Lionel Messi surpasses Pele in career goals tally: Take a look at Argentine's top individual achievements

Lionel Messi has won the illustrious award (Ballon d'Or) a record seven-time. Ronaldo currently has five with Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten, all winning the award three times. Messi won his first Ballon d'Or when he was 22 years of age at FC Barcelona. (Image Source: Twitter)

Lionel Messi is the top scorer for Spanish giants FC Barcelona with 637 goals for the club (excluding friendlies). Along with this, Messi is Argentina's top goal scorer with 86 goals for his nation.(Image Source: Twitter)

Messi (86 goals) now stands fourth in the list of top international goal-scorers with 86 goals for his country overtaking Brazil's Pele (77). Messi is behind Mokhtar Dahari (89), Ali Daei (109) and long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo (117). Messi's long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo leads the chart of the all-time top goal-scorers with 813 goals for club and country. However, Messi has crossed Brazil great Pele who has 767 goals with his 769 goals in his club and country career so far. (Image Source: Twitter)

Lionel Messi became the second footballer in history after winning Finalissima 2022, which was his 40th career trophy in his astonishing professional career of 19 years. He is now behind former Barcelona teammate Dani Alves, who has a total of 42 titles for both club and country.(Image Source: Twitter)

Lionel Messi holds the record for most goals (474) in Spanish top-flight La Liga, all in his famous FC Barcelona shirt. Along with that, Messi also holds the record for most hat-tricks (36), and assists (192) in La Liga. (Image Source: Twitter)