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The little "Barcelona" magician from Argentina continues to rewrite football history.
Just 25 years old, Lionel Messi scored his 300th and 301st goals in his professional career during Saturday's match against "Rayo Vallecano."
As a footballer, he has beaten opponents' goalkeepers 270 times while representing the Catalan club, and 31 times he has scored for the Argentine national team. Statistics enthusiasts have even counted the body parts Messi has scored goals with, as well as the days of the week when the Argentine stands out with accurate shots.
Out of 301 goals, the "Barca" star has scored 246 with his left foot, 41 with his right foot, 12 with his head, 1 with his hand, and 1 with his chest.
Messi's most successful day of the week is Saturday. On that day, he has scored 109 goals, while 70 accurate shots to Messi's credit are on Sundays, 70 on Wednesdays, 40 on Tuesdays, 7 on Fridays, 4 on Mondays, and 1 on Thursdays.
After the ninth round of La Liga against "Rayo Vallecano," which "Barcelona" won with a crushing result of 5:0, Messi also entered the top ten all-time top scorers in the history of the Spanish league. In La Liga alone, the Argentine has scored 182 goals, the same number as former "Sevilla" player Juan Arza.
In this statistical category, the legendary Telmo Zarra from Bilbao "Athletic" is still unbeatable. Zarra has 251 accurate shots to his name.
Currently, Messi has scored 182 goals in 223 La Liga matches, meaning the Argentine goalkeeper averages 0.82 goals per game. In this aspect, only the aforementioned T. Zarra (0.91 goals per game) and former "Valencia" superstar Mundo (0.84 goals per game) surpass Barcelona's leader.
In La Liga, Messi has scored 13 hat-tricks and 2 poker (four goals in a single game) performances.
Most often, Messi torments Madrid's "Atletico." He has sent 15 accurate shots to the team's goal. In second place is Santander's "Racing," whose goalkeepers have retrieved the ball from their net 12 times after Messi's shots. "Sevilla" and "Zaragoza" goalkeepers follow with 11 each.
In the match against "Rayo Vallecano," goalkeeper Ruben Martinez became the 86th goalkeeper to concede at least one goal to Messi.
