Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi brought up another milestone as he scored his 500th goal for club and country.
Lionel Messi reached the milestone of 500 career goals for Barcelona and Argentina in last Sunday’s La Liga match against Valencia.
The 28-year-old's strike in the 63rd minute at the Camp Nou moved his tally for Barca to 450 goals, while he scored his 50th for his country with a penalty against Bolivia during last month's international break.
Messi hit the landmark last Sunday just after the hour when he guided home a low cross from Jordi Alba.
Messi scored his first senior goal during Barca's 2-0 La Liga win over Albacete in May 2005, while he opened his Argentina account in 3-2 friendly defeat to Croatia in March 2006.
The forward has scored at least 40 goals in all competitions for eight consecutive seasons. The last time he failed to reach that mark was in the 2007-08 Season, when he netted on 21 occasions. His best goal scoring season for Barca was in 2011-12. when he netted 73 goals in all competitions, 50 of those coming in La Liga.
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