Lionel Messi sends Gerd Mueller signed shirt after breaking goal record Lionel Messi sent a signed shirt to Gerd Mueller after the Barcelona forward broke the German's 40-year-old record of 85 goals in a calender year. Messi, who this week won the Fifa Ballon d'Or for a record fourth year in a row, went on to score an incredible 91 goals before the year was over. The shirt, with Messi's name and the number 10 in it, had the message: "For Gerd Mueller, my respect and admiration, a hug," written on it. Messi broke the former Bayern Munich player's record with a brace against Real Betis in December.