Messi catches up with Ronaldo's club-level goalscoring record
Messi currently has 696 goals in 832 matches, achieving a single goal in 98 minutes. If you include 297 assists, on average, every 69 minutes, the Argentine star contributes to a goal.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo scored 696 and assisted 197 goals in 919 club matches in Europe's top five leagues. The Portuguese striker has scored a goal in 109 minutes, and has contributed to a goal in 85 minutes.
Specifically, Messi has 672 goals and 303 assists in 778 games for Barca, 24 goals and 29 assists in 54 matches for PSG.
While playing at Camp Nou, he scored 120 goals in the Champions League, 474 goals in La Liga, three goals in the European Super Cup, five goals at the FIFA Club World Cup, 56 goals in the King's Cup and 14 goals. at the Spanish Super Cup.
In the PSG shirt, Messi scored 9 goals in the Champions League, 14 goals in Ligue 1 and one goal in the French Super Cup. This season alone, the 34-year-old star has 14 assists and 13 goals in 20 matches in all competitions, including eight goals in Ligue 1, four in the Champions League and one in the French Super Cup.
Ronaldo scored 5 goals and assisted 6 in 31 games for Sporting, 101 goals and 22 assists in 134 games for Juventus, 450 goals and 131 assists in 438 games for Real, 145 goals and 64 assists in 346 games in the last two times wearing the Man Utd shirt.
This season, Ronaldo scored one goal in the English Premier League and two in the Europa League, before quitting his contract with Man Utd to join the Saudi Arabia club Al Nassr under a contract until June 2025, with a salary of $ 75 million. He no longer has the opportunity to improve, unless he returns to play in one of Europe's top 5 leagues in the future.
At the national level, Ronaldo has 118 goals and 43 assists in 196 matches, currently holding the record for the number of goals for the team, after breaking the record of 109 goals of Iran legend Ali Daei. The 37-year-old striker with Portugal won Euro 2016 and the 2019 UEFA Nations League.
Messi has 98 goals and 55 assists in 172 appearances for Argentina. In which, he contributed seven goals and three assists in the journey to winning the World Cup 2022, four goals and five assists when winning the Copa America 2021 with Argentina.
