Lionel Messi surpasses Pele in career goals tally: Take a look at Argentine's top individual achievements
A look at some of Lionel Messi's top individual achievements
Lionel Messi scored five goals in a single match for Argentina against Estonia in a friendly on June 5, 2022 becoming his country's first player ever to do so. The seven-time Ballon d'Or holder now has 769 goals for club and country which takes him past Brazilian legend Pele, who scored 767 goals in his astonishing career.
Messi is the footballer with most Ballon d'Or's
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Top scorer for Argentina and Barcelona
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Messi has overtaken Pele
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Messi (86 goals) now stands fourth in the list of top international goal-scorers with 86 goals for his country overtaking Brazil's Pele (77). Messi is behind Mokhtar Dahari (89), Ali Daei (109) and long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo (117). Messi's long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo leads the chart of the all-time top goal-scorers with 813 goals for club and country. However, Messi has crossed Brazil great Pele who has 767 goals with his 769 goals in his club and country career so far. (Image Source: Twitter)
2nd Footballer with most titles won
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Lionel Messi became the second footballer in history after winning Finalissima 2022, which was his 40th career trophy in his astonishing professional career of 19 years. He is now behind former Barcelona teammate Dani Alves, who has a total of 42 titles for both club and country.(Image Source: Twitter)