129 records & milestones that Lionel Messi has broken or equalled during the 2012/13 season so far.



Updated on 27th April 2013 (after his goal vs Bilbao):





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Lionel Messi became the first Barça player in 43 years to score 2 goals in the first 20 minutes of Match Day 1 of La Liga (Miguel Ángel Bustillo, 1969/70).



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Lionel Messi became the first Barça player in 19 years to score in 3 consecutive Match Day 1's of a La Liga season (Hristo Stoichkov, 1991-1993).



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Lionel Messi became the only player this century to score a total of 7 goals on Match Day 1 of La Liga (Forlan = 6, Negredo = 5).



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player to score a total of 5 goals vs Real Sociedad at Camp Nou (Rivaldo & Juan Manuel Asensi).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 18+ Clásico goals (César Rodríguez Alvarez = 14).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 7 goals at Camp Nou vs Real Madrid (Evaristo de Macedo = 6).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of the Supercopa de España to score in 4 consecutive editions (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score a brace in each of the first two games of the season.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 10 league goals against Osasuna (Samuel Eto'o = 8).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score the most away goals (5) in La Liga vs Osasuna (Luis Suárez Miramontes, Eulogio Martínez, Francisco José Carrasco = 3).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 11 years to score in six consecutive games for Argentina (Hernán Crespo, 2000/01).



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Lionel Messi surpassed his personal record of 60 goals in a calendar year during 2010, by scoring his 61st against Getafe.



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Lionel Messi became the first Barça player in 59 years to score three braces in the first four league games of La Liga (László Kubala, 1953/54).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 18 years to score 3 braces in the 1st four league games of La Liga (Iván Zamorano, 1994/95).



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Lionel Messi became only the 8th player in the history of La Liga to score 3 braces in the 1st four league games (Olivares, Mariano Martín, Pahiño, Zarra, Kubala, Puskas, Zamorano).



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Lionel Messi became the first Barça player in 51 years to score 6 goals in the 1st four games of La Liga (Evaristo de Macedo, 1961/62).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 13 years to score 6 goals in the 1st four games of La Liga (Salva Ballesta, 1999/00).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score 5 goals at Getafe's Coliseum Alfonso Pérez stadium (Roberto Soldado = 5).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of football to win the Onze d'Or award three times in a row (Michel Platini, 1983-1985).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 100 league goals at Camp Nou.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 150+ goals at Camp Nou.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 6+ league goals against Real Madrid at Camp Nou (Evaristo de Macedo & Gary Lineker = 5).



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Lionel Messi became the first Barça player in 18 years to score 2 goals from direct free-kicks in a Clásico (Ronald Koeman, 1992-1994).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 13 years to score 2 goals from direct free-kicks in a Clásico (1998/99).



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Lionel Messi became the only player to score 9 league goals against Iker Casillas (Samuel Eto'o = 8, David Villa = 7).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of El Clásico to be directly involved in 29 goals (18 goals, 11 assists).



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Lionel Messi (25y-110d) became the 5th youngest player in history to score 9 World Cup qualifying goals (after Marcelo Salas, Tostão, Obafemi Martins and Luis Suárez).



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Lionel Messi became the only player to score 2 free kicks during the CONMEBOL 2014 World Cup qualifying tournament (Dorlan Pabón, Juan Arango, James Rodríguez = 1).



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Lionel Messi became the only player to score 12+ goals for his country in 2012.



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of Argentina to score 12 goals for the national team in a calendar year (Gabriel Batistuta, 1998 = 12).



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Lionel Messi (59) broke his personal record of club goals in a calendar year, surpassing his previous personal best of 58 in 2010.



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Lionel Messi (43) broke his personal record of league goals in a calendar year, surpassing his previous personal best of 42 in 2010.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 59 goals in a calendar year (Cristiano Ronaldo = 43 in 2011).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 16 hat-tricks in La Liga (César Rodríguez Álvarez = 14).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 5 away hat-tricks in La Liga.



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of Barcelona to score 6 goals at Deportivo de La Coruña's Municipal de Riazor stadium (László Kubala = 6, Ronaldinho = 5).



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Lionel Messi became the first Barça player in 62 years to score 11 goals in the first eight league games (César Rodríguez Álvarez, 1950).



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Lionel Messi became the only player this century to score 13 goals in the first nine league games of La Liga (Salva Ballesta, 1999/00).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barça to score 4 away league goals vs Rayo Vallecano (Koeman = 3).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 23+ international goals (club and country) in a calendar year.



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of Barcelona to score 4 goals against Scottish opposition (Sándor Kocsis).



