Lionel Messi's career in numbers

Published on: 25 November 2017

Lionel Messi has signed a contract extension which will keep him at Barcelona until the summer of 2021. Here, we look at the 30-year-old Barca and Argentina star's illustrious career in numbers.

523 - Goals for Barcelona, in 602 games, including a record 361 in LaLiga.

91 - Goals scored in 2012, breaking the calendar-year record set by German Gerd Muller in 1972.

40 - Career hat tricks; 36 for Barcelona, four for Argentina.

0.87 - Goals-per-game average for Barcelona.

123 - Caps for Argentina.

61 - Goals for Argentina, taking him past Gabriel Batistuta as his nation's all-time leading scorer. That tally includes his two in the 2008 Olympics.

4 - Goal tally in eight Argentina vs Brazil matches in his career.

8 - La Liga titles with Barcelona.

4 - Champions League wins.

5 - Times he has won the Ballon d'Or, as the world's best player (in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015).

2 - Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the only players to have won more than three Ballon d'Or awards.

29 - Trophies won with Barca.

2008 - Olympic gold in Beijing is Messi's only major honour with Argentina.

47 - Seconds into his Argentina debut before he was sent off, against Hungary in 2005, aged 18, after coming on as a substitute.

67 - Messi's height in inches (5-foot-7).

16 - Age at which Messi made his Barcelona first-team debut.

22 - How old Messi was when he picked up his first Ballon d'Or award in 2009.

10 - Shirt number with which Messi has become synonymous for club and country.

Source: espn.co.uk

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