Lionel Messi is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. As he celebrates his 37th birthday, let’s look at his remarkable achievements.
Messi has won 7 Ballon d’Or titles most ever in football history. This remarkable achievement showcases his exceptional talent and dedication as one of the greatest footballers of all time.
Argentina and Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi turns 37 on Monday and to help him celebrate The Athletic has compiled 37 different stats, facts and pieces of trivia about one of the greatest footballers of all time.
How many hat-tricks has the Argentinian scored? Has he ever been sent off? How many trophies has he picked up during his glittering career?
We have got all that and more covered right here…
1) Messi scored 672 goals for Barcelona — more than anyone has ever scored for a single club. The previous record had been held by Pele who scored 643 times for Brazilian side Santos from 1956 to 1974. Like Messi, Pele moved to the U.S. in his mid-30s (Pele joined the New York Cosmos).
2) Messi has scored 837 goals in his career so far (672 for Barca, 32 for Paris Saint-Germain, 25 for Inter Miami and 108 for Argentina). The breakdown of those goals by body part is left foot: 701; right foot: 105; head: 27; chest: 2; hip: one and hand: one. His very own ‘Hand of God’ goal came against Espanyol in June 2007.
3) Messi scored 91 times for club and country in 2012, which is the most goals ever scored in a calendar year by a top-level player. He surpassed German great Gerd Muller’s total of 85 from 1972.
4) Messi has scored more goals in Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues than anyone else in history. His final goal for Paris Saint-Germain against Strasbourg in May 2023 was the 496th league goal of his European career and pushed him past Cristiano Ronaldo’s 495.
5) Messi has won the Ballon d’Or a record eight times — three more than any other player. He was voted the world’s best in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023.
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