olympics) (1930 World Cup)
Álvaro Gestido – Uruguay (Olympic Games 1928) (World Cup 1930)
José Nasazzi – Uruguay (Olympic Games 1924, 1928) (World Cup 1930)
Héctor Scarone – Uruguay (Olympic Games 1924, 1928) (World Cup 1930)
Sergio Bertoni – Italy (Olympic Games 1936) (World Cup 1938)
Alfredo Foni – Italy (Olympic Games 1936) (World Cup 1938)
Ugo Locatelli – Italy (Olympic Games 1936) (World Cup 1938)
Pietro Rava – Italy (Olympic Games 1936) (World Cup 1938)
Lionel Messi – Argentina (Olympic Games 2008) (World Cup 2022)
Ángel Di María – Argentina (Olympic Games 2008) (World Cup 2022)
