The study of "La Liga" revealed the greatness of "Barcelona"'s forward Lionel Messi.
AS reported that the "Centro de Investigaciones de Historia y Estadistica del Futbol Espanol" (CIHEFE) conducted thorough research and announced indisputable facts that since 2004, the Argentine playing in the "Barcelona" team has no equals in the history of the Spanish league.
The record-breaking striker has already scored 349 goals in 382 matches.
CIHEFE evaluated the usefulness coefficient of each football player, taking into account the minutes spent on the field, goals scored during the game, penalties scored, red cards received, and other indicators.
L.Messi surpassed "Real" legend Raul Gonzalez and former "Barcelona" star Cesar Rodriguez.
In fourth place was Bilbao "Athletic" representative Telmo Zarra, and in fifth place was "Sporting Gijon"/"Barcelona" representative Enrique Castro.
Following Messi in the list of players still continuing their professional career is the "Real" leader Cristiano Ronaldo.
However, the Portuguese player apparently ignored the study since he only ranked 17th.
