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Who has the most Ballon d’Ors? And Golden Boots? Who has the most Champions League? Who has the most celebrations in World Cups? This is how boxes are completed in a scale that decides who is the best footballer of all time, between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. And even though Leo resides in Miami and CR7 in Saudi Arabia, Both continue to strive for a pivotal item: to be the top scorer of all time..
How many goals is Messi behind Cristiano Ronaldo?
Thanks to what has been achieved at Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, Al-Nassr and Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo is leading the race for being the top scorer of all time. The talented Portuguese striker, who is currently playing in Saudi Arabia, has amassed an impressive total of 877 goals in 1,209 games throughout his 21-year professional career.
The last goal he added to his extensive record was during the match against Al-Shabab, within the framework of the Saudi Pro League, where his team managed to win 3-2. This season, CR7 is unstoppable: he has 28 goals and 11 assists in 31 appearances (22 in the league, five in the Asian Champions and one in the Leagues Cup).
Although Ronaldo does not reduce his scoring quota, Messi does not make any changes in this new season of Major League Soccer. He started with a double, in Inter Miami’s 5-0 win over Orlando City. And thanks to his goal against Nashville, in the debut of the Concachampions, Leo accumulates 825 goals in 1,051 gamescounting Barcelona, PSG, Inter and the Argentine National Team.
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, at the The Best 2021 gala
This means that, despite Cristiano leads by 52 goals, Leo has almost 150 fewer games. During their stays in the Old Continent, both the 7th and the 10th have had almost the same number of games per season (between 50 and 60), but the captain of the Portuguese national team has two more years of career.
Previously, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi had surpassed Josef Bican’s recordthe Czech striker who scored 805 goals between the 1930s and 1950s. In the table of top scorers in the history of football, Romario is in fourth place with 772 goals, followed by Pelé in fifth place with 757 scores, according to FIFA records. In addition, Ferenc Puskas and Gerd Müller are also part of this select group, completing the Top 7 with 746 and 734 goals, respectively.
Leo and Cristiano saw each other on the field 37 times. (AP)
Video: Messi’s goal vs. nashville
Inter Miami – 8-3-2024
Great goal from Messi to score against Nashville
RANKING | Top scorers in history
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 877 goals
- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 825 goals
- Josef Bican (Austria): 805 goals
- Romario (Brazil): 772 goals
- Pelé (Brazil): 757 goals
Cristiano and Leo, in their last official match against each other. (REUTER)
2024-03-08 06:35:07
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