Sometimes in life, things need to be seen to be believed - and that's certainly the case with Lionel Messi.
Over the past 18 years, the Argentine ace has taken the beautiful game to new levels and left football fans throughout the world marvelling at his genius time and time again. Since making an eagerly-anticipated debut with Barcelona at the tender age of 17 back in October of 2004, the little magician has gone on to re-write the record books for all manner of reasons.
During an illustrious career which has seen the forward also turn out for Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain alongside his beloved Barcelona, Messi has scored a staggering 769 goals across 974 appearances for club and country. In honour of the great man's 35th birthday, Mirror Football have trawled through the archives to bring you the 35 finest strikes of his glittering career. And it's quite the catalogue...
