Lionel Messi's Career Painted in Numbers for Brilliant Time-Lapse Artwork

Six hundred and seven career appearances, 472 career goals, 36 career hat-tricks, seven La Liga titles, four Champions League titles and four Ballon d'Or awards. And will there soon be a fifth?

The numbers that make up Lionel Messi's career are simply staggering, leading the folk at Copa90 to paint the story of the Argentinian's career using only the numbers of his various records and achievements.

The result is a fittingly fascinating time-lapse video, following Messi from his Barcelona debut at the age of 17 to the present day and what could be a fifth Ballon d'Or win.

[YouTube: Copa90]