Lionel Messi joined Cristiano Ronaldo on the list of players with 700 club goals after the Argentine superstar starred for Paris Saint-Germain in their most recent win.
Paris Saint-Germain cruised to a 3-0 win over Marseille in their most recent fixture in Ligue 1, with Kylian Mbappe bagging a brace and Lionel Messi scoring a goal.
Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring in the 25th minute of the match to send Paris Saint-Germain a goal up. Lionel Messi doubled Paris Saint-Germain’s lead just four minutes later in the 29th minute.
Kylian Mbappe then bagged his second of the match in the 55th minute as Paris Saint-Germain established a three-goal cushion. The victory sees PSG now establish an eight-point lead at the top of the Ligue 1 table over the second-placed Marseille.
Lionel Messi has now scored 700 goals in his club football career
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The goal Lionel Messi scored in PSG’s 3-0 win over Marseille was the 700th he has scored in his illustrious and trophy-laden club football career.
Until joining Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021, Lionel Messi had spent the entirety of his club football career at Barcelona. During his spell at the Catalan outfit, Messi racked up an astonishing 672 goals for the Spanish behemoths.
Since signing for Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi has so far amassed 28 goals for the defending Ligue 1 champions. In his first season with PSG, the 35-year-old registered 11 goals for the French heavyweights.
Lionel Messi endured a rather underwhelming 21/22 season with PSG, but he has looked back to his best for the club this season. The Argentine international has already scored 17 goals for PSG so far in the 22/23 campaign.
The 672 goals he scored for Barcelona and the 28 he has so far scored for PSG take his club goal tally to 700. He has now joined Cristiano Ronaldo on the list of players with 700 club goals. Ronaldo managed the feat earlier this season when he was still playing for Manchester United.
Lionel Messi is now only nine goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s total club goals. The Portuguese superstar has so far scored 709 goals in his illustrious club career. 701 of those have come when was he playing for European clubs. Messi could match the number of goals Cristiano Ronaldo has scored at the club level in European football if he adds another goal to his tally.
