Lionel Messi reached his 100 goals threshold with FC Barcelona

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Argentinian striker Lionel Messi reached his 100 goals threshold for his beloved club, FC Barcelona, after his stunning ‘double’ from Wednesday evening in front of Celtic Glasgow (2-0) in the Champions League groups.

In addition, the Barcelona star reached his 92 goals threshold in 110 matched played for the Champions League, becoming the second scorer in the history of this competition, after Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo (96 goals in 136 matches).

Lionel Messi also scored 5 goals during the FIFA World Cup (5 games) and 3 goals in the UEFA Super Cup (4 games), reaching a total of 100 international victories for FC Barcelona, according to the statistics published by El Mundo Deportivo.

On November 6, FC Barcelona officially announced that Messi reached 500 goals for the Catalans since he became a member of the team. From 500 matches, 471 were official sports competitions.

Currently, the Argentinian football legend is the top scorer of the Champions League, followed by Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, the French striker of Paris Saint-Germain.

Top Champions League scorers:

9 goals: Messi (FC Barcelona)

5 Goals: Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain)

4 goals: Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Mahrez (Leicester City), Ozil (Arsenal)

3 goals: Aboubakar (Besiktas), Aguero (Manchester City), Aubameyang (Dortmund), Dembele (Celtic), Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Mertens (Napoli), Milik (Naples), Poloz (Rostov) , Quaresma (Besiktas), Salvio (Benfica), Walcott (Arsenal).

Top all-time Champions League scorers:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 95 (96 with qualifying round)


2. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 92


3. Raul (+) 71


4. Ruud van Nistelrooy (+) 56


5. Thierry Henry (+) 50


6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) 48


7. Andrei Shevchenko (+) 48


8. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 48


9. Filippo Inzaghi (+) 46


10. Didier Drogba (+) 44