Lionel Messi
All the facts and figures around the new Paris St Germain forward’s incredible stay with Barcelona.
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Lionel Messi won 35 titles with Barcelona before his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain in France’s Ligue 1. These are 10 LaLiga titles; 7 Copa del Rey; 8 Spanish Cup; 4 UEFA Champions League; 3 UEFA Super Cups and 3 FIFA Club World Cup.
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Despite his success at club level, the Argentine has only won three trophies with his national team. The 2005 FIFA Under-20 World Cup; 2008 Olympic gold medal and the 2021 Copa America. He has also been a runner up four times: at the 2014 FIFA World Cup; 2007, 2015 and 2016 Copa America.
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The 34-year-old has won the FIFA Ballon d’Ór a record six times: in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019. He has been nominated 12 times for the award.
During the 2012/13 LaLiga season, Messi found the back of the net in 21 consecutive matches for Barcelona. The Blaugrana finished the season with 100 points with Messi as a top goalscorer with 46 goals.
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Messi has scored 38 goals in all competition against Sevilla – the highest number of goals he has netted against a single club. This is followed by 32 he scored against Atletico Madrid, 29 against Valencia, 27 against Athletic Bilbao and 26 against Real Madrid.
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When Messi made his professional debut for Barcelona he wore jersey number 30 – the number he has now taken at his new club PSG.
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The 34-year-old found the back of the net against 78 clubs in all competitions for Barcelona.
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41 is the number of times the Argentine managed to score hattricks for Barcelona. Barcelona won 542 of Messi’s 778 appearances.
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Messi has managed to find the back of the net 76 times in 151 matches for the Argentina senior national team.
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The new PSG signing scored a staggering 672 goals for Barcelona in all competitions (excluding friendly matches) in 778 appearances. He achieved this by netting 474 League goals, 120 in the UEFA Champions League, 56 in the Copa del Rey, 14 in the Spanish Super Cup, 3 in the European Cup and 5 at the FIFA Club World Cup.