Most career goals in football history: Messi overtakes Pele

Messi's brace against Club Brugge took his most career goals in football stats to 758. This means Messi has now officially broken the record set by Pele and now he is the second-highest goalscorer after Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi scored the 3rd and 4th goal in their 4-1 victory over Club Brugge. In the 37th minute of the match, the Argentine magician scored a brilliant goal from outside the box. In the 74th minute of the match, PSG got awarded with a penalty, which Messi scored without making any mistake.

With this goal, Lionel Messi has crossed the Brazilian legend Pele in terms of scoring official goals. Pele scored 757 official goals in his career. Lionel Messi, on the other hand, scored 758 goals with his recent goals coming against Club Brugge in the UCL. 

However, a few days ago, Leo Messi became the highest goal scorer in South America for the Argentina national team. In addition, Lionel Messi has completed his 125th goal in the UEFA Champions League by scoring a pair of goals in today's fixture.

Pele officially scored 757 goals in 812 games across his career – a far greater goal-per-game tally than either Ronaldo or Messi have scored in their careers. But in terms of most career goals in football, it belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo (801) followed by Lionel Messi (758).