Monday 28 November 2011

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi: in numbers

Lionel Messi scored his 200th goal for Barcelona against Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League (and his 201st and 202nd) raising the possibility he could become the club's leading goal scorer of all time before his 25th birthday, barring injury, Barcelona becoming pony or him signing for a Premier League club, of course. 

 
202 Goals for Barcelona since making his debut in 2004
237 Goals Messi is in line to have scored by the end of the season (assuming he stays fit and Barcelona go on and win the Champions League, or at least reach the final) based on his strike rate in the last 18 months.
236 Total of goals scored by Barcelona's current top all time scorer Cesar Rodriguez (who racked up his total across 12 seasons)
573 The number of goals Messi will score for the club if he continues at the same rate of goalscoring for another seven season (with the same caveats and 50 games a season)
0.71 The number of goals per game over Messi's Barcelona career, including substitute appearances
22 Number of goals for Barcelona this season from 21 matches
4 Hat-tricks scored this season, the last two coming three days apart
53 No of goals Messi scored last season in all competitions
0 The number of goals Messi scored for Argentina at this year's Copa America
0 The number of goals Messi scored for Argentina at last year's World Cup finals
17 Number of major trophies won with Barcelona (if you counter Super Cups, that is): 5 La Liga titles; 1 Copa del Rey; 5 Spanish Super Cups; 3 Champions league titles; 2 Uefa Super Cups; 1 Fifa World Club Cups
3 Number of times Messi has been top goalscorer in the Champions League
2 World Player of the Year awards - which should become three in a row this year

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