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Lionel Messi became only the 8th player in the history of La Liga to score 15 goals after the first 11 games of the season (Bata, Lángara, Pruden, Echevarría, Mariano Martín, Zarra, César).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 62 years to score 15 goals in the first 11 Liga games of the season (César, 1950/51).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 11 goals in the first 6 away games of the season.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 6 league goals away at Mallorca (Kluivert = 5).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 11 goals against Mallorca (Tamudo = 10).



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Lionel Messi surpassed Pelé's South American record of 75 goals in a calendar year, set in 1958, by scoring his 76th goal of 2012 away to Mallorca.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 6 goals vs Real Zaragoza at Camp Nou (Basora & Begiristain = 5).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score 2 or more goals in a single game 55 times (Zarra = 76, Di Stéfano = 54).



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player in the history of La Liga to score 13 goals vs Real Zaragoza (Ferenc Puskás, Raúl).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 64 years to score 17 goals in the first 12 Liga games of the season (César, 1948/49).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of the Champions League to score 25+ away goals (van Nistelrooy = 24).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 4 goals vs Spartak Moscow (Romário, Koeman & Stoichkov = 2).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of football to score 25 international goals (club & country) in a calendar year (Vivian Woodward, 1909).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in the history of the Champions League to score 13 goals in a calendar year (Cristiano later equalled this record).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of Barcelona to score 7 goals vs Levante (Cayetano Ré).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 2+ goals in 4 consecutive away games (3 vs Deportivo, 2 vs Rayo, 2 vs Mallorca, 2 vs Levante).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 69 years to score 19 goals in the first 13 Liga games of the season (Echevarría & Martín, 1943/44).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of football to be on the list of the final 3 nominees for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award, on six occasions (2007-2012).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of football to score 72 club goals in a calendar year (Gerd Müller, 1972).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 21 goals in the first 14 Liga games of the season.



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Lionel Messi became only the 4th player in the history of La Liga to score 21 goals in the first 14 league games of the season (Bata, Lángara & Pruden).



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Lionel Messi set a new personal record of scoring 2+ goals in 5 consecutive games for Barcelona (March 2010 = 4 consecutive games).



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Lionel Messi (228 games) became only the 2nd player in the history of Barcelona to score 190+ goals in La Liga (César Rodríguez Alvarez, 287 games).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 191+ league goals (César Rodríguez Alvarez = 190).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of football to score 79 club goals in a calendar year (Gerd Müller = 72, 1972).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of football to score 91 goals in a calendar year (Gerd Müller = 85, 1972).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of football to win the World Soccer Player of the Year award 3 times (Ronaldo).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of football to be nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award, 4 consecutive times.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 26+ goals in the first half of the league season (Cristiano = 23).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 12 league goals vs Atlético de Madrid at Camp Nou (César Rodríguez Alvarez = 11).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 16 goals against Atlético de Madrid (César Rodríguez Alvarez = 15).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 72 years to score 25 goals in the first 16 league games of the La Liga season (Pruden 1940/41).



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player in the history of La Liga to score 25 goals in the first 16 league games of the season (Bata 1930/31, Pruden 1940/41).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score a brace in 6 consecutive league games.



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score a brace in 6 consecutive league games (Telmo Zarra = 7, 1946/47).



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player in the history of La Liga to score 27 goals in the first 18 league games of the season (Bata 1930/31, Pruden 1940/1941).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of football to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or award 4 times (Platini, Cruyff, van Basten = 3).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga season to score 28 goals in the first half of the season (Cristiano 2011/12 = 23 goals).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score 28+ goals in the first 19 league games of the season (Pruden 1940/41).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 17 away goals in the first half of the season.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 10 league goals against Málaga.



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player in the history of La Liga to score 10 league goals against Málaga (Tamudo = 12, Cristiano = 10).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score 29+ goals in the first 20 league games of the season (Pruden 1940/41).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Spanish football to score 40+ goals in four consecutive seasons.



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Lionel Messi became the only player to score more than three goals in a league game on 3 separate occasions this century (Cristiano = 2).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score 33 goals in the first 21 league games of the season (Pruden 1940/41).



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Lionel Messi became the first Barça player this century to score 18 penalties in La Liga at the Camp Nou (Ronaldinho = 17).



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player in the history of Barcelona to score 13+ consecutive penalties in La Liga (Ronald Koeman = 25, László Kubala = 22).



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Lionel Messi (2009-13) became only the 3rd player in the history of Europe's big 4 leagues to score 30+ league goals in 4 consecutive seasons (Dave Halladay 1925-29 & Jimmy Greaves 1960-64).



