With his two goals against Betis, the Argentine broke the all-time record of goals scored in a calendar year set by Gerd Müller in 1972. And he still has three more games to add to this tally!
It has been a remarkable year for Messi, who will surely win the 2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or for a record fourth time now. Some of his highlights are:
- Won La Liga’s Pichichi last year with 50 goals
- Was awarded the Golden Boot
- Was the Champions League’s highest scorer with 14 goals
- Is the top scorer in La Liga with 23 goals from 15 matches this season
- He finished the 2012/13 Champions League group stage with 5 goals from 6 matches
Messi 86 Goals In 2013
- 12 of them were for Argentina and 74 were for Barcelona
- 56 in the Liga
- 13 in the Champions League
- 3 in the Copa del Rey
- 2 in the Spanish Super Cup.
Watch of 86 of Lionel Messi’s goals in 2012