Lionel Messi reaches 800 career goals

Lionel Messi the captain of Argentina Football who won the world cup for Argentina recently and widely recognised as one of the greatest footballers of all-time reaches another milestone by scoring his 800 th career goal internationally today (24 March). He scored the goal at a match between Panama and Argentina Buenos Aires.

He scored his 800 th goal in a 25-yard free kick in spectacular fashion at the 89 th minute of the game for his country. Argentina achieved a 2 nil victory in the game.

Messi is currently on 99 goals goal for Argentina, and he has a chance to reach a century when Argentina play Curacao on Tuesday.

Messi is the second footballer to reach this milestone after Christiana Ronaldo.