#elevenfacts about Messi - EKMAG #07

1Messi 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.

2Messi’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. arm-band for the first time against Greece in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 3 Messi sent Gerd Müller a number 10 Barcelona t-shirt signed “with respect and admiration” after breaking his 40-year old record.

4On September 16, 2015, Messi became the youngest player to make 100 appearances in the UEFA

5Messi wore Argentina’s captain Champions League.

6Messi 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.

Messi replicated two of Maradona’s most famous goals in a span of 7 three weeks. In the Copa Del Rey semi-final, he scored a goal similar to Maradona’s 1986 FIFA World Cup goal which is known as the Goal of the Century. He scored another in a similar fashion to Maradona’s “Hand of god” goal against Espanyol in a league fixture. #elevenfacts

8In the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Messi became the youngest player to represent Argentina in this competition.

9Messi made his debut for Barcelona against RCD Espanyol at age 17. He became the third-youngest player to start for Barcelona and the youngest ever to score for the club.

10 Messi’s first senior goal was assisted by Ronaldinho.

11 Messi has been in a relationship with Antonella Roccuzzo since 2008 when he was 20 years old. Roccuzzo is the cousin of Messi’s childhood friend, and they’ve known each other since age 5. Messi and Roccuzzo are now married and have three sons together.