2012/13 Barcelona Home La Liga Football Shirt Messi #10 (M)

Condition: 9/10 Superb. Fading to the size motif inside the collar

Size: Adult Medium

Chest Measurement: 39-41 Inches / 99-103 CM

Manufacturer: Nike

Colour: Navy & dark red

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 2012/2013

Player: N/A

Patches: La Liga / TV3

Original Nike Barcelona home football shirt from the 2012/13 season. Complete with Messi #10 on the back of the shirt in official lettering, and original La Liga & league champions patches on the sleeves.

The condition of this original football jersey is 9/10 - Superb. Fading to the size motif inside the collar (see photos).

Under manager Tito Vilanova, who had first coached him aged 14 at La Masia, Messi helped the club achieve their best-ever start to a La Liga season during the second half of the year, amassing 55 points by the competition's midway point, a record in Spanish football.

A double scored on 9 December against Real Betis saw him break two longstanding records: he surpassed César Rodríguez's record of 190 league goals, becoming Barcelona's all-time top scorer in La Liga, and Gerd Müller's record of most goals scored in a calendar year, overtaking his 85 goals scored in 1972 for Bayern Munich and Germany. 

He sent Müller a number 10 Barcelona shirt, signed "with respect and admiration", after breaking his 40-year record. At the close of the year, Messi had scored an unprecedented 91 goals in all competitions for Barcelona and Argentina. 

Although FIFA did not acknowledge the achievement, citing verifiability issues, he received the Guinness World Records title for most goals scored in a calendar year. As the odds-on favourite, Messi again won the FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming the only player in history to win the Ballon d'Or four times.