Leo Messi is the first and only player to reach 10+ goals in 15 straight La Liga seasons:
06/07: 14
07/08: 10
08/09: 23
09/10: 34
10/11: 31
11/12: 50
12/13: 46
13/14: 28
14/15: 43
15/16: 26
16/17: 37
17/18: 34
18/19: 36
19/20: 25
20/21: 11*
On this day in 2011, Leo Messi beat Barca team-mates Xavi and Iniesta to the Ballon d’Or.
It was the first and only time in history the entire podium was made up of players from the same academy
Lionel Messi has scored four goals in the three games that Barcelona played so far in 2021, his second best start of the year in his career. Only in 2016 the Argentine had scored more goals (5) on that date.
Five years ago today, Lionel Messi became the first player in history to win the Ballon d’Or five times.
He’s now the only player with six
An Unexpected event, In what was his 753rd appearance in all competitions, Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time in a game for Barcelona. He was sent off after a VAR review for off-the-ball violent conduct.
• MOTM without a scoring a goal:
Lionel Messi - 59
Cristiano Ronaldo - 8
The greatest doesn’t need to be on the scoresheet to dominate a match
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39 Games
31 Goals
14 Assists
Back in December 2020…
The boots Messi wore to break Pele’s all-time scoring club record have sold for £125,000.
The money will support sick children at the Arts and Health Project of the Vall Hebron University Hospital.
Diego Maradona’s son: “Anyone who criticises Messi does not understand anything about football. He suffered a lot when they compared him with my father but I adore Messi, I love him. No-one in the history of football has his quality. I’m so happy that he won the Copa.”
Lionel Messi’s picture with the Copa America trophy is now the most-liked post of all time from an athlete on Instagram
The Ballon d’Or for Donnarumma?
“No I would give it to Messi. Leo is the absolute number one and was the protagonist of a stratospheric Copa America.”
Fabio Cannavaro