Top 5 Goalscorers in the history of Football
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The Footballing World has witnessed many great players since the very beginning as every one of them tries to bring some new skillset into the pitch but only a few emerge as one of the bests in the world.
Let us take a look at the top five footballers who have scored the highest goals in the history of football. There have been a lot of controversies about Pele being the top scorer as the Brazilian claims to have scored more than 1000 although this does not seem to be the case.
The top of the list will absolutely surprise nobody. however, the rest of the positions are pretty tough to argue with as well.
5) Romario
Romario has represented many top clubs during his stint which include the likes of FC Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven and many more. The Brazilian has provided all possible major trophies to his National team; the World Cup (1994), the Confederation Cup (1997) and the Copa America (1989,1997).
Romario has scored about 745 goals in 963 matches with an average of 0.77 goals per match. He was named as one of the greatest by Johan Cruyff and was defined as the “genius of the goal area” by the Dutch manager.
4) Pele
The Brazilian international Pele is regarded as one of the all-time greats in the footballing world. There have been many controversies regarding the number of goals Pele has scored as the player himself proclaims to have netted more than 1000 goals in his career.
Pele has represented Santos and New York Cosmos during his time and has scored about 775 goals in 840 appearances for his club and country. The goal average of the Brazilian is around 0.9 which is just absolutely remarkable for the era in which he played.
3) Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi, the Argentine international has made a place for himself most definitely in the list as he continues to break records and achieve trophies at the age of 35. Messi has dedicated his almost entire career to FC Barcelona from where recently took his leave to join PSG in the French league.
Lionel Messi has 802 goals in 1021 games. The Argentine International recently received his seventh Ballon D’or adding another one of that golden balls to his trophy cabinet.
2) Josef Bican
Joseph Bican is regarded as one of the greatest in the football era due to the mammoth number of goals that the Austria-Czech player has provided for his club and his country. Bican is a legend who has provided Slavia Prague with his best performance scoring 427 goals in 221 matches.
Bican is recorded to have scored around 948 goals in 621 matches by the RSSSF but the actual record recognised by FIFA is around 818 goals in 539 matches which is phenomenal. The average goal per match of Bican is around 1.5 goals.
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most prolific strikers in the 21st century who has been breaking record after record even at the age of 38. The Portuguese striker has won most of the honours for his clubs and his country. Currently playing for Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, the Portuguese phenom is as destructive as always in front of the net.
The five-time Ballon D’or winner recently crossed the threshold of 834 goals with a brace against Al-Adalah. He has played a total of 1159 matches. He is the highest goalscorer in international football with 122 goals to his tally.
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