Barcelona's Lionel Messi scored his 75th and 76th goals of 2012 against Mallorca on Sunday to surpass Pele's record for goals in a calendar year.
Sixty-four of those were for Barca and 12 for Argentina and he is closing in on the record of 85 set by German Gerd Mueller in 1972 - Barcelona have nine more matches this year and Argentina two.
He bagged 50 goals in La Liga last season, smashing Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 40 from the previous campaign, and was top scorer in the Champions League for an unprecedented fourth straight edition. Click to read more