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Happy Birthday Messi, His Carea In 30facts!!! by Solidkay(m): 12:35pm On Jun 24, 2017 |
As Lionel Messi celebrates his 30th birthday, we pay tribute by coming up with a remarkable statistic or record for each of his years on this earth – we don't have to look too far! 1: First senior goal – on 1 May 2005 – came for Barcelona as a late substitute in a Liga game against Albacete; to the manner born, the 17-year-old chipped in impudently. 2: Second-highest scorer in European Cup history – group stage to final – with 94 goals. 3: Messi has hit 37 hat-tricks for Barcelona. 4: Number of UEFA Champions League winners' medals in his collection, together with eight Liga titles and five Copa del Reys. 5: Goals Messi scored against Bayer Leverkusen in one UEFA Champions League last-16 game in 2012 (a record shared with Luiz Adriano). 6: Messi found the net in six different club competitions in 2011, repeating the feat in 2015. 7: Most UEFA Champions League hat-tricks (a feat shared with Cristiano Ronaldo). 8: Consecutive seasons that he has notched 40 goals or more for Barcelona. 9: Goals short of 100 for Messi in the calendar year 2012, with a world record 91. 10: Messi wore the No19 shirt when he broke into the Barcelona team before inheriting the No10 in 2008 following Ronaldinho's departure. 11: Messi was nearly 11 when his grandmother died. She is the inspiration for his trademark celebration, looking up and pointing to the sky. 12: Most goals scored for Argentina in a calendar year, 2012, a record he shares with Gabriel Batistuta. 13: Age at which he left his native Argentina to join Barcelona. 14: Number of goals Messi has struck at the Santiago Bernabéu, second only to the Camp Nou at club level. 15: Most Liga away matches with a goal in a single season (he also holds the record for home games, with 16). 16: Messi was 16 years, four months, and 23 days old when he made his Barça first-team debut in a friendly against José Mourinho's Porto; his 15-minute cameo saw him create two openings and have a shot himself. 17: Record number of goals registered in the Spanish Super Cup, across six different seasons. 18: Age when Messi bagged his first UEFA Champions League goal, nervelessly lifting the ball over the keeper and firing in against Panathinaikos. 19: Messi is the only player to score consecutively against all 19 opposition teams in the Liga. 20: Messi has plundered 20+ goals against six opponents over the course of his career, including the rest of last season's Liga top six. 21: Longest goalscoring run in the Liga set in 2012/13, amassing 33 goals during that sequence of matches. 22: Age when he claimed the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards by record voting margins. 23: Goals scored in the Clásico, five more than Alfredo di Stéfano and seven more than Ronaldo. 24: Age at which he became Barcelona's all-time top scorer. 25: Major finals he has contested over the years ... 26: ... and the number of goals he has struck in them. 27: Goals converted direct from a free-kick for the Blaugrana. 28: Messi became the youngest South American to reach 100 caps four days short of his 28th birthday. 29: Goals Messi has notched so far against favourite opponents Sevilla; on the European stage Arsenal have the unwanted honour (nine). 30: Years on the clock! 1 Share
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Re: Happy Birthday Messi, His Carea In 30facts!!! by Dhayor001(m): 12:42pm On Jun 24, 2017 |
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Re: Happy Birthday Messi, His Carea In 30facts!!! by Nobody: 12:44pm On Jun 24, 2017 |
happy birthday to my world and my everyday crush I wish you many more years ahead |
Re: Happy Birthday Messi, His Carea In 30facts!!! by AikayDaWrapper(m): 12:49pm On Jun 24, 2017 |
Messi should be so glad he share's the same birth date with me |
Re: Happy Birthday Messi, His Carea In 30facts!!! by nairalee(m): 9:56pm On Jun 24, 2017 |
AikayDaWrapper: Cheers, I hope u have some gene of greatness like this man does... He's the most phenomenal footballer I've ever seen in my life 1 Like |
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