Cristiano Ronaldo is now the football all-time highest goalscorer with his first and second goals equaling and breaking Josef Bican’s 805 goal record on Saturday, Newspremises reports.
Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick on Saturday which took his tallies to 807 goals being the highest in football history.
The hat-trick, being the 59th of his blistering career, were his 805th, 806th and 807th career goals.
It also means the Portugal international has scored 136 goals for Manchester United, 450 for Real Madrid, 101 at Juventus, 115 for Portugal and five for Sporting Lisbon.
The Portuguese legend has now overtaken Austria-Czech icon Josef Bican, who mains a second place in the chart with 805 goals.
Brazilian legend, Romario, is in the third position with 772 goals for club and country while Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain’s superstar, Lionel Messi occupies the fourth spot with 759 goals.
Here are the top 10 highest goalscorers in the history of football:
10) Tulio Maravilha
575 goals (total games unknown) – 1988-2019
9) Uwe Seeler
575+ goals (total games unknown) – 1953-1978
8) Ferenc Deak
576+ goals (total games unknown) – 1940-1957
7) Gerd Muller
734 goals in 793 games – 1962-1981
6) Ferenc Puskas
746+ goals in 754+ games – 1943-1966
5) Pele
757 goals in 831 games – 1957-1977
4) Lionel Messi
759 goals in 961 games – 2003-present.
3) Romario
772 goals 994 games – 1985-2007
2) Josef Bican
805+ goals in 530+ games – 1931-1956
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
807 goals in 1,110 games – 2001-present
