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Barcelona's Messi stands above Pele, Ronaldo, Eusebio, Muller as all-time top goal scorer for one club

When it comes to Lionel Messi, you could be excused for thinking that there are no more records left to break but the Barcelona great has set a big one -- and it was one he almost missed altogether.

With his 65th minute strike against Real Valladolid on Dec. 22, Messi scored his 644th goal for Barca, breaking a long-standing record set by none other than the great Pele almost half a century ago. Astonishingly, Messi has scored more goals for one single club than any other player in the history of soccer.