Lionel Messi’s 21-year career at Barcelona began at the age of 13 in 2000 and ended at the age of 34, making it difficult to find someone who can move forward in the future. Messi scored 672 goals in 778 games for Barca and won 35 major and minor trophies at the club, including 10 La Liga titles and four championships.
Messi joined Barcelona in 2000 at the age of 13 and honed his skills in the youth team before being introduced to the first team by Christopher Francis at the age of 16 in a friendly match in 2003. He made his La Liga debut in October 2004, and scored his first top division goal against Albacete at the Camp Nou in May 2004.
– He scored one goal in 17 appearances during the 2005-06 season, as Barca won La Liga for the second year running, but Messi did not play in the 2-1 win over Arenal in the Champions League final.
– played a major role as Barça won 6 titles in 2009, including the Champions League, La Liga, Copa del Rey and FIFA World Cup. This is also the year he won his first Ballon d’Or in his quest to become the first person to win four Ballon d’Ors in a row.
– He won La Liga again in 2010 and the Ballon d’Or, a year in which the award included the entire Barça team, as well as Andre Inet and Xavi.
– He helped Barça win a third consecutive La Liga title in the 2010-2011 season, before inspiring Barça to a 3-1 win against Man. United in the 2011 Championship league final: he scored 1 goal and had a reliable line.
Despite Barça failing to win La Liga or the Champions League in the 2011-2012 season, Messi managed to make Cesar Rodriguez Barça’s all-time top scorer and ended 2012 with a total of 91 goals in all competitions. arena – resort in salendar year. which broke an all-time La Liga record with 50 goals, a milestone that not even the critical Ronaldo has reached.
Raul equalled his record of 71 Champions League goals when he scored twice in late 2014. But then Messi was beaten by Ronaldo, the all-time top scorer on the number one spot in Europe.
– The 2014-2015 season was a series of other brilliant performances, helping Barça win the second “triple treble” in history, with Messi winning the Ballon d’Or for the fourth time and subsequently becoming the greatest player of all time in La Liga.
– Won a double national title in 2015-2016 and 2017-2018.
– Following Andre Inieta’s departure in May 2018, Messi was chosen as Barca captain for the following season and led the team to the league title, but the club was eliminated from the Champions League by Liverpool.
– He won his 6th Ballon d’Or in September 2019, also a record.
– Messi attempted to leave Barca in August 2020, making an official request to leave after reaching an agreement with then-president José María Bartomeu, but decided to stay at the end of the summer.
– Surpassing Pelé’s record for most goals scored for a club in an away game, with his 644th goal for Barça against Valladolid in La Liga in December 2020.
– In Messi’s last season at Camp Nou, Barça only won the Copa del Rey and finished third in La Liga, and were eliminated in the Champions League round of 16 in the G game.