On the eve of his 33rd birthday last week, Barcelona captain Lionel Messi failed to shake Celta Vigo's goal and dedicated himself to the 700th goal in his career with his team and country, but it was only a matter of days until he reached such a large number.
In front of Atlético de Madrid yesterday, the Bulga scored this goal from a charming penalty kick, to be the 630 goal in the Barca shirt since its first goals on May 1, 2005 in the Albacete goal, and it is now 13 goals away from the record set in the name of legend Pele, who scored 643 A goal scored by his team's Santos jersey, the number that has held up 50 years, and the "Rosario wizard" is close to shattering.
Paneka against the best GK in the league only Messi 🐐 things # Messi700 pic.twitter.com/gnCjlel0Ee
- Magisterial Messi (@MessiLiio) June 30, 2020
Messi's 700 goals were scored in 862 games, including 70 in the Tango shirt, in 138 games.
The goals of Messi - who won 26 titles and 6 gold balls as the best player in the world - were distributed in the Barca shirt: 441 goals in the League, 114 goals in the Champions League, 53 in the King's Cup, 14 in the Spanish Super, 5 in the World Cup, and 3 in the European Super.
Messi broke the number of Spain's Telmo Zara as a historic goal for LaLiga in 2014, knowing that the captain of the Argentine national team scored his 441 goals in the LaLiga in 480 games, and he is the only player to have scored more than 20 goals in 12 consecutive seasons in the Spanish championship, and Gabriel has exceeded Batistuta as a historical goal For the Argentine national team (54 goals) in 2016.
Messi's 7️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career goals per season:
01 ⚽ 2004-05
10 ⚽ 2005-06
21 ⚽ 2006-07
19 ⚽ 2007-08
41 ⚽ 2008-09
48 ⚽ 2009-10
57 ⚽ 2010-11
82 ⚽ 2011-12
69 ⚽ 2012-13
48 ⚽ 2013-14
62 ⚽ 2014-15
50 ⚽ 2015-16
57 ⚽ 2016-17
52 ⚽ 2017-18
54 ⚽ 2018-19
29 ⚽ 2019-20 💥 # Messi700 pic.twitter.com/QkXFjcetto
- # MESSI700 (@MessiStats_) June 30, 2020
Messi is flying this season at the top of the league's top scorer with 22 goals, a difference of 5 goals from Frenchman Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
And if Messi wins the "Beachchi" title, he will be awarded the League's top scorer award for the seventh time in his career, bypassing Spain's Zara, whose name was given to the award, and who won it 6 times before.
A simple comparison with Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo and his traditional rivals, Messi shows that he reached his 700th goal in 112 games, less than the "Don", who scored his 700th goal in 973 games.
To further elaborate on Messi's goals, we find that he scored:
- 583 targets with his left foot
- 91 goals with his right foot
- 24 goals with his head
- Aim by hand
- Chest goal
As for his percentage goals, they came as follows:
- September 29, 2009: His 100th goal against Dinamo Kiev in his 211 match.
- August 17, 2011: His 200th goal against Real Madrid in his 333 game.
- October 27, 2012: Goal 300, goal against Ray Vecano, in his 414 game.
- September 27, 2014: His 400th goal against Granada in his 525 match.
- April 17, 2014: Goal 500 in Valencia's 631 game.
- March 4, 2018: His 600th goal against Atlético Madrid in its 747 game.
- June 30, 2020: His 700th goal against Atletico Madrid in his 862 game.