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Messi Breaks Tie With Pelé for Most Goals at a Single Club

When you're moving ahead of Pelé in the record books, you know you've done something right.

Lionel Messi broke a tie with the Brazilian legend on Tuesday, scoring his 644th goal in all competitions for Barcelona, which is now the most by any player at a single club. Pelé scored 643 with Santos in his native country, a record that stood for 46 years until Messi's strike at Real Valladolid.

Messi, who had assisted on the opener to Clement Lenglet, made it 3-0 by completing a lovely team sequence. He started it too, playing the ball to Frenkie de Jong.