Lionel Messi

Why this one matters.

“Even by Lionel Messi's standards, the list of records he does not hold had grown vanishingly small — and on 14 October 2025 he crossed another one off. In Argentina's 6-0 thrashing of Puerto Rico, the captain provided two assists, teeing up Gonzalo Montiel and Lautaro Martinez, and in doing so took his international assist tally to 60, overtaking Neymar Jr to become, as Topps declared, the highest assist maker in international football history. He became the first player ever to reach 60 assists for his nation — a fitting number for a player whose career has been defined as much by the goals he created as those he scored. From the teenage winger who supplied Hernan Crespo at the 2006 World Cup to the veteran playmaker winning the 2022 World Cup final and the 2024 Copa America, Messi has spent two decades seeing passes no one else could see. This Topps Now card was produced to commemorate that very night, 14.10.25, and the Foilfractor edition — a full-coverage geometric prism finish — exists as a single copy, the one-of-one crown of the print-on-demand set. Graded PSA NM 7 (Cert 150749219), it pairs a genuine Messi record-breaking moment with absolute uniqueness: the only card on earth marking the night the greatest passer of his generation officially became the most prolific provider in international football.”