He waited until the last possible opportunity this time, but Lionel Messi has once again scored 50 goals – for club and country combined – in a calendar year.
The Argentine found the net in Barcelona‘s 4-1 win over Alaves on Saturday, bringing his tally in 2019 to the half-century mark. It was good timing, too, as Messi won’t get back on the pitch until next month when the Blaugrana return to action for the latest installment of the Catalan derby against Espanyol.
Over the past decade, Messi failed to notch 50 goals in a calendar year just once when he only managed a modest 45 markers in 2013.
Leo #Messi has scored at least 5️⃣0️⃣ goals (club & country) in 9 of the last 10 calendar years!
2010 6️⃣0️⃣
2011 5️⃣9️⃣
2012 9️⃣1️⃣ 🤯
2013 4️⃣5️⃣
2014 5️⃣8️⃣
2015 5️⃣2️⃣
2016 5️⃣9️⃣
2017 5️⃣4️⃣
2018 5️⃣1️⃣
2019 5️⃣0️⃣— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 21, 2019
The six-time Ballon d’Or winner will almost certainly never hit the heights of his otherworldly haul in 2012 again, but there’s no reason why he can’t continue to flirt with the 50-goal plateau in 2020 and beyond.
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