Lionel Messi has added another feather to his illustrated career as he registered his 20th calendar goal in the year 2024. The goal came from a brilliant and typical Messi-esque free-kick against Columbus Crew in the Major League Soccer on 3rd October 2024.

From 2007 to 2024, Lionel Messi has now scored at least 20 goals per year for 16 consecutive years. Not only that, he has scored more than 50 goals a calendar year on 9 occasions. In this special article, we present the Lionel Messi stats of his goal tally every year since 2007.

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2007 | 31 Goals

Lionel Messi Stats: Goals in every calendar year by Messi | 2007 - 31 goals -sportzpoint.com — (Image Courtesy | Squawka)

Lionel Messi made his senior debut for FC Barcelona in 2005, but he was recognized as a key player from the 2006-07 Laliga season. In the year 2007, Lionel Messi scored a total of 31 goals in 55 games for club and country in 2007. He also had 12 assists with 1 hat-trick by his name in 2007.

Teams	Matches	Goals	Assists
FC Barcelona	41	25	8
Argentina	14	6	4
Total	55	31	12

2008 | 22 Goals

Lionel Messi Stats: Goals in every calendar year by Messi-sportzpoint.com — (Image courtesy | Planet Football)

In the year 2008, Messi registered only 22 goals but made 18 assists for both his club and country. He scored 4 braces in 2008 but could not get a hat-trick.

Lionel Messi Stats: Goals in every calendar year by Messi-sportzpoint.com — (Image Courtesy | Eurosport)

Lionel Messi Stats: Goals in every calendar year by Messi-sportzpoint.com — (Image Courtesy | Eurosport)

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