How the numbers stack up for record-breaking Lionel Messi at Barcelona
Lionel Messi celebrated his Barcelona appearance record with a brace against Real Sociedad on Sunday.
Messi equalled Xaviâs mark of 767 games for the Catalan giants in last Tuesdayâs 4-1 win over Huesca â the pair played together on 403 occasions â and then went past him to 768 against Sociedad, scoring twice on each occasion.
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đ˝ An otherworldly player
âď¸ A stratospheric number
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Here, the PA news agency takes a statistical look at Messiâs impact on the club.
Record goalscorer
Messi has scored 663 goals for Barca, the most ever by a player for one club after he passed Peleâs record of 643 for Santos earlier this season.
He is comfortably LaLigaâs record goalscorer with 467 and is also second all-time in the Champions League, with 120 to his great rival Cristiano Ronaldoâs 134.
Messi has won Spainâs Pichichi trophy, for the leagueâs top scorer, on seven occasions and top-scored in the Champions League six times, including 2014-15 when he shared the honour with Ronaldo and Neymar.
He has scored Champions League goals in 16 seasons, matching Ryan Giggsâ record, and unlike the former Manchester United man he has done so in consecutive years dating back to 2005-06.
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âŞď¸Most goals
âŞď¸Most assists
âŞď¸Most wins
âŞď¸Most braces
âŞď¸Most hat-tricks
âŞď¸Most teams scored against
âŞď¸Most goals in a single season
âŞď¸Most Barça appearances
âŞď¸Most Barça titles
âŞď¸Most POTM awards
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Messiâs 2011-12 season, when he scored 73 times in 60 games for Barca in all competitions, remains an astonishing high water mark.
He has passed 50 on five other occasions, with four more campaigns in the 40s and over 30 in every completed season since 2008-09 â a mark he is on the verge of repeating, with 29 in all competitions so far this term.
Trophy haul
Messi has won 33 major trophies with Barca, when including domestic and European super cups and the Club World Cup in that definition.
They have won LaLiga in 10 of the 17 seasons since he broke into the first team, with six Copa del Rey triumphs and four domestic doubles along the way. Seven Supercopa wins boost Messiâs total to 23 honours in Spain â Barca have won eight in that time, but he did not play in the two-leg 2005 win over Real Betis.
He has added another 10 continental or inter-continental successes, with Barca winning the Champions League in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015 and adding both the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup after the latter three of those.
Messi has also won the Ballon dâOr, awarded to the worldâs best player, on six occasions including four in succession from 2009 but his domestic successes are in stark contrast to his barren trophy cabinet with Argentina, which contains just an Olympic gold medal from 2008.
Hat-tricks and multiple goals
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— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) March 14, 2018
Messi has scored 48 hat-tricks for Barca, including 36 in LaLiga, with another six for Argentina taking him through the half-century mark for his career as a whole.
He has scored four goals on six separate occasions â in league games with Valencia, Espanyol, Osasuna and twice against Eibar, plus a Champions League win over Arsenal in 2010.
He also recorded one five-goal haul in Europe, against Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16 second leg in 2012 as Barca won 7-1 and 10-2 on aggregate.
Valencia have been on the receiving end of four of Messiâs hat-tricks, with three each against Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Osasuna, Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruna.
He has also scored twice in a game on an additional 133 occasions with a record 95 of those coming in LaLiga, following his efforts over the last week.
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