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Cristiano Ronaldo started 2021 in style. In the first Juventus game of the year, this Sunday (3) the Portuguese forward scored 2 goals and helped in the 4-1 victory over Udinese for the 15th round of the Italian Championship. With the 2 goals, CR7 reached 12 in Serie A, tying with the Belgian Lukaku in the artillery of the competition.
With these two goals, the Portuguese reached the mark of 758 goals in official competition matches in his career and is now five goals behind Pelé, the record holder with 762 goals. This Sunday, some sites said that the Portuguese had beaten Pele, who would have scored 757 goals on other accounts. Another controversial data is related to the Czech Josef Bican, who appears with 805 goals in some accounts (RSSSF), but considering matches not categorized as “A”, nor official.
Top scorer in world football in activity, Cristiano Ronaldo has 102 goals for the Portuguese team (where he is the second highest scorer for a team in history) and 656 goals for clubs (5 for Sporting-POR, 118 for Manchester United-ING, 450 for Real Madrid-ESP and 83 for Juventus-ITA).
Pelé, who is still the top scorer with 762 goals in official matches, scored 642 goals for Santos, 43 for Cosmos-USA and 77 for the Brazilian team. Recently, the King was surpassed by Messi in number of official goals by a single club. The Argentine now has 644 against Pelé’s 642, who fell to 2nd place. Among active players, Messi has 715 and appears in sixth position as the top scorer of all time.
Larger world soccer scorers (official goals):
1st – Pelé (762 goals in 832 games)
2nd – Josef Bican-TCH / AUT (759 goals in 495 games)
3rd – Cristiano Ronaldo (758 goals in 1,037 games)
4th – Romário (743 goals in 961 games)
5th – Gerd Müller-ALE (727 goals in 772 games)
6th – Messi-ARG (715 goals in 892 games)
7th – Puskas-HUN / ESP (706 goals in 718 games)
Today’s top scorers in world football (official goals):
1st – Cristiano Ronaldo (758 goals in 1037 games)
2nd – Messi (715 goals in 892 games)
3rd – Ibrahimovic (558 goals in 934 games)
4th – Lewandowski (512 goals in 756 games)
5th – Luis Suárez (491 goals in 776 games)
Check the list of all the matches and goals of Pelé in official matches.
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