Lionel Messi Magical Decade 2010➞2019 | Goals, Assists & Dribbling Skills

By scoring 50 goals for club and country in 2019, Messi has now scored 50+ goals in nine of the past 10 years. He missed out on the half-century in 2013, when he only scored 45. To be fair, that was coming off the back of 2012, when he scored 91 ffs.

– Those numbers mean Messi ends the decade having scored 579 goals for club and country.

– Messi unsurprisingly ends the decade with more goals in La Liga than any other player with 369 goals in 343 games.

– Messi has also provided more assists in Europe’s top five leagues than any other player with 136, 25 more than nearest challenger Mesut Ozil.

– Altogether, he directly contributed to 505 goals in 343 league matches.

– The Argentine has won 23 trophies this decade with Barcelona, including seven league titles and two Champions Leagues.

– By winning the Ballon d’Or this year, Messi has now won the award more than any other player (six times, one more than Cristiano Ronaldo).

– Messi has won the Pichichi award by ending the season as La Liga’s top goalscorer six times, equalling the record set by Athletic Bilbao’s Telmo Zara in 1951.

– He has won the European Golden Shoe six times, two more than nearest challenger Cristiano Ronaldo. He is also the only player to win the award in three consecutive seasons.

– Messi recorded more victories than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues over the decade with 260, 15 more than nearest challenger and Barca team-mate Sergio Busquets.
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