Barcelona's Lionel Messi scores 500th career goal

Lionel Messi brought his career goals to 500 when he netted for Barcelona against Valencia in La Liga action on Sunday.

Already he is the leading goal scorer of all time for both Barcelona and La Liga, bagging 500 goal in 632 appearances. The forward now has 450 goals in 525 games with Barcelona and 50 in 107 games for Argentina.

His haul of 309 league goals sees him ahead of Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (256), while he closed on Gabriel Batistuta's record of 56 goals for Argentina by netting his 50th against Bolivia last week.