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In total, Messi finished the 2016–17 season with 54 goals, while his 37 goals in La Liga saw him claim both the Pichichi and European Golden Boot Awards for the fourth time in his career. [201] The attacking trio of Messi, Neymar and Suarez would combine for 110 goals by season's end.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 129 to his name. [177] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl , in November 2014. [ 178 ]
An incredibly finesse goal from Messi against Getafe and another goal scored by a handball against Espanyol gained notice for their similarities to the two famous goals scored by fellow Argentine Diego Maradona in the 1986 World Cup match against England, drawing comparisons between the two that Messi would face throughout his career.
Simply put: It pays to be a soccer star. According to a Sportico estimate from 2023, Messi has earned $1.2 billion in salary, bonuses and endorsements over the course of his professional career ...
Messi will make $20,446,667 in guaranteed compensation this year, with a base salary of $12 million in his first full season with Inter Miami. His salary exceeds the entire payrolls of 22 other ...
And they do not include Messi's equity in Inter Miami, which reportedly brings the total value of his two-and-a-half-year contract to more than $125 million — more than $50 million per season.
Lionel Messi is the all-time top scorer in La Liga history with 474 goals. La Liga's all-time top scorer is Lionel Messi with 474 goals, all for Barcelona.He also holds the record for most goals scored in a single season with 50 in the 2011–12 campaign, [1] [2] and is the only player ever to win the league's top scorer award in eight different seasons. [3]
Messi has 28 goals in his last 25 matches for Argentina and 14 in Copa America play, three shy of the record. He has scored against 38 different nations. “I wasn’t sure if Enzo’s ball was ...