Messi - the first football player to score 50 goals in a season in Spain (VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

Leader Lionel Messi became the first player to score 50 goals in a single Spanish football season.

The Argentine achieved this impressive result on Saturday when he secured his team's victory 2-0 against Pamplona's "Osasuna" with a precise shot in the 88th minute.

In the list of the most productive "Barcelona" footballers, Messi with 177 goals is only behind Josep Samitier (178), Laszlo Kubala (196), and Cesaro Rodriguez (235).

This season in the Spanish league, Messi outperformed opponents' goalkeepers 31 times.