– The forward has won the Ballon d’Or five times, more than any other player in history. – Messi scored 50 goals in LaLiga in 2011-12, the best tally by a player in a single season. – The 30-year-old is the only La Liga player to reach 40 goals in each of the last eight seasons in all competitions. – Messi has scored more goals for the same club than any other player in Champions League history (94 goals). – He has made 583 appearances for Barcelona in all competitions, more than any other non-Spanish player ever for the Catalan club. – The forward has scored more goals than any other player in El Clasico history (23 – all competitions). – Messi was the first player to score five goals in a single Champions League game (versus Bayer Leverkusen in 2012). – The Argentine is Barcelona’s all-time top-scorer with 507 goals in all competitions. – Messi is La Liga’s all-time top-scorer with 349 goals, at least 64 more than any other player (Cristiano Ronaldo, 285). The attacker was not only seen as one of Barca’s brightest prospects, but there were also murmurs he could potentially become an all-time great.įast-forward 13 years and it is fair to say Messi has lived up to those prodigious expectations.Īt the age of 30, the prolific forward holds numerous individual records, while acting as the driving force behind Barca’s mightily impressive trophy haul.īelow, we look at some of the best stats of Messi’s remarkable career and the way it has progressed year by year. When Lionel Messi made his competitive debut for Barcelona in October 2004 at the tender age of 17, there was already plenty of buzz about the Argentine wizard following his quick rise through the ranks of La Masia.
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