Messi 700 goals: All the stats behind Barcelona legend's incredible achievement

Lionel Messi reached yet ar milestone during Barcelona's 2 -2 draw against Atletico Mrid on Tuesday. Barcelona skipper scored with a cheeky panenka penalty, putting defending LaLiga champions in front, only for Diego Simeone's die to equalise and nullify ir vant. Messi panenka penalty was Messi 700th career goal, becoming only second active player after Cristia Ronaldo to reach that mark. Here's a look at numbers behind Messi 700th career goal, Messi Barcelona career, and Messi Argentina goals. 

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Lionel Messi 700 goals: Messi Barcelona goals and stats

During Leo Messi Barcelona career, Argentine icon has hit a staggering 630 goals across all competitions and is highest scorer in club's history. six-time Ballon d'Or winner has mand to score once in every 0.87 games, having me 724 appearances for Catalan giants. Messi has 441 goals in 480 matches in LaLiga, having scored his first on May 1, 2005, against Albacete. player has scored more goals than Messi in this period, with next best at least 130 goals behind. Argentine international has netted 114 goals in Champions League, 53 in Copa del Rey, 14 in Supercopa de Espana, three in UEFA Super Cup, and five in Club World Cup.

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Lionel Messi 700 goals: Messi Argentina goals and stats

Lionel Messi is top scorer in Argentina's history, having netted 70 goals in 137 appearances for La Albiceleste. Messi has scored 34 goals in international friendlies and 21 in World Cup qualifiers while netting nine in Copa America, and six at World Cup. He's third most capped player in country's history behind Javier Maschera and Javier Zanetti and needs only 10 more appearances to surpass duo. 

Lionel Messi 700 goals: Messi's year-wise records

Since 2009, Lionel Messi has netted more than 40 goals for 11 consecutive calendar years, with Argentine crossing 50 on nine occasions. six-time Ballon d'Or winner has record for most goals in a single calendar year, netting an incredible 91 in 2012, beating Gerd Muller's 85. Messi has alrey scored 12 in 2020, despite three-month suspension due to coronavirus pandemic. 

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Messi 700 goals: How and when does Messi score?

Lionel Messi has scored a staggering 43.32 percent of his goals in  last 15 minutes of first half or last 15 minutes of second. Barcelona legend has netted 142 goals from set-pieces; with 90 penalties and 52 free-kicks. Argentine international has only scored 24 heers in his career, with last one coming in March 2017. Messi has netted 83.1 percent of his strikes (582) with his left foot and 82.8 percent (580) from inside opposition box. He has scored three or more times in 54 different matches, most being five against Bayer Leverkusen in March 2012 h has recorded most LaLiga hat-tricks in history. 

Messi 700 goals: Messi's favourite opponents

Sevilla are seemingly Lionel Messi's favourite opponents, with Argentine scoring 37 goals in 39 games against m in all competitions. Next best on list are Atletico Mrid, with Barcelona legend having scored 32 in 41 games against m. Messi has scored 26 goals in 43 games against arch-rivals Real Mrid, making him highest scorer in El Clasico history. Argentine international has faced 40 different LaLiga teams and scored at least once against 37 of m, with Xerez, Real Murcia and Ciz being only exceptions. Messi became first player to score against 34 different Champions League opponents, surpassing Real Mrid legends Cristia Ronaldo and Raul on 33. 

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Messi 700 goals: Messi's favourite teammates

Luis Suarez has turned out to be Lionel Messi's favourite teammate with Uruguayan forward having assisted Messi 47 times in six seasons with Barcelona. Argentine has returned favour 36 times. Dani Alves has set up Messi 42 times, while Andres Iniesta (37), Xavi (31), Pedro (25), Neymar (22) and Jordi Alba (20) are next on list. Messi himself has registered 247 assists during his Barcelona career and has been involved in 879 of ir 2,183 goals in all competitions amounting to staggering 40.2 percent. 

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