When defining who has been the best goal scorer Throughout the history of football, the statistics are contradictory. Some figures place Portuguese in the first place Cristiano Ronaldo, who exceeded 800 goals in 2021, and others praise the Austrian Josef Bican.
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In any case, they are, without a doubt, two of the highest scorers in history, with the difference that CR7 is still active and in full swing to continue increasing its historical figure.
On December 2, 2021, at minute 52 of the Premier League match Manchester United vs Arsenal (3-2), Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in football history to reach the milestone of 800 goals in competitive matches. first-rate, according to the International Federation of History and Statistics, IFFHS.
It indicates that the achievement was achieved in 19 years 56 days. His 800 goals were divided at that time between Sporting (5), Manchester United (129), Real Madrid (450), Juventus (101) and Portugal (115).
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Today the figures syndicate that the Portuguese has 803 goals in his account.
However, there is Josef Bican, the former Austrian-born player who scored, according to some statistics, 805 goals in his career, as Fifa itself said in an article.
However, other sources assure that in these 805 goals they include some in the Austrian Amateur League (24 at Rapid Vienna B) and in friendlies.
Other scorers
The Brazilian Romario, a former figure of his team, scored 772 goals in 961 official matches. Romario played for clubs like PSV, Barcelona, Valencia, Vasco de Gama and Flamengo.
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Below is the legendary Pelé, with a figure of 767 annotations in 812 games. He played for the Santos and Cosmos clubs.
In fifth place appears the Argentine Lionel Messi, current PSG player, with 758 annotations in 952 games.
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