# Lionel Messi is the first player to hit 1,000 goal contributions

URL: https://technosports.co.in/lionel-messi-is-the-first-player-to-hit-1000-goal-contributions/  
Published: 2020-02-23  
Updated: 2020-02-23  
Author: Raunak Saha

Yesterday we saw Leo Messi score a brilliant quadruple against Eibar back at Camp Nou leaving the fans off their feet for what it was a wonderful game.

Barcelona won by 5-0 over Eibar and played well, all credit goes to Leo Messi who ended his four-match goal drought with four goals, and now he bags 18 goals so far this season in LaLiga.

> 696 goals.  
> 306 assists.  
>   
> Lionel Messi has now scored or assisted more than 1,000 goals for club and country 🙌 [pic.twitter.com/Z1vGsjACDE](https://t.co/Z1vGsjACDE)
>
> — B/R Football (@brfootball) [February 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1231286280912330757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Lionel Messi also achieved another landmark on Saturday as he became the first player to hit 1,000 goal contributions after scoring four times against Eibar. The Barcelona skipper now has 696 goals and 306 assists for both club and country in his career.

> Safe to say Messi is the hat-trick king 👑 [pic.twitter.com/6YN1haKJBH](https://t.co/6YN1haKJBH)
>
> — GOAL (@goal) [February 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/goal/status/1231264992223256577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The Argentine wonder scored two solo goals with his magical skills and the third one was intended for Griezmann who was well-tackled but the ball came back to Leo and he scored his hat-trick even before half time and marked his 54th career hat-trick as well as a fourth first-half hat-trick.

> ⚽⚽⚽ – Messi scores his 54th career hat-trick (club & country) and his 4th in the FIRST HALF.  
>   
> Eibar 2020  
> Sevilla 2013  
> Mallorca 2011  
> Arsenal 2010[#FCBEIB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCBEIB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Gracenote Live (@GracenoteLive) [February 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/GracenoteLive/status/1231245522771554304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Then we saw the debut of the new emergency signing Martin Braithwaite who came on as a replacement for Griezmann and made an immediate impact by assisting Messi to score his quadruple.

The Barcelona captain also took the match ball home against Real Mallorca and Celta Vigo this 2019/20 season which made Saturday’s game the third hat-trick of the season for Leo.

**GOAT for a reason**

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