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Lionel Messi's career in numbers

A kid sporting Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi's jersey sits on the pavement outside the Barcelona's Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi waiting for the arrival of Barcelona players to undergo a medical test for Covid-19, on August 30, 2020. 

Photo credit: Pau Barrena | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Messi launched a stinging attack on Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu, whom he accused of going back on an agreement to let him leave for free at the end of last season.
  • Messi is 33 years old and Barcelona's all-time top scorer.

Madrid

Factfile on Lionel Messi, after he confirmed on Friday that he would stay with Barcelona:

Full name: Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini

Date of birth: June 24, 1987

Place of birth: Rosario (Argentina)

Nationality: Argentine

Height: 1.70m

Weight: 72 kg

Career

Position: Forward

Club: Barcelona (since 2004)

Argentina: 138 caps, 70 goals

International Honours

2005: U-20 world champion

2008: Olympic gold

Club honours

Champions League: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015

La Liga titles: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

Copa del Rey: 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

European Super Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015

Spanish Super Cup: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018

Club World Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015

Individual honours

Ballons d'Or: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019

UEFA's best European player of the season: 2011, 2015

World Cup Golden Ball best player award: 2014

Copa America best player: 2015

Champions League top scorer: 2008/09 - 9 goals; 2009/10 - 8; 2010/11 - 12; 2011/12 - 14; 2014/15 - 10, 2018/19 - 12

La Liga top scorer: 2009/10 - 34 goals, 2011/12 - 50; 2012/13 - 46; 2016/17 - 37; 2017/18 - 34; 2018/19 - 36, 2019/20 - 25

Records

Number of Ballons d'Or: 6

Number of goals scored in La Liga: 444

Record number of goals scored in one season in a major league: 50 (2011/12)

All time top scorer for Argentina: 70 (2006-present)

Number of goals scored in a calendar year in all-competitions: 91 (2012)

Number of goals scored in a season in all competitions: 73 (2011/12)