Lionel Messi Sets Barcelona Goal Record That Might Never Be Broken

Lionel Messi has set a remarkable goal record for Barcelona which might not get broken by any player for years.

Aside from being arguably the greatest of all time, Messi will go down in history as the greatest player to ever play for Barcelona. He has achieved an array of feats and milestones with the club and given his age, Leo doesn’t seem to be planning on stopping anytime soon. In fact, his latest feat saw him produce another superb record. Messi has now scored exactly 500 goals in his last 500 Barcelona games.

According to Barcelona's Turkish page, Messi's goal that came just over a week ago means that he has now scored exactly 500 times in his last 500 games for the Catalans.

Many top-grade soccer players end up playing on a steady slide during their late twenties, but Messi proves that he’s a different beast. He was bagging 51 goals from just 50 matches to crown himself the top scorer in European soccer.

On top of that, Messi has also chipped in with 200 assists during the same time period, while his record of 358 wins, 89 draws and 53 defeats hammers home just how successful Barca have been with him.

The record is unlikely to be broken by any active player in soccer and what’s even more interesting is that Messi could be the only Barcelona player to achieve the impressive feat.

And in case the world forgets, he was 32 years old when he copped his sixth Ballon d'Or trophy last year.

In 2012, Messi has achieved the greatest year of his career. At 25 years old, the young Barcelona star scored 91 goals to become the only player in history to achieve the said feat. The Argentine recorded the unbelievable tally in only 69 games for club and country.

Messi's magnificent 2012 goal record was also something that is unlikely to be repeated by any active goalscorer for years. However, the 32-year-old living legend has continued to cop insane amounts of goals. In fact, Messi has scored more than 50 goals for club and country in nine years of the last decade.

And if everything will go smooth for the Barcelona captain this year, Messi is bound to make history once again and complete a decade of over 50 goals scored per year.

Barcelona, on the other hand, is hopeful that their longtime superstar can break more records this year as they handed Messi a series of challenges upon entering 2020.