Glimpses of his terrific football talent was seen at the under 20 FIFA World Cup in Holland which Argentina won but Lionel Messi announced himself to the World when he got into Barcelona’s first team under then Dutch manager: Frank Rijkaard.
Messi is Barcelona’s all time highest goal scorer with 627 official goals. He’s also La Liga’s all time top scorer with 438 goals.
On this day in 2005, Lionel Messi scored his first goal for Barcelona in a 2-0 win over Albacete at the Camp Nou. His first goal was assisted by Ronaldinho Guacho.
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#OnThisDay 🔙 15 years ago… a 17-year-old Lionel Messi scored his first goal ⚽️ for Barcelona. 🔴🔵
He has gone on to add 626 more…pic.twitter.com/f3jEneXnHD
— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) May 1, 2020
Video source: Sports Star via Barcelona (Twitter)
