The FC Barcelona captain, Leo messi, has equaled this Saturday the former Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, ‘Pelé’, as the top scorer for the same club thanks to the point he scored against Valencia in matchday 14 of the League, 643 with the Catalan shirt.
Pelé scored 643 points with the Santos between 1957 and 1974, while the Argentine player of FC Barcelona has done so since 2005, the year of his debut with the first team, in 2020, in a total of 748 matches as a Barcelona player spread over 17 seasons.
Pelé’s record has been in force since 1974, when ‘O Rei’ left Santos’ discipline more than 45 years ago and now Messi equals him. The Argentine continues to decorate his hegemony in the world of football and is already looking for another anniversary in which to beat the Brazilian.
Pelé signed a total of 77 goals with the Brazilian team and is the top scorer in history at the level of South American teams. A record that could also end up falling because Leo Messi, 71, is just six goals away from that figure.
“I admire you a lot,” Pelé tells Messi to match one of his records
Former Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento “Pelé” expressed his admiration for Argentine Leo Messi on Saturday after the Barcelona striker, with a goal against Valencia, equaled the player record with the most goals scored by same club, with 643.
“Stories like ours, of love for the same club for so long, will unfortunately be increasingly rare in football. I admire you very much, Messi,” said the “king” and three-time world champion with Brazil in a message he posted on his Instagram account next to a photograph of the Argentine celebrating one of his goals.
With his score this Saturday against Valencia, Messi has scored 643 goals as a Barcelona player, the same as Pelé scored wearing the shirt of the Brazilian club Santos.
“When your heart overflows with love, it’s hard to change course. Like you, I know what it’s like to love wearing the same shirt every day. Like you, I know there’s nothing better than the place where a “Congratulations on your historic record, Leonel, but, above all, congratulations on your beautiful career at Barcelona,” added what is considered by some to be the best footballer in the world.
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