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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Lionel Messi Creates Record for Most Goals in a Calendar Year

 

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


 FC Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during the Spanish league football match Real Betis vs FC Barcelona at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville,Spain

 

Lionel Messi broke Germany's Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record(set in 1972) 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 in the La Liga soccer match at the Benito Villamarin stadium, in Seville, Spain

 

 

Lionel Messi's Goals Month-by-Month in 2012

  • January 7
  • February 10
  • March 13
  • April 9
  • May 8
  • June 4
  • July 0
  • August 7
  • September 5
  • October 10
  • November 9
  • December 4 




Here is a look at his year in numbers

 

 

3 Only player to win the Ballon d'Or three years in a row. He is favourite to be named the winner again next month
4 Only player to be European Cup top scorer four years in a row
4 Most goals scored by a player in the Fifa Club World Cup, jointly held with Denilson
5 Only player to score five goals in a Champions League match, against Bayer Leverkusen
7 Number of minutes in which Messi has not scored in 2012 – the 1st, 2nd, 10th, 14th, 15th, 46th and 69th minutes
8 Most La Liga hat-tricks in one season by any player
10 Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in, record jointly held with (Brazilian) Ronaldo and Mariano Martín
10 Most goals scored by a player in the Spanish Super Cup
12 Most goals scored in a year by a player for Argentina, jointly held with Gabriel Batistuta
14 Most goals scored in a single European Cup season, shared with Jose Altafini of Milan in 1962-63
15 Most La Liga hat-tricks by a FC Barcelona Player
15 Away league goals scored by Messi this season, more than every other La Liga club except Real Madrid
17 Most goals scored by a Barcelona player in El Clásico matches
17 Fastest hat-trick by a Barcelona player, 17 minutes against Mallorca
21 Most hat-tricks by a Barcelona player in all competitions
25 Most international goals (ie goals not scored in domestic club football) for club and country in a year, jointly held with Vivian Woodward
50 Most goals scored by a player in a La Liga season. Also won him the 2011-12 Golden Boot
56 League goals scored by Messi in 2012. Only five Premier League teams have scored more – Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton
56 Most goals scored in the Champions League by a Barcelona player
57 Most goals scored in European competition by a Barcelona player
63 Messi has scored one goal for every 63 minutes played in 2012 for club and country
72 Most club goals scored by a player in a single season, beating Archie Stark's previous best for Bethlehem Steel in the 1924-25 American Soccer League
74 Most club goals scored by a player in a calendar year
82 Most goals scored by a player in a single season for club and country
86 Most goals scored by a player in a calendar year for club and country, surpassing Gerd Müller for Bayern Munich and West Germany in 1972
91 Total goals scored by Messi in 2012, including five in friendlies for Barcelona
192 Most goals for a Barcelona player in La Liga, beating César Rodríguez Alvarez's 190
249 Wins by Messi out of 352 matches for Barcelona, 70.7% of his matches
283 Most goals by a Barcelona player in all competitions, beating César Rodríguez Alvarez's 232
5,405 Minutes of football played by Messi in 2012, equivalent to more than 60 completed matches





Lionel Messi Scores 91st and final goal of the year 2012


Lionel Messi polished off his record year with his 91st and final goal of 2012  in Barcelona’s 3-1 win against Real Valladolid at the Jose Zorrilla Stadium in Valladolid, Spain on Saturday Dec 22,2012 in the Spanish La Liga Soccer Match.

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