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Messi scored an unprecedented 73 goals and provided 29 assists in all competitions during the 2011/12 campaign. He produced a hattrick on more than 10 occasions that season.
Messi’s 73 goals in all competitions surpassed Gerd Müller’s 67 goals in the 1972/73 Bundesliga season, making him the single-season top scorer in the history of European club football.
Messi wore Argentina’s captain arm-band for the first time against Greece in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Messi sent Gerd Müller a number 10 Barcelona t-shirt signed “with respect and admiration” after breaking his 40-year old record.
On September 16, 2015, Messi became the youngest player to make 100 appearances in the UEFA Champions League.
Messi scored twice in the El-Clasico on May 2, 2009. The match ended in an emphatic 6-2 victory for Barcelona. This was the team’s greatest ever score at the Santiago Bernabeu.
