The big star of the FC Barcelona and of the selection of Argentina, Leo Messi, sum 398 official goals like professional between the Barcelona club and the albiceleste to his 27 years. The next weekend, in front of the Athletic, could arrive until the 400 if it signs a "doublet"
The account of Twitter @messi10stats reviewed yesterday the figures goleadoras of Leo Messi in comparison with the ones of other big stars of the world, in active or already withdrawals. The "crack" Argentinian has just around the corner a new record that will finish surpassing for sure, after they remain him only two goals to arrive to the 400 like professional with only 27 years, a quantity of targets to which any another player had arrived to so early age. Will have the first opportunity to arrive until this figure against the Athletic of Bilbao in the Camp Nou this next Saturday (16:00 hours), or against the Apoel of Nikosea the Tuesday in Champions League.
Since it debuted of official form with the FC Barcelona in 2004 against the Espanyol, Messi has achieved the incredible quantity of 356 marked goals in League, Champions, Glass, Supercopa of Europe, Supercopa of Spain and World-wide of Clubs, to which it is necessary to add the 42 that has achieved with the absolute of Argentina. All this without adding, however, the achieved with the Barça B in Second Division, the marked with the selection in the Olympic games and the attained with the Sub-21 of Argentina, since then already would add 412 official goals.
In any case, and with 398 goals like official number, has to his scope to footballers like Thierry Henry (407), Ronaldo Nazário (414), Raúl González (423) or Cristiano Ronaldo (428). The majority are already withdrawn or in the final stretch of his career futbolística, to exception of a Christian Ronaldo that to his 29 years has contested some 200 parties more than Leo Messi and, therefore, has a percentage goleador a lot of minor that the one of the Argentinian.
And it does not seem impossible that achieve a "doublet" against the Athletic, since along his career already has achieved 75 "doublets", something unusual. In addition to arriving to the 400 official goals, another record that will surpass prompt is the one to turn into maximum goleador of the history of the Spanish League, where chains 245 goals, to 6 of the mythical forward of the Athletic of Bilbao, Telmo Zarra (251).
Carlos Domínguez
@CarlosDomnguez1