Messi alone at the top of performances at Barça

History in Barcelona – There is a new record holder and his name is Leo Messi. The Flea, who opened tonight (Sunday) in the Blaugrana’s away game against Real Sociedad, raised his balance sheet appearance in the Catalan uniform to 768, one more than the club record that has belonged to this day exclusively to the legendary captain, Xavi.

The Spanish vice-champion’s Argentine star has left the former midfielder behind and is left alone at the top of the table, now looking down on other big club icons like Andres Iniesta (674 appearances), Sergio Busquets (still active), Carles Puyol (593) and Gerard Pique (Still active).

In doing so, Flea holds all the prestigious records possible at Barça – when he has the most goals in the club (661), cooks (290) and as mentioned also appearances and of course titles (34). The Argentine is of course also the player with the most gold balls in one team and in general with no less than six of them.