Debate Intensifies Over Greatest Player of All Time as Messi Approaches 1,000 Goals
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TLDR
- Lionel Messi has officially reached 922 career goals in professional football.
- He achieved this milestone with a goal in the 26th minute during a 2-2 draw between Inter Miami and Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer (MLS).
- This goal was particularly emotional for Messi as it was his first since the passing of his father, Jorge Messi, earlier this month.
- Messi's 922 goals are distributed as follows: 672 for Barcelona, 125 for Argentina, 93 for Inter Miami, and 32 for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
- He is now only 78 goals away from reaching the historic milestone of 1,000 career goals.