All right: Messi has made a brilliant start to the season that will end with the World Cup in Qatar. Photo: AFP
Messi always has a sign to overcome, to improve. And he now he broke another one. With the goal against Lille he reaches 773 and so Leo overtook Romario and was second on the list of best scorers in history. Yes, you read that right: third, behind the imposing Cristiano Ronaldo and the lesser known Josef Bican (Austria / Czechoslovakia).
The subtle touch of the right for PSG 2-0 meant the goal number 15 of the French team. These, added to the 672 of Barcelona and the 86 of the Argentine national team, brought Leo to 773, thus exceeding Romario’s 772.
How many goals did Messi put away from Cristiano Ronaldo?
CR7 remains firm in the first place in history. Beyond some records that Pele had with more than 1,000 goals, the official numbers have put the Portuguese as the top scorer in history with 815 goals. That is, Leo must deduct 42 when the two are active.
The name of the Czech Josef Bican, a notable marker for three decades, the 30s, 40s and 50s, has been circulating on social networks and in some journalistic notes for some time. He played in Austria and Czechoslovakia (also in unified with Bohemia and Moravia).
Some statistics give him 805 goals, others 756 and an excellent job by the magazine Placar de Brasil counts “just” 636.
Here’s what the table looked like
1) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 815 goals
2) Lionel Messi: 773 goals
3) Romario (Brazil): 772 goals
4) Pelé (Brazil): 767 goals
5) Ferenc Puskas (Hungary): 746 goals
6) Gerd Müller (Germany): 735 goals
Source: Clarin
