BREAKING / ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM
Gracias, Capitán:
Messi Retires From International Football & The Shirts That Tell His Story
The Farewell Numbers
Part I: The Letter
FROM THE FAREWELL LETTER
“I always fought and left everything on the field for this jersey. I have nothing left to give.”
— Lionel Messi, announcing his retirement from the Argentina national team, August 31, 2026
Part II: The Career, In Shirts
Still No. 10 In Miami
He's done with the national team — not with football. Leo keeps playing his club football at Inter Miami, where the No. 10 stays on the pitch. The 2026 Miami away shirt is the one to wear to keep watching the legend live.
The Final Chapter
Sixth World Cup, second straight final, and an extra-time defeat to Spain that ended the story one chapter short of the fairytale. He walked off, and two days later wrote the letter he'd been carrying. The 2026 World Cup home and away shirts are the ones he wore for the last dance.
Two Copas, Two Stars
The 2024 Copa America made it back-to-back continental titles and Argentina's third trophy in three seasons — the most decorated era in Albiceleste history. The 2024/25 home shirt with the 10 on the back belongs to exactly that run.
The Crown In Qatar
After the pain came a redemption arc no script would dare write: Copa America 2021, then the World Cup in Qatar — the final Argentina actually won, the trophy lifted by the man who had waited his whole life for it. The 2022 champions' home shirt is the most important Argentina shirt of a generation.
The Heartbreak In Rio
Argentina reached a World Cup final for the first time since 1990 — and lost to Germany in extra time. Messi stood on the podium, one step too low, staring at the trophy he couldn't touch. The 2013/15-era home shirt is the one he wore through that run, and through the years that followed.
The Kid From Rosario
One red card 88 seconds into his debut in 2005, then a first World Cup at 18, wearing the 19. Nobody in Germany that summer could have guessed the quiet teenager was the start of something the sport had never seen. The 2006 home shirt is the origin story, in blue and white.
Part III: The 10 Lives On
ARGENTINA 26/27 HOME · THE TRIBUTE EDITION
The 10 Lives On.
Argentina’s new 26/27 home shirt keeps the 10 in the squad — the tribute edition for the captain who made the number immortal. In stock now in men’s, women’s and kids’ fits, shipped worldwide.
| 207 caps | Argentina record |
| 125 goals | Argentina record |
| 68 assists | Argentina record |
| 6 World Cups | 2006 – 2026, most in history |
| 34 WC appearances | most in World Cup history |
| 21 WC goals | second all time |
| 12 WC assists | most in World Cup history |
| Trophies | 1 World Cup · 2 Copas · 1 Finalissima · Olympic gold |
| Ballon d'Or | 8 — the most of anyone, ever |
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From the kid who got sent off 88 seconds into his debut to the captain who lifted the World Cup: we watched him grow up, and he carried a country with him. Gracias, Leo.