Messi's next target: equalling the 643 goals Pelé scored for Santos

After reaching 400 goals in LaLiga for Barça - 575 in all official games at club level, Messi is closing in an another historic registry. First, he will be aiming at reaching the round figure of 600 for the same club - something which he could feasibly achieve this season. But without a shadow of a doubt, the historic figure is the 643 official club goals which O Rei Pelé scored for Santos.

A research by As, noted that on his way, Messi has now gone past Gerd Müller (565 goals for Bayern Munich), Eusébio (473 goals for Benfica) and Cristiano Ronaldo (450 goals for Real Madrid).

That means that Messi could match Pelé's club goals record by the end of the 2019-20 season or the start of the 2020-21 season. Instead, two decades ago, it was generally thought that Pelé's record would last forever. Now everything may change.