Buenos Aires, March 18 (NA) – Argentina's national team captain, Lionel Messi, reached a historic milestone by scoring 900 goals in his professional career at the age of 38, solidifying his status as one of the greatest goal scorers of all time. The Rosario native achieved this figure in 1,142 matches, a record that places him ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, who needed 1,236 games to reach the same number of goals, which reinforces the impact of his effectiveness throughout his career. Of the total, Messi scored 672 goals for FC Barcelona, 32 for Paris Saint-Germain, 81 for Inter Miami, and 115 for the Argentine national team, where he also became world champion in 2022, according to the Argentine News Agency. The figure once again brings the historic comparison between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two main global football references of the last two decades, to the forefront. Their statistics continue to fuel the debate, but place the albiceleste (the Argentine team) ahead in terms of the speed of reaching the impressive goal-scoring figure. At 38, the Argentine continues to be at his peak and expanding his numbers in a career already considered legendary and that continues to add record-breaking chapters, leading up to the 2026 World Cup to be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Messi reached 900 goals, but could not secure Inter Miami's qualification to the Concacaf Champions Cup quarter-finals after drawing 1-1 at home against Nashville in a tournament where scoring away continues to generate an advantage.
