“What he has done is phenomenal. You just have to sit down and applaud him, ”
English football legend Alan Shearer was full of praise for Cristiano Ronaldo (36), author on Thursday night of a double with Manchester United against Arsenal (3-2 ).
Two goals that allowed him to pass the symbolic bar of 800 goals (801 exactly) in 1097 games played since 2001, or 0.73 goals per game!
A maddening statistic that CR7 has essentially built at Real Madrid with whom he has shaken the nets 450 times.
He also scored 129 goals with Manchester United, 101 with Juventus Turin, 5 with Sporting Portugal and 115 goals with the Portuguese side.
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Given the difficult weeks experienced by his club recently, the five-fold Golden Ball remained modest at the end of the meeting. “
Our minds are already on the next game, there is no time to celebrate! Today's victory was very important to get back on track, but there is still a long way to go before reaching our destination… Well done to all my teammates, great spirit tonight!
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But with 801 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo does not yet hold the absolute record for the number of goals in the hands of a striker with dual nationality, Austrian and Czechoslovak, unknown to the general public, Josef Bican. Between 1931 and 1957, the international deceived the goalkeepers 805 times, mainly with Slavia Prague, four small achievements more than the Portuguese, who should therefore erase this exceptional record from the shelves this season.
Behind this European duo, Romario climbed on the podium with 772 goals (in 994 matches) between 1985 and 2009. If he marked the history of FC Barcelona in 1993 and 1995 by finishing top scorer in the championship (30 goals), Romario has been much more prolific with PSV Eindhoven (142 goals).
Pelé, who is sometimes said to have exceeded a thousand goals, only officially scored 767.
The Brazilian has reportedly scored several hundred unrecorded goals in friendly matches.
In fifth position, we find Lionel Messi, the only player in activity to still be able to wrest the record from Cristiano Ronaldo in the coming months but the Argentinian is still lagging behind his great rival since he only scores 755 goals in 942 appearances, including 672 with Barça.
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