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Messi scored 643 in his 748 game (Photo: REUTERS / Miguel Vidal)
The Catalan Barcelona captain Lionel Messi repeated the record of the legendary Brazilian Pelé in the number of goals scored by club.
Towards the end of the first part of the match on matchday 14 of the Spanish championship with Valencia, the 33-year-old Argentine scored a goal against the guests, which became for him the 643rd of the “blue garnet” matches.
For the number of effective strikes at a club, he caught up with Pele. The Brazilian has scored the same number of goals for Santos.
Interestingly, Messi reached this mark in match 748. Pelé scored his 643 goals in 757 matches.
Messi spent his entire career in Barcelona. He has been with the Catalan club since 2005. His contract with Barcelona expires next summer, after which he will be able to change teams as a free agent.
Previously, Messi lost to Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski in the vote for the title of best footballer in the world in 2020 according to FIFA.
