Lionel Messi surpassed Pele's milestone of goals in a calendar year

Lionel Messi surpassed Pele's milestone of goals in a calendar year by scoring for the 75th and 76th time in 2012 to move within nine of Gerd Muller's all-time record as Barcelona won 4-2 at Mallorca in the Spanish league on  Nov 11,2012 Sunday.

Lionel Messi now needs 10 more goals by end of next month to better Bayern Munich and West Germany legend Gerd Muller's world record of 85, scored back in 1972.

Lionel Messi’s seventh double of the season increased his league-leading tally to 15 goals. He has 20 in all competitions this season.

Lionel Messi  Scores 86th Goal and breaks the 40-year-old record 

 

Lionel Messi broke German great Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for most goals in a year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012 on Sunday Dec 9,2012 for Barcelona to lead 2-0 against Real Betis