FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi Signs 2-year contract extension - Thursday Feb 14,2013

Lionel Messi  shaking hands with Barcelona's president Sandro Rosell after signing his new contract 

Lionel Messi signed a two-year contract extension with Barcelona on Thursday, tying him to the Spanish club for the better part of his already stellar playing career.

With his previous contract set to expire in 2016, Messi will now remain at Barcelona until June 2018.

Lionel Messi(25)joined Barcelona's youth academy as a 13-year-old and made his first-team debut at 16.

Lionel Messi is -

• FC Barcelona's leading scorer of all time
• top scorer in the Champions League for the last 4 years and 
• became the 1st to score 5 goals in a single CL match in FCB's 7-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen in March 2012
• Scored a  record 91 goals for club and country in 2012 calendar year

CLUB AND COUNTRY MATCHES
Total Barcelona matches: 63
Total Argentina matches: 11
Total matches combined: 74
Total Messi played: 69
Matches missed: 5
Total minutes of football Barcelona and Argentina played: 6,660
Total minutes Messi played: 5,973
Minutes missed: 687

LEAGUE DOMINATION
Total Barcelona league matches: 39
Total Messi played in: 38
Total Barcelona league minutes played: 3,510
Total Messi minutes: 3,361
Minutes missed: 149
The striker only failed to score in 10 of 39 league matches in 2012 – so he scored in 75% of Barcelona’s league games.


HOW
Goals scored: 91
Left foot: 81
Right foot: 7
Head: 3

 TEAM
Barcelona: 79
Argentina: 12