Last weekend, Lionel Messi made world football history by becoming the top scorer with the same club in all history. Also on this prestigious list is the Guatemalan striker Juan Carlos Plata, who is part of the top 10 historical.
Like other world soccer legends, the “Pin”Is one of the special cases of footballers who played their entire careers with only one team. For Plata it was CSD Municipal, with which he got to score 376 goals in the 20 years of professional career.
Description of the photo: Juan Carlos Plata disputes a ball against Angel Sarabia from Comunicaciones. (Photo: Orlando Sierra / AFP via Getty Images)
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Guatemalan among the top 10 scorers in the same club
The Guatemalan forward is in position 8 of the top 10 of the maximum scorers in the same club. Above Juan Carlos is the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 450 goals with Real Madrid.
Other prominent players such as Eusebio, Skin, among others. Here are the top 10:
- Lionel Messi (ARG) – FC Barcelona with 644 goals
- Pelé (BRA) – Santos with 643 goals
- Gerd Müller (ALE) – Bayer Munich with 573 goals
- Josef Bican (AUT-CZE) – Slavia Prague with 534 goals
- Uwe Seeler (ALE) – Hamburg with 490 goals
- Eusebio (BY) – Benfica with 473 goals
- Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – Real Madrid with 450 goals
- Juan Carlos Plata (GUA) – CSD Municipal with 376 goals
- Ian Rush (GAL) — Liverpool with 349 goals
- Telmo Zarra (ESP) – Athletic Bilbao with 335 goals
Description of the photo: Juan Carlos Plata celebrating a goal with the Municipal shirt. (Photo: Rojomania Archive)
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The scoring records of Juan Carlos Plata
In addition to being part of this historical top 10, Plata has other records that it has set at the national and Central American level. He is currently the soccer player with the most scores in the history of CSD Municipal, as well as of the National League and in national classics against Communications.
In 2001 he took the title of top scorer in the Uncaf Interclubes Cup thanks to his 6 annotations. At the level of National selection, it is located in the second place of the maximum network breakers.
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