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19 December 2020Lionel Messi equaled Pele's record of 643 goals scored for a single club. The record was achieved thanks to the goal scored for Barcelona against Valencia in the Spanish Liga. The 33-year-old Argentinian scored the goal after an action following a penalty that he himself had taken and which was blocked by goalkeeper Jaume Domenech (45 minutes + 4).
Pelé "O Rei" has scored 643 goals in 19 seasons for Brazilian side Santos.
Before the match with Valencia, the 1987-born champion made 258 assists and directly participated in 900 goals in 746 official matches with the Catalan club shirt. Messi has been and continues to be a winning factor for the blaugrana, given that in 155 of the 746 games he played for Barcelona, his goal ended up being fundamental to the victory.
The top ten:
10) CRISTIANO RONALDO: in his career he scored 450 goals with Real Madrid
9) EUSEBIO: in his career he scored 473 goals with Benfica
8) UWE SEELER: in his career he scored 507 goals with Hamburg
7) JIMMY JONES: in career he scored 517 goals with Glenavon
6) JIMMY MCGRORY: in career he scored 522 goals with Celtic
5) JOSEF BICAN: in career he scored 534 goals with Slavia Prague
4) FERNANDO PEYROTEO: in career he scored 544 goals with Sporting Lisbon
3) GERD MULLER: in his career he scored 566 goals with Bayern Munich
1) PELÉ: in his career he scored 643 goals with Santos
1) LIONEL MESSI: in his career he scored 643 goals with Barcelona
The man of records
Full name: Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccitini
Date of birth: 24 June 1987
Place of birth: Rosario (Argentina)
Nationality: Argentina
Height: 1.69 m
Weight: 72 kg
Club: FC Barcelona (ESP / since 2004)
Argentina national team: 140 appearances, 71 goals. One Olympic title (2008), One under 20 world champion title (2005)
Club achievements: Four Champions League (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015), Ten Spanish championships (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 , 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019), Six King's Cups (2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), Three European Super Cups (2009, 2011, 2015), Eight Spanish Super Cups (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 , 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018), Three Club Worlds (2009, 2011, 2015).
Individual awards: Six Ballon d'Ors (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019), six Golden Boots (2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019), two-time UEFA Player of the Season (2011 , 2015), Best Player of the World Cup-2014, Best Player of the Copa America 2015, Six-time Champions League top scorer (2008-2009: 9 goals; 2009-2010: 8 goals; 2010-2011: 12 goals; 2011- 2012: 14 goals; 2014-2015: 10 goals, 2018-2019: 12 goals), seven times top scorer in the Spanish league (2009-2010: 34 goals, 2011-2012: 50 goals, 2012-2013: 46 goals, 2016- 2017: 37 goals, 2017-2018: 34 goals, 2018-2019: 36 goals, 2019-2020: 25 goals) Best player of the 2008 Best player in the World Under-20 Championship 2005 Olympics
main Record: Record balls d 'Gold (6), Top scorer in the history of the Spanish league (450), Top scorer in the history of the Spanish league with a club (450 with FC Barcelona), Top scorer in the history of FC Barcelona (643), Top scorer in the history ia of the clasicos of FC Barcelona - Real Madrid (26), Record number of goals scored in a season in a major league: 50 (2011-2012), Top scorer in the history of the Argentine team: 71 (2006-19), Record of goals scored in a calendar year in all combined club competitions: 91 (2012), Record of goals scored in one season in all club competitions: 73 (2011-2012) (NB: these last two records are not endorsed by the Fifa, for lack of reliable historical statistics).