Turin (AP) – is he the world’s best goalscorer or not? After his 760th competitive goal, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is listed in some statistics as the footballer who scored the most for his clubs and the national team worldwide.
«On October 7, 2002, Ronaldo scored his first goal. Today he scored the historic 760th goal, ”tweeted his training club Sporting Lisbon. «The best goalscorer in history. A talent from another planet. “
Ronaldo (35) led champions Juventus Turin to a 2-0 win in the Italian Supercup against cup winners SSC Napoli on Wednesday evening. It was the Portuguese’s 33rd title – an equally impressive brand.
Ronaldo’s goal in the 64th minute is a world record, according to numerous statistics. No player has scored as often as the five-time world footballer – Real Madrid (450), Manchester United (118), Juventus Turin (85), Sporting Lisbon (5), national team (102) are the impressive stages of his career. Ronaldo is said to have replaced the native Austrian Josef Bican, who died in 2001, who played for Austria and Czechoslovakia and has 759 goals in some lists.
But on Thursday the Czech Football Association spoke up – and one thing is certain: Ronaldo is still far from Bican’s record. «The best goalscorer in football history? The Committee for History and Statistics of the Czech Association counted all the goals of the legendary Josef Bican and we can explain that he has scored 821 goals in official games », the association tweeted under a video with pictures of Bican.
“Ronaldo will have to make an effort to overcome this bar,” said Commission chairman Jaroslav Kolar. At the same time, he admitted that it was “very difficult” to pick out the official ones from the “inexhaustible number” of Bican’s goals.
On December 2, 2020, Ronaldo said after his 750th competitive goal, for which he received a shirt with the 750 number on his back from his Club Juve: «750 goals, 750 happy moments, 750 smiles on the faces of our fans. Thanks to all the players and coaches who helped me reach this amazing number, thanks to all my loyal opponents who made me work harder and harder every day. “
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