Lionel Messi: What's the new record reached?

Lionel Messi's one of the best players of all time. Of that there is no doubt. And this Monday, in the meeting that Barcelona received Huesca on a new La Liga date, he reached a historic club record. What is it about? He equaled Xavi's line and became the player who played the most times in the institution of Catalonia, with 767 appearances. 

Although his future at the Barça institution continues to be unknown, Lionel Messi continues to break records with the Blaugranas shirt. On this occasion, he is a brand owned by none other than Xavi Hernández, one of his mentors and friends on the field. The former Spanish midfielder and current coach of Al-Sadd of Qatar was the solo leader in the table of players who most times wore the club's jersey in official matches. In total and until his dismissal in June 2015, he participated in 767 matches, a figure that La Pulga equaled this Monday when he entered the Camp Nou to face Huesca for the 27th date of the Spanish championship. 

“It had to be Leo…”, assured the former Catalan footballer to Mundo Deportivo and added: “It's fair that the best player in history is the one who has defended the Barça shirt the most times. It's an honor that the best player in the world and for me in history's the one who surpasses me”.

Lionel Messi's the owner of several records

Lionel Messi's a machine and at 33 he continues to break very important records. He recently became the top scorer in a single club, surpassing Pelé's 643 goals. He also beat the greatest scorer in the history of Barcelona by a wide margin, today Messi has 710 against César Rodríguez's 232, and he is the one who won the most titles in the institution above Andrés Iniesta (34 vs 32).