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Messi youngest to 100 goals for FC Barcelona

On Saturday, 16 January, Lionel Messi became the youngest player ever to score 100+ goals for FC Barcelona as he netted twice against FC Sevilla (4-0).

  • Messi was exactly 22 years and 206 days old in the match vs. Sevilla as he fired home his 100th and 101st goal for Barça.
  • The Argentine striker is more than one year and seven months younger than the former record holder, Mariano Martín, who set the record on 19 December 1943.
  • Alltime Barça topscorer César (235 goals) was 28 years and 89 days old when he reached his first century at FC Barcelona.