Leo Messi scores his goal number 650 for Barcelona after Bilbao win

Leo Messi's free-kick goal against Athletic Bilbao became his 650th goal for Barcelona across all competitions, OptaJose report,

456 of the goals have been scored in La Liga, and 49 of the total came from a direct free-kick.

What's more, Messi leads the way in terms of free-kick goals in La Liga in the last 25 years, having scored 37 of them.

Cristiano Ronaldo (19), Roberto Carlos (16) and Ronaldinho (15) complete the top four, as per 2010MisterChip.

Messi also has the best conversion rate among the four (9,18%, 37 goals from 407 attempts); Ronaldinho is second best (7.32%, 15/294) followed by Ronaldo (6.13%, 19/310) and Roberto Carlos (4.19%, 16/382).