Lionel Messi's 48 hat-tricks for Barcelona Argentina

Lionel Messi starred once again as Barcelona beat PSV Eindhoven 4-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, scoring the 48th hat-trick of his career -- 42 with Barcelona. 

It was his eighth treble in the Champions League (a competition high, one more than Cristiano Ronaldo), while he has scored 30 in the league, three in the Copa del Rey and one in the Spanish Super Cup. 

Messi's 'favourite' victim is Valencia. He has scored four hat-tricks (or more) against them, while he has scored three goals against Atlético, Espanyol, Deportivo and Osasuna on three occasions.

The Argentine's first hat-trick came famously against Real Madrid in a 3-3 draw in the 2006/07 season.  

With his country, Messi's bagged a treble on six occasions, including once against Brazil in a friendly played in June of 2013. 

Perhaps his most memorable hat-trick for Argentina, though, was the one against Ecuador last year which guaranteed a spot at the World Cup in Russia. 

WITH FC Barcelona

1. 10/03/07 Barça 3 - Real Madrid 3 (Liga 2006/07)
2. 06/01/09 Atlético Madrid 1 - Barça 3 (Copa Del Rey 2008/09)
3. 10/01/10 Tenerife 0 - Barça 5 (Liga 2009/10)
4. 14/03/10 Barça 3 - Valencia 0 (Liga 2009/10)
5. 21/03/10 Zaragoza 2 - Barça 4 (Liga 2009/10)
6. 06/04/10 Barça 4 - Arsenal 1 (Champions League 2009/10) *four goals
7. 21/08/10 Barça 4 - Sevilla 0 (Supercopa de España 2010)
8. 20/11/10 Almería 0 - Barça 8 (Liga 2010/11)
9. 12/01/11 Barça 5 - Betis 0 (Copa del Rey 2010/11)
10. 05/02/11 Barça 3 - Atlético Madrid 0 (Liga 2010/11)
11. 17/09/11 Barça 8 - Osasuna 0 (Liga 2011/12)
12. 24/09/11 Barça 5 - Atlético Madrid 0 (Liga 2011/12)
13. 29/10/11 Barça 5 - Mallorca 0 (Liga 2011/12)
14. 01/11/11 Viktoria Plzen 0 - Barça 4 (Champions League 2011/12)
15. 22/01/12 Málaga 1 - Barça 4 (Liga 2011/12)
16. 19/02/12 Barça 5 - Valencia 1 (Liga 2011/12) *four goals
17. 07/03/12 Barça 7 - Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Champions League 2011/12) *five goals
18. 20/03/12 Barça 5 - Granada 3 (Liga 2011/12)
19. 02/05/12 Barça 4 - Málaga 1 (Liga 2011/12)
20. 05/05/12 Barça 4 - Espanyol 0 (Liga 2011/12) *four goals
21. 20/10/12 Deportivo 4 - Barça 5 (Liga 2012/13)
22. 27/01/13 Barça 5 - Osasuna 1 (Liga 2012/13) *four goals
23. 01/09/13 Valencia 2 - Barça 3 (Liga 2013/14)
24. 18/09/13 Barça 4 - Ajax 0 (Champions League 2013/14)
25. 16/03/14 Barça 7 - Osasuna 0 (Liga 2013/14)
26. 23/03/14 Real Madrid 3 - Barça 4 (Liga 2013/14)
27. 22/11/14 Barça 5 - Sevilla 1 (Liga 2014/15)
28. 25/11/14 APOEL 0 - Barça 4 (Champions League 2014/15)
29. 07/12/15 Barça 5 - Espanyol 1 (Liga 2014/15)
30. 18/01/15 Deportivo 0 - Barça 4 (Liga 2014/15)
31. 15/02/15 Barça 5 - Levante 0 (Liga 2014/15)
32. 08/03/15 Barça 6 - Rayo Vallecano 1 (Liga 2014/15)
33. 09/01/16 Barça 4 - Granada 0 (Liga 2015/16)
34. 03/02/16 Barça 7 - Valencia 0 (Copa 2015/16)
35. 03/03/16 Rayo V. 1 - Barça 5 (Liga 2015/16)
36. 13/09/16 Barça 7 - Celtic 0 (Champions League 2016/17)
37. 19/10/16 Barça 4 - M. City 0 (Champions League 2016/17)
38. 09/09/17 Barça 5 - Espanyol 0 (Liga 2017/18)
39. 19/09/17 Barça 6 - Eibar 1 (Liga 2017/18) *four goals 
40. 07/04/18 Barça 3 - Leganes 1 (Liga 2017/18)
41. 29/04/18 Deportivo 2 - Barça 4 (Liga 2017/18)
42. 18/09/2018 Barça 4 - PSV 0 (Champions League 2018/19)

WITH Argentina:

1. 29/02/12 Switzerland 1 - Argentina 3 (friendly)
2. 09/06/12 Argentina 4 - Brasil 3 (friendly)
3. 15/06/13 Guatemala 0 - Argentina 4 (friendly)
4. 11/06/16 Argentina 5 - Panama 0 (Copa America 2016)
5. 11/10/17 Ecuador 1 - Argentina 3 (World Cup qualifier 2018)
6. 30/05/18 Argentina 4 - Haití 0 (friendly)