Comparing Lionel Messi’s stats under each of his 11 club managers

Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest player to ever kick a ball, and he has unsurprisingly played for some world-class managers. We’ve decided to take a look at how he’s performed under each of them.

In his glittering career spanning over 15 years at Barcelona and now PSG, the Argentine superstar has played under 11 different club managers, contributing over 1000 goals and assists and winning nearly every trophy possible.

Using Transfermarkt, we have taken a look at his record under each of these managers in all competitions.

Frank Rijkaard

Games: 110

Starts: 84

Sub appearances: 26

Goals: 42

Assists: 26

Penalties scored: 5

Minutes per goal: 175.4

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 199.1

Minutes per goal or assist: 108.3

Pep Guardiola

Games: 219

Starts: 192

Sub appearances: 27

Goals: 211

Assists: 92

Penalties scored: 25

Minutes per goal: 86

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 97.5

Minutes per goal or assist: 59.9

Jordi Roura

Games: 15

Starts: 14

Sub appearances: 1

Goals: 18

Assists: 4

Penalties scored: 2

Minutes per goal: 71.1

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 80

Minutes per goal or assist: 58.1

Tito Vilanova

Games: 35

Starts: 30

Sub appearances: 5

Goals: 42

Assists: 13

Penalties scored: 3

Minutes per goal: 66.4

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 71.5

Minutes per goal or assist: 50.7

Tata Martino

Games: 46

Starts: 43

Sub appearances: 3

Goals: 41

Assists: 15

Penalties scored: 8

Minutes per goal: 91.2

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 113.3

Minutes per goal or assist: 66.8

Luis Enrique

Games: 158

Starts: 153

Sub appearances: 5

Goals: 153

Assists: 76

Penalties scored: 19

Minutes per goal: 90.3

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 103.2

Minutes per goal or assist: 60.3

Ernesto Valverde

Games: 124

Starts: 109

Sub appearances: 15

Goals: 112

Assists: 51

Penalties scored: 10

Minutes per goal: 90.5

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 99.4

Minutes per goal or assist: 62.2

Quique Setien

Games: 24

Starts: 24

Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 15

Assists: 19

Penalties scored: 3

Minutes per goal: 144

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 180

Minutes per goal or assist: 63.5

Ronald Koeman

Games: 47

Starts: 45

Sub appearances: 2

Goals: 38

Assists: 16

Penalties scored: 7

Minutes per goal: 111.1

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 136.1

Minutes per goal or assist: 78.1

Mauricio Pochettino

Games: 34

Starts: 32

Sub appearances: 2

Goals: 11

Assists: 16

Penalties scored: 2

Minutes per goal: 261.1

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 319.1

Minutes per goal or assist: 106.4

Christoph Galtier

Games: 41

Starts: 41

Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 21

Assists: 20

Penalties scored: 0

Minutes per goal: 173.0

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 173.0

Minutes per goal or assist: 88.7