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Home General Lionel Messi equals Pele's 643 club goals…
General Jan 12, 2026 2 min read

Lionel Messi equals Pele's 643 club goals

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Lionel Messi reached another personal scoring milestone in Barcelona's 2-2 draw with Valencia in the Spanish league on Saturday.

Messi's 643rd career goal for Barcelona since his 2004 debut matched Pele's tally for Santos accumulated from 1957-74. Messi is Barcelona's and the Spanish league's all-time leading scorer.

The latest setback by Barcelona left Ronald Koeman's team in fifth place and eight points adrift of league leader Atletico Madrid, which got two goals by Luis Suarez to help beat Elche 3-1.

Messi canceled out Mouctar Diakhaby's opener for Valencia when he scored in first half injury time moments after Jaume Domenech saved his penalty shot. Jordi Alba recovered the rebound of Domenech's save and crossed it to the far post where Messi headed it in.

Central defender Ronald Araujo scored his first career goal for Barcelona with an acrobatic kick to put the hosts ahead at Camp Nou in the 53rd.

But Jose Gaya set up Maxi Gomez to hit back for Valencia in the 69th and split the points.

The match featured two young Americans who started for both sides. Sergino Dest, 20, played the full match as Barcelona's right back, while 18-year-old Yunus Musah had to be substituted in the first half after the Valencia right back appeared to injury a leg. He walked off gingerly.

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