Lionel Messi is not thinking about
breaking Telmo Zarra's La Liga scoring record of 251 goals despite having
closed to within three of the former Athletic Bilbao and Spain forward.
Messi has scored five times in
Spain's top flight this season, including two against Granada last weekend,
taking his overall tally to 248, and has a chance to add to his haul in
Saturday's match at Rayo Vallecano.
Infostrada Sports has further broken
down the Messi 400; 331 left foot, 52 right foot, 15 headers, 1 body, 1
hand.
Four-time World Player of the Year and
four-time Ballon d’Or winner is also just four goals away from tying the
legendary Telmo Zarra’s all-time La Liga goal-scoring record of 251, a record
that has been held by the Athletic Club Bilbao star for 59 years (dating back
to 1955).
"Right now I am not thinking
about the record," Messi said at a promotional event in Barcelona on
Thursday.
"But it is nice to be the
record top scorer in one of the best leagues in the world," added the
Argentina captain. "It will come when it comes."
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Telmo zarra - all-time
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Zarra, who died in 2006, had a
career which spanned the 1940s and 1950s, while Messi made his Barca debut in
2004 at the age of 17 and turned 27 in June.
His scored his first La Liga goal against Albacete
Balompié on May 1, 2005, making him at the time the club and La Liga's youngest
scorer at 17 years, 10 months and seven days. The record was later broken by
Bojan Krkic.
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