You sabi say Lionel Messi don score goal in every single minute of a football match before?
Yes o, from 1st minute to 90th minute, e don find way score for each minute at least once in his career. You dey craze? No. But Messi sure dey crazy for goal net!
This one no be say e just score plenty goals o. Na say for every single time wey match clock dey tick — be it minute 3, 57, or even 90+ — at some point in him career, Messi don score for that exact minute.
Make we break down how the real GOAT take achieve this unbelievable football miracle.
Who Be Messi? (As If You No Know )
In case you land from Mars, Lionel Messi na Argentine football legend born in 1987. From his teenage years at Barcelona, he don tear net like say na him house rent dem hide inside.
Him don win 8 Ballon d’Ors, 4 Champions Leagues, 1 World Cup, and score over 800 career goals (both club and country).
But among all those trophies and stats, this particular record dey mad different.
Scoring in Every Minute – Wetin E Mean?
Football match get 90 minutes (plus extra time), and most players dey score mostly around 30th – 70th minute when game dey hot.
But Messi? This man dey hunt goal like lion from kickoff to final whistle.
So wetin this record mean be say:
- Messi don score at least one goal in the 1st minute of a match in his career.
- E don also score in the 2nd minute, 3rd minute, 4th, 5th…
- All the way to 90th minute and beyond (injury time too).
Na only few players for world history fit boast of this type of minute-by-minute madness. Na like exam wey you get A1 from question 1 reach question 90
How E Take Happen?
This record no come overnight. Messi don dey play professional football since 2004, and he don play over 1,000 matches for club and country.
Across:
- Barcelona: 672 goals in 778 matches
- Argentina: Over 100 goals
- PSG & Inter Miami: Plenty assists + more goals
As e dey rack up goals, analysts begin notice say this guy no just dey score anyhow — e dey spread him goals like butter for bread. Different matches, different minutes, same result — GOAL!
Which Players Don Do Am Before?
Messi no be the only player wey don do am, but na one of the few. Cristiano Ronaldo dey close, and Zlatan Ibrahimović dey try too, but:
- Messi do am quicker
- E do am with less penalties
- And e do am while still creating assists like Santa Claus
Some fans dey call am “Football’s Timekeeper”. Because no matter when match start or finish — if ball touch Messi leg, net fit shake
Why E Hard for Others to Do?
Scoring na one thing. But scoring in every possible minute of a match? That one require:
- Longevity (many years of playing)
- Consistency (steady goal scoring)
- Madness (you gats dey obsessed with scoring!)
- And small jazz wey we never decode
Final Whistle
Messi no just be goal scorer — e be time traveler of football. From minute 1 to minute 90+, if you like blow whistle anytime, Messi fit just show and collect your keeper soul.
So next time wey person argue say Messi no be GOAT, just ask dem:
“Your fav don score for every single minute before?”
Mic drop.