Lionel Messi scores 900th goal: Breaking down Argentina star's remarkable career tally for club and country

Lionel Messi scores 900th goal: Breaking down Argentina star's remarkable career tally for club and country originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Lionel Messi has reached a remarkable career milestone that only one other football player in the history of the sport has verifiably achieved.

The Argentine legend has been one of the very best players ever to play the sport since he emerged as a senior player in 2004 with Barcelona . On March 18, he scored his 900th goal, an open-play, left-footed strike for Inter Miami against Nashville. His illustrious and decorated career has seen Messi become one of the most successful players of all time, and he is considered by many to be the greatest player to ever take the field.

The Sporting News takes you through the numbers behind Lionel Messi's goal-scoring career, which includes his 900th all-time official goal for club and country. MORE: All trophies won across Lionel Messi's legendary football career for club and country Lionel Messi scores 900th goal Lionel Messi's 900th goal came in the seventh minute of a CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Nashville. Video of the historic moment is below.

The goal came in Inter Miami's final game at Ft. Lauderdale's Chase Stadium. The club is set to move to its permanent home at Miami's newly constructed Freedom Park in short order.