Top 10 records Lionel Messi holds for Barcelona

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#5 Most Champions League goals for a club - 119

Lionel Messi exults after scoring a goal in the Champions League
Lionel Messi exults after scoring a goal in the Champions League

With 119 goals in the tournament (group stage to final), Lionel Messi is the second-most prolific scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League.

However, the Argentine has the most goals by a player for a single club in the Champions League.

While Ronaldo (105 for Real Madrid) is the first player to score 100 Champions League goals for a club, Lionel Messi soon joined his arch-rival and has bettered his goalstally too.


#6 Most goals in a season - 73 (2011-12)

Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi

During a memorable 2011-12 campaign, Lionel Messi plundered a staggering 73 goals in all competitions to break Gerd Muller's record for the most goals in a season by a player.

That season, Lionel Messi became the first player (remains the only one to do so) to breach the 50-goal mark in a La Liga campaign. He scored 14 goals in the Champions League and nine other strikes in four different competitions.

However, despite Lionel Messi's exploits, Barcelona finished second-best to Real Madrid in La Liga and were knocked out by Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals. They did win the four other competitions they played that season.


#7 Champions League goals against the most number of different teams - 36

Lionel Messi in the Champions League
Lionel Messi in the Champions League

Staying with the Champions League, Lionel Messi has scored against the most number of different teams (36) in the competition.

This campaign, Napoli became the 36th different team to concede a goal to Lionel Messi in the Champions League.

Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo has netted against 33 different teams in the competition.

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