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Lionel Messi scores goal vs. his 100th different club

- by Tom Rice
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Lionel Messi made his first start for Inter Miami CF on Tuesday and, having assumed the role of captain, lived up to the armband as his new team ran out 4-0 winners over fellow MLS side Atlanta United in the group stage of the Leagues Cup.

Lionel Messi couldn’t have asked for a better start to life at Inter Miami. Shortly after scoring a clutch free-kick on his debut, the Argentina star scored a boost in his first start.

Cruz Azul was his first victim in the 2023 League Cup and it didn’t take long for Atlanta United to suffer Leo’s magic as well. The 7-time Ballon d’Or winner, with his goals against MLS opposition, can boast having scored against 100 different teams in his career.

Sevilla were his favorite victims as they received 38 goals from Messi. Needless to say, most of his goals have been against Spanish teams, but now he’s starting to add MLS and Liga MX clubs to the list.

The 100 teams that received goals from Lionel Messi

  1. Sevilla 38
  2. Atlético Madrid 32
  3. Valencia 30
  4. Athletic Bilbao 29
  5. Real Betis 26
  6. Real Madrid 26
  7. Osasuna 25
  8. Espanyol 25
  9. Levante 24
  10. Getafe 21
  11. Deportivo 20
  12. Eibar 20
  13. Rayo Vallecano 18
  14. Real Sociedad 18
  15. Villarreal 17
  16. Mallorca 16
  17. Granada 15
  18. Zaragoza 14
  19. Celta Vigo 14
  20. Almería 13
  21. Alavés 13
  22. Málaga 13
  23. Racing Santander 12
  24. Leganés 11
  25. Arsenal 9
  26. Real Valladolid 8
  27. AC Milan 8
  28. Celtic 8
  29. Elche 7
  30. Bayer Leverkusen 7
  31. Manchester City 7
  32. Ajax 6
  33. Córdoba 6
  34. Paris Saint-Germain 6
  35. Sporting Gijón 6
  36. Lyon 6
  37. Tenerife 5
  38. Panathinaikos 4
  39. Huesca 4
  40. Manchester United 4
  41. Spartak 4
  42. PSV 4
  43. Bayern Munich 4
  44. Girona 4
  45. Las Palmas 4
  46. Chelsea 3
  47. Viktoria Plzen 3
  48. Copenhague 3
  49. Montpellier 3
  50. APOEL 3
  51. Lille 3
  52. Maccabi Haifa 3
  53. Stuttgart 3
  54. Dynamo Kyiv 3
  55. Nantes 3
  56. Recreativo Huelva 3
  57. Juventus 3
  58. Shakhtar Donetsk 3
  59. Clermont Foot 2
  60. Hércules 2
  61. Basel 2
  62. Club Brugge 2
  63. BATE 2
  64. Liverpool 2
  65. Tottenham 2
  66. Roma 2
  67. RB Leipzig 2
  68. Santos 2
  69. Gimnàstic 2
  70. Numancia 2
  71. Nice 2
  72. Lens 2
  73. Atlanta United 2
  74. Ajaccio 1
  75. River Plate 1
  76. Sporting Lisboa 1
  77. Slavia Praga 1
  78. Ceuta 1
  79. Lorient 1
  80. Benidorm 1
  81. Troyes 1
  82. Cádiz 1
  83. Porto 1
  84. Angers 1
  85. OM 1
  86. Cultural Leonesa 1
  87. Rangers 1
  88. Napoli 1
  89. Ferencvaros 1
  90. Benfica 1
  91. Estudiantes de La Plata 1
  92. Albacete 1
  93. Olympiacos 1
  94. Atlante 1
  95. Toulouse 1
  96. Borussia Dortmund 1
  97. Werder Bremen 1
  98. Borussia Mönchengladbach 1
  99. Strasbourg 1
  100. Cruz Azul 1

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