Lionel Messi at 30: Career goals breakdown
Everything you need to know about his 567 career goals.
Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi turns 30 today.
By competition
LaLiga: 349
Champions League: 94
Copa del Rey: 44
Spanish Super Cup: 12
UEFA Super Cup: 3
Club World Cup: 5
Total: 507
World Cup: 5
World Cup qualifying: 18
Copa America: 8
International friendlies: 27
Olympics: 2
Total: 60
By season
2004-05: 1
2005-06: 8+2
2006-07: 17+2
2007-08: 16+5
2008-09: 38+5
2009-10: 47+1
2010-11: 53+4
2011-12: 73+9
2012-13: 60+9
2013-14: 41+7
2014-15: 58+4
2015-16: 41+9
2016-17: 54+3
Favourite opponents
v Sevilla: 29 goals
v Atletico Madrid: 27
v Valencia: 24
v Real Madrid: 23
v Athletic Bilbao: 22
Hat-tricks
Messi has scored 36 hat-tricks in his Barca career, including 25 in LaLiga, and another four for Argentina.
He managed 12 for club and country in his most prolific season, 2011-12, when he scored 82 goals in 73 games in all competitions. His 50 league goals featured eight hat-tricks and he added two more among his 14 Champions League goals and two in Argentina friendlies, including one in a 4-3 win over Brazil in New Jersey.
He has scored four goals in a game on four occasions, all for Barcelona – against Arsenal in April 2010, Valencia and Espanyol in 2012 and Osasuna in January 2013 – and five in a 7-1 Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen in March 2012.