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Lionel Messi (25y-217d) became the youngest player in the history of La Liga to score 200 goals (Telmo Zarra = 29y-352d).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 14 goals against Osasuna (David Villa = 13).



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Lionel Messi became only the 4th player in the history of La Liga to score 16+ hat-tricks (Di Stéfano, Zarra = 22, Cristiano = 17).



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Lionel Messi became the first player in 52 years to score 3 pokers in La Liga (Kubala, Di Stéfano = 1961).



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Lionel Messi became only the 5th player in the history of La Liga to score a poker vs Osasuna (Armando Merodio in 1959, Quique Setién in 1984, Xavier Escaich in 1994, Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2006).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 34 goals in the first 22 league games of the season (Pruden = 33 goals, 1940/41).



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player in the history of Barcelona to score 26 penalties in La Liga (Koeman = 45, Kubala = 26).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 35 goals in the first 23 league games of the season (Zarra = 30 in 1950/51).



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Lionel Messi set a new personal record of scoring 29 goals outside Camp Nou, surpassing his previous best of 27 during 2011/12.



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score in 19 consecutive match days (Mariano Martín 1942/43 - 1943/44 & Ronaldo 1996/97 = 10 games).



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Lionel Messi (ARG) became the only foreigner to play 25 Clásico's (Roberto Carlos BRA = 24, Luís Figo POR = 23).



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Lionel Messi (2007-2013) became only the 2nd player in the history of El Clásico to score 18 goals (di Stéfano, 1953-1963).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of the Champions League to score 5+ goals against AC Milan (Wayne Rooney = 6).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of the Champions League to score 16 braces (Raúl = 14).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Barcelona to score 7 goals against Rayo Vallecano (Ronald Koeman = 6).



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player to score in 4 consecutive home World Cup qualification games for Argentina (Batistuta, Riquelme).



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Lionel Messi became only the 8th player in the history of Argentina to play 79+ games for Argentina (Zanetti, Ayala, Simeone, Ruggeri, Maradona, Ortega, Mascherano).



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Lionel Messi (Match Day 11-29) became the only player in the history of football to score in 19 consecutive league games (Teodor Peterek = 16, 1937/38).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score against all 19 teams in a season (Cristiano, 2011/12).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score consecutively against all 19 teams in a season.



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Lionel Messi became only the 9th player in the history of the Spanish top flight to score against all opponents in a season (Bienzobas, Gorostiza, Luis Regueiro, Lángara, Pruden, M. Martín, César, Cristiano).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score in 12 consecutive away games in a season (Cristiano = 8, 2011/12).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of the Champions League to score in 20 different cities (Raúl = 19).



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Lionel Messi became the only player this century to score 59 goals in the Champions League (Raúl = 56, van Nistelrooy = 48).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of the Champions League (main tournament) to score 59+ goals (Raúl = 71).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of the Champions League to score 29 goals in the knock-out stages.



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of the Champions League to score 10 goals in the 1/4 Finals (Raúl).



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Lionel Messi became only the 6th player to score 60+ goals in official European club competition (Raúl, Müller, Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Van Nistelrooy).



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Lionel Messi (333 goals) became the 3rd highest scorer in official & friendly games in the history of Barça (Alcántara = 369, Samitier = 333).



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Lionel Messi became only the 3rd player in the history of Spanish football to score 311+ goals for a single club (Zarra = 335, Raúl = 323).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score 24 away league goals in a season (Cristiano = 23, 2011/12).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of La Liga to score in 15 away games in a season (Daniel Güiza = 14, 2007/08).



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Lionel Messi became only the 7th player in the history of La Liga to score 213+ goals (Telmo Zarra, Hugo Sánchez, Raúl, Di Stéfano, César Rodríguez, Quini).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Europe's top 4 leagues to score 44+ goals in 2 consecutive seasons (2011/12 = 50, 2012/13 = 44).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score in 26 league games in a season (Cristiano = 27).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Spanish football to score 50+ goals in three consecutive seasons (2010/11 = 53. 2011/12 = 73. 2012/13 = 58).



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Lionel Messi became the only player in the history of Spanish football to score 30+ league goals in 4 consecutive seasons (34 - 31 - 50 - 44 ongoing).



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Lionel Messi became only the 2nd player in the history of La Liga to score 97 away goals (Hugo Sánchez = 99, Raúl = 87).





If you're curious to see which records & milestones Lionel Messi reached last season, then drop me a tweet (@champ_ian) and I'll send you the list.





Stats courtesy of:

Ian @champ_ian

Ramon @messistats

Khaled @barcastat

Alexis @2010misterchip

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