On Thursday, August 5th FC Barcelona released official statement confirming the exit of their super-star Lionel Messi from the club after 17 years.
He won 35 titles with Barcelona in his 17 years of first team appearance. Also he broke many other records, here are the detailed list of records broken by Lionel Messi.
LEO MESSI WORLD RECORDS
• Only player in history to win the Golden Ball, FIFA World Player, Pitxitxi Trophy and Golden Boot in the same season. It happened in the 2009/10 season
• Player with more Golden Balls. He has won six. It was the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019.
• Youngest player to get three Golden Balls. He was 24 years, 6 months and 17 days old when he won the third on January 9, 2012.
• Player with the most Golden Boots . He has won six. He won it in the 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.
• Top scorer in a season in official competitions. He scored 73 goals in 2011/12 (50 in the League, 14 in the Champions League, 3 in the Cup, 3 in the Spanish Super Cup, 1 in the European Super Cup and 2 in the Club World Cup)
• Absolute top scorer in a calendar year. He scored 91 official goals in 2012. With Barça 84 (59 in the League, 13 in the Champions League, 5 in the Copa del Rey and 2 in the Super Cup) and with the Argentine national team 12. In addition, in vain make 5 more in friendlies with Barça, which would raise the figure to a total of 96 goals
• Record international goals in one year. He scored 25 goals in 2012 (13 in the Champions League and 12 with the Argentine national team), and shares a record with Vivian John Woodward, who scored 25 in 1909.
• Top scorer in the same Club. On May 27, he scored 672 goals, surpassing the 643 goals that Pelé scored with Santos between 1956 and 1974.
• Longest streak scoring in the League. He scored 33 goals in 21 consecutive games from day number 11 to 34 in the 2012/13 League
• Player with more matches played with the Argentina national team. Messi surpasses Mascherano, who accumulated 147 internationals.
EUROPEAN RECORDS BY LEO MESSI
• Top scorer in a European League since the introduction of the Bota d’Or trophy in the 1966/67 season. He set the record by scoring 50 goals in the 2011/12 League.
• Player who has scored for different teams in the Champions League. He has scored 36 different rivals , beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s 35.
LEO MESSI STATE RECORDS
• Players with more national and international titles. He has added 35 since 2002. There are 10 Leagues, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 7 King’s Cups, 4 Champions Leagues, 3 Club World Cups and 3 European Super Cups.
• Player with more Pitxitxi Trophies in the Spanish League . He has won 8. He did so in the 2009/10, 2011/12, 212/13, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons
• Top scorer in the League Spanish. He has scored 474 goals in 520 games
• Top scorer in history. He has scored 709 in 836 games
• Top scorer in official competitions . He has scored 672 goals
• Top scorer in international competitions. He has 128 goals: 120 in the Champions League, 3 in the European Super Cup and 5 in the Club World Cup
• Top scorer in one edition of the League. He scored 50 goals in the 2011/12 League.
• Top scorer at home in a season in official matches: Leo Messi scored 46 goals at the Camp Nou during the 2011/12 season, adding up all competitions
• Top scorer at home in a season in the League. He scored 35 goals at the Camp Nou in the 2011/12 League
• Top scorer at home in a season in the League. Scored 24 goals at home in league 2012/13
• Most games scoring at home in a league. He scored 24 goals in 15 consecutive home games in the 2012/13 League
• Top scorer in a second round of the League. He scored 28 goals in the second round of the 2011/12 League
• Only player who has been both top scorer and maximum assistant in the same season.He scored 50 goals and 15 assists (tied with Real Madrid’s Özil) in the 2011/12 League. He also did so in the 2017/18 League (34 goals and 12 assists, equaled in goals with Luis Suárez and assists with Pablo Fornals, from Villarreal) and in the 2019/20 League (25 goals and 21 assists).
• Absolute top scorer in a season. He scored 73 official goals in 2011/12 (50 in the League, 14 in the Champions League, 3 in the Cup, 3 in the Spanish Super Cup, 1 in the European Super Cup and 2 in the Club World Cup) and 2 more in friendly matches
• More games scoring goals in a league. He scored in 27 different games in the 2012/13 League (46 goals), equaling the mark of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who also scored in 27 games in the 2011/12 League
• First in scoring in a full round in the League. He scored 30 goals in 19 consecutive games in the 2012/13 League, from day 11 to 29
• Player with more hat-tricks, poker and rebounders in official competitions. He has made 48 of them (41 hat-tricks, 6 poker and a rebounder)
• Player with the most hat-tricks and poker in the League. He has made 36. He has signed a total of 31 hat-tricks and 5 poker players throughout his career.
• League with all rival teams thrashed. He scored against all the teams in the 2012/13 League, equaling the mark of the Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2011/12
• Player who has scored for more different teams in the League. He has scored 38 different rivals in the First Division , surpassing the record of 35 of Raúl González and Aritz Aduriz
• Player with more goals from direct free kick in the League. He has scored 39 straight free kicks in the league
• Player with the most wins in official competition. He has celebrated 542 victories in 771 games played. Xavi is second with 476 victories in 767 matches.
• Player with the most victories in the Spanish League.He has 383 victories in the domestic competition.
• Player with more disputed Classics. He has played a total of 45 (29 in the League, 8 in the Cup, 2 in the Champions League and 6 in the Spanish Super Cup)
• Player with the most goals in the Classics. He has scored 26 goals against Real Madrid (18 in the League, 2 in the Champions League and 6 in the Spanish Super Cup)
Records of LEO MESSI In Barcelona shirt
• Player with the most official matches played. He has played 778 since his official debut.
• Player with the most games played in the League. He has played 520 since his official debut in October 2004
• Player with more matches played with the Argentine national team. On June 29, 2021 he played 148, beating the record of Javier Mascherano (147).
• Youngest player to score 100 goals in official matches. He reached the figure on January 16, 2010, when he was 22 years old
• Youngest player scoring 200 goals in official matches. He reached the figure on November 1, 2011, when he was 24 years old
• Top scorer in the European Cup / Champions League. He has 120 goals, almost 100 more than all his main pursuers.
• Only player in the history of the club who has scored in six official competitions in one year. Messi scored in all six competitions in 2011, equaling the goal achieved by Pedro Rodríguez in 2009
• Player with the most goals scored in an edition of the Champions League. Leo Messi scored 14 goals in the 2011/12 Champions League. The record of the competition is held by Cristiano Ronaldo, who made 17 in 2013/14
