Lionel Messi has cultivated a sporting legacy unlike any other. To the majority of the soccer world, he’s the greatest player who has ever lived, seemingly immune to Father Time and still capable of hanging with the very best at the age of 39.

Messi will play his final match for the Argentine national team on Tuesday night in Buenos Aires, capping an incredible international career that includes a World Cup title and two Copa America crowns

The end of Lionel Messi's international career will bring about a new era for the Argentina men's national team, so who will inherit his famous number as the Albiceleste press on without their famous talisman?

The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner will make his 208th and final appearance for La Albiceleste.

When Benin face Argentina in Lionel Messi's final international appearance, Benin coach Gernot Rohr says he will have one personal request for the forward - an autograph on the shirt Messi gave him when Rohr was Nigeria coach.

The Argentinian legend will play his last ever match with the national team on October 6 against Benin