Lionel Messi scores his 500th career goal for club and country — but Barcelona still lose to Valencia

Lionel Messi has made it 500 career goals for club and country after scoring against Valencia on Sunday.

The Barcelona frontman scored in the 63rd minute to make reduce the away side’s lead to 2-1 at the Nou Camp.

But he could not help the Catalan crisis club avoid a FOURTH defeat in five games as the visitors held on to claim three points.

Luis Enrique had claimed the five-time Ballon d’Or winner was from “another galaxy” earlier this month.

Barca became the first football team in history to win the Treble of domestic league, cup and Champions League success for a second time when they beat Juventus in Berlin.

And they appeared on course to repeat that feat this campaign, however a spectacular recent collapse has seen the eliminated from Europe and lose a nine-point lead in La Liga.

This is just the latest in a whole host of records Messi has broken in an astonishing career — and he’s still just 28.

Messi is the only player to have won the Ballon d’Or on more than three occasions.

And if he and Barca keep up their irresistible form, he could be set to make it SIX when the award is handed out in January.