Lionel Messi grew to become simply the second males’s participant in historical past to attain 900 objectives in official matches after scoring in Inter Miami‘s Concacaf Champions Cup second’-leg conflict with Nashville SC on Wednesday.
The Argentina captain joins Cristiano Ronaldo as the one males’s gamers to surpass that complete after the Portugal ahead achieved the feat in September 2024.
After lacking the prospect to hit 900 in his final two video games, Messi wasted no time within the second leg, selecting up a cross within the field, slicing to his left after which firing again throughout objective to provide Miami an early lead.
The Inter Miami captain is barely the second energetic participant to succeed in the 900-goal milestone, after Rolando hit that mark in September of 2024. Ronaldo now has 965 and has made it clear he needs to clear the 1,000 objective threshold earlier than retiring.
Brazilian nice Pele stands third on the all-time record with 765. Among energetic gamers, Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski is a distant third behind Ronald and Messi, with 690.
Messi went into Wednesday’s match on 899 objectives since his skilled debut with Barcelona on Oct. 16, 2004.
The majority of Messi’s objectives come from his time in Spain with Barcelona, totaling 672 earlier than including to his tally with 81 at Inter Miami and 32 at Paris Saint-Germain. Internationally, the reigning World Cup champion has recorded 115 objectives for the Argentina nationwide group.
His latest goal-scoring efforts propelled Messi to the 2025 MLS golden boot, netting 29 objectives all through the common season marketing campaign to turn into the league’s high scorer. He additionally earned the 2025 MLS MVP award, changing into the first-ever participant to win the award in consecutive events.
But Messi isn’t any stranger to creating historical past. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner holds the world document for many objectives scored in a single calendar 12 months after netting 91 in 69 video games in 2012, scoring 79 for Barcelona and 12 for Argentina. He additionally stands because the quickest participant to attain 100 objectives within the Champions League by doing so in 123 video games.
