17 years after Messi's debut with Barcelona 1:24
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This Saturday, Argentine Lionel Messi added another record to his extraordinary career.
With his goal against Valencia the Rosario reached 643 goals scored with the FC Barcelona shirt, which allows him to equal the historical record of the Brazilian Pelé with Santos FC.
The goal that allowed the Barça captain to emulate “O Rei” came in the added time of the first half, after missing a penalty that was saved by the goalkeeper and, after a series of rebounds, he was able to score with a header to enter in another line of football history.
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This is the Argentine's sixth goal in LaLiga, which unfortunately was not enough for Barcelona to achieve victory against Valencia that took a point from the Camp Nou with a 2-2 draw.
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Messi will have the opportunity to surpass Pelé and seal the new goal record with a club on December 22, when the Catalan club visits Real Valladolid.
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