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Paris Saint-Germain wanted to pay tribute to his new signing. A long article has been published on the French club's website that traces the career of Lionel Messi and which emphasizes his incredible numbers. Here is the full text: "The new Paris Saint-Germain forward, Lionel Messi, has absolutely incredible statistics, a modern football legend: 778 games with Barcelona, ??672 goals scored. He is simply the top scorer of all Spanish competitions. , as well as being, of course, the top scorer of the Argentine selection, with 76 goals in 151 appearances.
Messi is the one who has made his mark on Clásico multiple times, scoring 26 goals in 17 years in all competitions. He is also the only player to have scored in six different Copa del Rey finals, scoring more than 50 goals in the competition. Ditto for the Spanish Super Cup, Leo Messi scored a record in 8 editions of the competition.
On the European scene, he shone with a thousand lights. Scorer of 120 Champions League goals, he is currently the second highest scorer, behind Cristiano Ronaldo. They are the only two players to have crossed the 100 mark.
This summer, the Argentine added a new record. With his national team, Leo Messi won the Copa America, in the final against the Brazil of his new teammates Neymar Jr and Marquinhos, thanks to the only goal ... by Angel Di Maria! As if fate was already writing the new destination of the native of Rosario. Previously, La Pulga had won 37 titles, including 35 with Barcelona: 10 Liga, 7 Copa del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cup, 4 Champions League, 3 European Super Cup and 3 Club World Cup. Add to that the U20 World Cup and the 2008 Beijing Olympics with Argentina, Lionel Messi is one of the most successful footballers in history.
He is also the one who has won the most Ballon d'Ors, no less than 6: the first in 2009 and the most recent in 2019.
Arriving in Barcelona at the age of 13, Messi had already shone with the colors of the youth teams of Newell's Old Boy, the club of his hometown, Rosario. Between 1994 and 2000 Leo had played 176 games and scored ... 234 goals! Then he flew to Europe, racking up successes and breaking record after record.
In addition to being the top scorer in the history of Barcelona in La Liga (474 ??goals) and in European competitions (123), he is also the one who scored the most goals in a single season (50), in 2011-2012. Messi has scored against 38 different teams in Spain, once again a record for a La Liga player.
Between November 2012 and May 2013, La Pulga found the way to scoring at least once in 21 consecutive league games, the longest streak for a player in the competition. And on the European scene, he was the only one to record a pokerissimo during the Champions League match against Bayer Leverkusen in March 2012.
Finally, Leo Messi is the only player to score in six different competitions (European Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League and Club World Cup) in a single season ... twice (2011-2012 and 2015-2016)! "
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