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Messi breaks Ronaldo's record

Messi breaks Ronaldo's record

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi has set another record in his career. The 39-year-old Argentine has scored more than 800 goals for his club.

Messi achieved this result in the MLS match against Montreal. Miami won the match 7-1. Messi scored 4 goals. His second goal in this match was his 800th goal in his club career.

According to Inter Miami News Hub, the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner needed 964 matches to reach the 800-goal mark. Thus, he broke the record of his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo. Recall that the Portuguese striker needed 1,060 matches to achieve this result.

For information, Messi played for the Spanish teams Barcelona and the French team PSG before moving to the US championship. In total, Messi played in 1,164 matches and scored 919 goals during his career.

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