Leaving FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi's Goal Collection Reaches 672

World-class footballer Lionel Messi has decided to end his career with FC Barcelona after 20 years. Both parties were hampered by economic and structural issues in a new agreement.

Messi is known as a legend at Barcelona. Throughout his career with the Spanish club, he has been the player who has competed in the most football matches worldwide representing his club. Messi has also won the most awards at FC Barcelona, as quoted from the official FC Barcelona website.

The Argentinian player has participated in at least six major championships, comprising 778 matches. From that number, he managed to score 672 goals. La Liga was his biggest stage. From 520 matches, the 34-year-old scored 474 goals.

Among Messi's other achievements are participating in 149 Champions League matches, scoring 120 goals in the competition. He even scored five goals in the five FIFA Club World Cup matches he played.

The reason for Messi's departure from FC Barcelona is reportedly due to Spanish league regulations that prevented him from signing a contract for the following season. These regulations made it difficult for the club to pay the Argentinian player €71 million, or Rp 1.2 trillion at an exchange rate of Rp 17,000/€, as quoted from DW.