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Lionel Messi's remarkable Barcelona goalscoring record in full

Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or four times in his Barcelona career.
Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or four times in his Barcelona career. Photograph: Mutsu Kawamori/AFLO/Nippon News/Corbis

A knee injury suffered against Las Palmas towards the end of September slowed Lionel Messi’s scoring rate but Barcelona’s record goalscorer has hit the ground running on his return.

Here is his remarkable goal record for Barcelona in full.

Lionel Messi’s Barcelona goalscoring record in numbers

4 goals in 8 league matches this season

43 goals in 38 league games last season

421 goals for Barcelona in 495 games

290 goals in 323 La Liga games

32 Barcelona hat-tricks

56 penalties

79 Champions League goals in 101 games

91 goals scored in 2012 for club and country, the most by any player in a calendar year, surpassing Gerd Müller’s 86 for Bayern Munich and West Germany in 1972

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