2 min readMar 19, 2026 05:26 PM IST Star footballer Lionel Messi scored his 900th career goal to become only the second player to reach the landmark in football after Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi brought up the milestone with a left-footed strike in Inter Miami’s 1-1 draw with Nashville SC in the Round of 16 CONCACAF Champions Cup on Wednesday. Messi took a pass in the middle of the box in the seventh minute, controlled the ball, spun and lined a low shot through a maze of defenders and into the far corner of the net. The 38-year-old Argentine World Cup winner’s 900th goal came ⁠21 ​years after Messi scored his first in senior football for Barcelona as a 17-year-old in 2005. MESSI SCORES HIS 900TH CAREER GOAL 🔥 pic.twitter.com/sr6TlmMqo2 — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) March 18, 2026 Messi, who has won the Ballon d’Or eight times, reached the landmark in his 1,142nd appearance for club and country, nearly 100 games fewer than Ronaldo, who took 1,236 games to reach the milestone in ⁠September 2024. Portuguese forward ⁠Ronaldo …