Is Ronaldo really the top scorer?

Cristiano Ronaldo raised a question in his first match of the new year. Who is the highest scorer in the history of official matches in football?

Juventus beat Udinese 4-1 in Serie A last night. The Portuguese star scored a pair of goals. According to some statistics and calculations, Ronaldo is now the highest scorer in the history of official matches.

Although the question remains. This is because the numbers of some players are from a time when there was almost no practice of keeping official data. The number of live broadcast matches was very low. So there is no reason to stop the debate over the top scorer of the official match.

For example, according to the Record.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSSF), Joseph Bican is the top scorer in the history of official matches (605). But other statistics do not support this information or its official recognition. The former striker from Austria and the Czech Republic has scored 638 goals, according to Brazil's Placer magazine. According to many, Bikan scored 759 goals again.

There are questions, even with Peles record of a thousand goals. According to the Futtados website and the RSSF, which is considered a "reference" in football statistics, Peles scored eight goals in the official match. However, Santos protested a few days ago after Lionel Messi set the record for most goals for a club, beating Pele Messi could not break the record of their former player! The official record for Pelলের's goal is 743, but the number claimed by Santos is actually 1091. Because, at that time there was no difference between recognized and friendly matches.

Whatever it is, according to Latin journalist Rodolfo Rodriguez, Pel scored 72 goals in the official match. But in the April 2019 issue of Plaque, Pelেলের's goal was 656. 743 goals for Santos, 6 for Brazil and 36 for Cosmos.

As such, Ronaldo is now the top scorer in the history of official matches. The Portuguese star of Juventus got the 656th goal yesterday. Gary Lineker tweeted, ‘Cristiano Ronaldo broke Pelেলের’s record for most career goals by scoring the 658th goal. That means about 42 goals every season for 16 years, turning heads! '