Lionel Messi Records 1,000th Goal Contribution Of His League Career By Scoring In PSG Win Over Nantes

Lionel Messi has now been directly involved in 1,000 goals during his club career.

Messi scored the 701st club goal of his illustrious career as Paris Saint-Germain beat Nantes 4-2 on Saturday night.

The 35-year-old has also assisted 299 goals across Spain's La Liga and France's Ligue 1.

Messi's 1,000 goal contributions have come in 841 league appearances.

He has therefore averaged 1.19 goals or assists per game throughout his club career.

Lionel Messi pictured celebrating after scoring for PSG in a 4-2 win over Nantes

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Messi scored PSG's opening goal against Nantes at the Parc des Princes.

It was the 799th goal of his career in all competitions.

Messi found the net in the 12th minute with a neat near-post finish after making a late run into the box to get on the end of a Nuno Mendes cross.

A Jaouen Hadjam own goal doubled PSG's lead five minutes later but Nantes were level by half-time after strikes from Ludovic Blas and Ignatius Ganago.

PSG retook the lead thanks to a Danilo Pereira goal set up by Kylian Mbappe on the hour-mark.

Mbappe then netted himself in stoppage time to seal a 4-2 victory and become PSG's all-time leading scorer.