Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Pelé and is the second player with the most official goals in history



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Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in Juventus’ victory over Udinese for Serie A and surpassed the official goal record of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, to become the second-highest-scoring player of all time, behind Josef Bican.

The Portuguese attacker opened the scoring at 31 ‘to get his 757th target between clubs and national team. Then, at 70 ‘, he scored the second to break the mark of the Brazilian star.

According to ESPN data, Ronaldo has 656 club goals (5 with Sporting Lisboa, 118 with Manchester United, 450 with Real Madrid, 82 with Juventus) and another 102 with Portugal.

Pelé, meanwhile, registered 680 goals with Santos and Cosmos, and another 77 with Brazil.

Cristiano only has Czechoslovakian Josef Bican ahead, who scored 805 goals in 530 official matches between 1933 and 1950.

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