Leo Messi is increasingly a legend.
The Argentinian, today in the 2-2 with Valencia, signed the 643 / o goal, wearing the Barcelona shirt and equaling Pelé, who also scored 643 goals, but with the white shirt of 'his' Santos.
Pelé left his favorite club in 1974 to move to New York's Cosmos.
"These figures are impressive, we will never have such a prolific player in this club. That's why he is # 1.
What he has done for this club is incredible," blaugrana manager Ronald Koeman said earlier this week. by Messi.
The 'Pulce' has scored 643 goals in 748 competitive matches with Barça (1.16 goals per game), while the Brazilian has scored 643 goals in 757 games with Santos, in 18 years of challenges.
On 1 July, Messi had already reached an important milestone: in the match (2-2) with Atletico Madrid, valid for the 33rd matchday of the Liga 2019/20, he had signed the 700th career goal, also counting those scored with the Argentina shirt.
More than 15 years have passed since Messi began to claim victims in opposing goals: the first time was on May 1, 2005, against Albacete, in the Liga (2-0).
His haul even amounts to 680 goals in 801 appearances for Barça, if the goals in unofficial matches are counted.
In La Liga, Leo boasts 450 goals, against 311 from Cristiano Ronaldo: he is the player who has won the most titles with the Catalan club (34, including four Champions).
"There is and will be only one. There will be few princes, but only one king," Pele commented maliciously last March, regarding the players who are cyclically approached to him.
Pele claims more than a thousand goals scored, counting all the games played, official and otherwise.
