Leo Messi as a striker than a great legends of football history as Diego Armando Maradona, Ronaldo, Bobby Charlton and George Best. This campaign could also beat Thierry Henry and Johan Cruyff. Very few scored many goals with the same age and in the same seasons.
More than 200 targets with Barcelona. Easy to say, but what has got Leo Messi in Prague is available to very few. The Argentine international continues toppling walls and extending a tally that has a devastating pace. At just 24 years, Leo Messi has already overtaken the great legends of football history as Maradona, Ronaldo, Bobby Charlton and George Best. But the `Flea´ wants more.
The Barcelona player in eight seasons has been vastly improved rams historical records in the world of football. Messi made his debut with Barça first team in eight seasons and has achieved nothing more and nothing less than 200 goals. 132 in La Liga, 17 Copa del Rey, 42 in the Champions League, eight in Spain Super Cup, one European Super Cup and two in the Club World Cup.
With this figure lying Messi has players who are no longer active and are included among the 30 best footballers in history according to FIFA. A fellow could do the numbers that Messi is doing in just eight seasons. Diego Armando Maradona achieved with the same age as the `Flea´ in the same years and 196 goals. Between the 1977/78 marketing year 1984/85 and the `Fluff´ played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona and a year in Naples.
Another attacker who many will remember is Ronaldo. Blunted by his scoring in Spain and Italy. At 24 years old and eight seasons in Brazil totaled 153 goals, well below the figure just to get Messi. The former international wore in that time period T-shirts PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona and Inter Milan.
In England there are two players who came to the history books for all you gave to football: Bobby Charlton and George Best. Both played at Manchester United and comparable in age and campaigns Leo Messi, the Barcelona star now also improves the records of these two myths of football in the UK. Bobby Charlton scored 133 goals between 1956/57 and 1963/64 seasons, while George Best scored 179 goals in the 11 years he played in the `Red Devils´.
Cruyff and Henry, the next to fall?
No one doubts that the figure of Leo Messi scoring can will increase until the end of this course. So the Argentine international has already stone throw two other players who are living legend of world football. The first is Thierry Henry. French is remembered as one of the most lethal strikers in Arsenal and eight years championed the cause `gunner´ scored a total of 226 goals. Henry joined the English at the age of 23 years.
The second is Johan Cruyff. With 24 summers, and having played eight seasons at Ajax Amsterdam, the Dutch had already achieved 229 points. A few more of those who now leads Messi ... although Argentina still has not finished its season. Of course, you are far from the records of players like Di Stefano or Pele.
In addition to breaking barriers as a scorer, Leo Messi can boast of being the only player at his age has many titles under his belt at club level (17): Five Leagues, one Copa del Rey, three Champions League titles, two Super Cups Europe, five from Spain and one Super Cup World Club. Almost nothing.