On a personal note, Messi scored 26 goals and registered 14 assists against the 15-time European champions. One of his best performances when facing Madrid came at the back end of the 2013/14 La Liga season. The Argentinian scored a hat-trick in a 4-3 win, scoring the winner in stoppage time to put Barca within one point of their arch rivals at the top of the table. This was one of two hat-tricks against Real.
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, are a regular fixture in La Liga and are renowned as one of the most well-run clubs in world football. Messi played them 41 times while he was at Barcelona, scoring 29 goals and registering 11 assists. One of the Argentinian's greatest goals was against Bilbao.
During the 2015 Copa del Rey final against the Basque outfit, Messi picked the ball up on the right-hand side of the pitch, 40 yards away from the goal. He then proceeded to dribble the past four Bilbao players before cutting in on his left foot and smashing the ball into the bottom corner. This iconic goal is one of his most memorable moments in the famous red and blue stripes.
Messi Record Against Athletic Club |
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Club | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards |
Athletic Club | 41 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 4 |
3 Valencia
Messi registered 44 goal contributions against Valencia in 36 games. This included four hat-tricks, with one of these coming during their 7-0 win against Los Che in the 2015/16 Copa del Rey. Believe it or not, it took Messi four games to score his first goal against Valencia. He did go on some hot-streaks against the six-time La Liga winners, though.
From February 2012 to February 2014, Messi played five times against Valencia, scoring nine and registering two assists. This included a hat-trick in a 3-2 away win in September 2013, as well as a four-goal haul in a 5-1 demolition at the Camp Nou in February 2012. Messi's latest game against Valencia was back in May 2021 - a game in which he scored a brace in a 3-2 victory.
Messi Record Against Valencia |
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Club | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards |
Valencia | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 6 |
2 Atletico Madrid
Messi has made one unofficial appearance for Atletico Madrid. He played for the red and white side of Madrid in a charity match in 2009 at the Newell's Old Boys' Stadium in Rosario, which is where the legendary Argentinian forward was born. Unfortunately for Atletico, this was his only appearance, and instead, he played against them for Barcelona 43 times, scoring 32 times.
He was a thorn in Diego Simeone's side many times, once scoring consecutive league hat-tricks against Atletico in 2011. Simeone has often been complimentary about Messi, who he regards as the best player in the world. After a 1-0 loss against Barcelona in 2018, where the Argentine scored the only goal of the game with a spectacular free-kick, the Atletico head coach said:
"If we take Messi and put him in an Atletico shirt, we win this match 1-0. Messi is a special player, he made the difference."
Messi Record Against Atletico Madrid |
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Club | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards |
Atletico Madrid | 43 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 9 | 13 |
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1 Sevilla
Messi has enjoyed the most success in his career when playing against Sevilla. In 43 matches, he scored 38 and registered 20 assists, losing on only five occasions. This included three hat-tricks, with the last of these coming in 2019 in a 4-2 away win at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.
His best run of form against Sevilla was between February 2013 and April 2017. In this period, he played eight La Liga matches against the Andalusian club, scoring each time. This included two braces and a hat trick in November 2014. No doubt when Messi announced he was leaving Barcelona in August 2021, Sevilla players and fans would have been glad to see the back of him.
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