Serie A – Calcium Only two goals separate him from equaling Bican (762) as the Pichichi of all time
The debate about who is the greatest scorer in history is hotter than ever. Cristiano Ronaldo is approaching by forced marches towards an honorary title that, to date, has belonged to a ‘forgotten’ scorer: Josef ‘Pepi’ Bican.
The goal with which Juventus ended the victory against Sassuolo (3-1)raises to 760 the number of official goals scored by CR7 throughout his career.
Let’s take stock: he scored five in 31 games with Sporting CP, scored 118 in 292 games with Manchester United, registered 451 in 438 games with Real Madrid, has 84 in 106 kicks with Juventus and accumulates 102 in 170 caps with Portugal.
Only two goals separate the historic top scorer from Real Madrid, the Champions League (134 goals) and the Portuguese national team. equaling now-defunct Bican (762) as all-time leading scorer. Various sources, such as the ‘RSSSF’, give you up to 805 targets … but MARCA only counts goals in the professional or similar category. Hence, it does not take into account the 24 that ‘Pepi’, as they nicknamed him, scored with Rapid reserve or another 19 that he achieved with various regional teams. On the other hand, he is credited with three goals that he achieved in the Cup with the amateur Rapid and the hat-trick that he achieved with the selection of Bohemia and Moravia against Germany.
Bican’s scoring accounts would therefore be as follows: Rapid amateur (3), Rapid Vienna (68), Admira Vienna (21), Slavia Prague (534), Vítkovice (74), Hradec Králové (11), Dynamo Prague (22), Austria (14), Czechoslovakia 12 and Bohemia and Moravia (3). A brutal record for an attacker who made his debut when he was only 17 years old … but who had a great ‘handicap’ against him: he barely participated in international competitions at both club and national level.
Cristiano Ronaldo, in his career as the top scorer of all time, has already left behind two true myths: Pelé and Romário. ‘O Rei’, also discounting the data of the state teams, would reach 758. There are also those who attribute 757 to him, since they do not count an own goal by Luiz Pereira with Sao Bento. Your accounts, in any case, are easier than Bican’s: he scored 644 goals for Santos, 77 for Brazil and 37 for New York Cosmos.
Fourth in this peculiar classification would be Romário with 740. However, the numbers of the former Barcelona, PSV, Valencia and Vasco da Gama, among others, they are also subject to much controversy between official and friendly matches, regional teams, state tournaments, lower categories … It should be remembered that ‘O Baixinho’ boasted of having reached 1,000 goals informally at the age of 41 in 2007.
Still far away, but like a real ‘bullet’, Leo Messi arrives. The Argentine has just surpassed Pelé (644) as the top scorer in history with a single club. Accumulate, not in vain, 647 goals with Barcelona. It should also be added the 71 that he has achieved with the Argentine national team to a total of 718 targets.
Therefore, a new battle between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo -both will end up surpassing Bican except for catastrophe- for being the greatest scorer in history.
The numbers of CR7 with 35 years – he will turn 36 on February 5 – are a real madness. The ex of Real Madrid averages more than one goal per game in the current Serie A: He has played 13 games – he lost two to COVID-19 and one by rest – and has scored 15 goals.
Hence it is ‘Capocannoniere’ (Pichichi) alone. The ex of Sporting CP, Manchester United and Real Madrid surpasses Lukaku (12), Immobile (11), Joao Pedro, Ibrahimovic and Muriel (10).
The title of top scorer has resisted him, for now, in Italy. In his first season at Juve he scored 21 goals, but was beaten by Fabio Quagliarella (26). In the second he raised his records until 31 … but Immobile ended up proclaiming himself Pichichi and Golden Boot.
It should be remembered that Ronaldo has four Pichichis in his record that have earned him as many Golden Boots. He won one in the Premier (2007-08) and added another three in the Spanish League (2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15). In addition, he has been proclaimed top scorer in the Champions League seven times, more than any other footballer: 2007-08, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18.
Bican’s record is not the only one between Cristiano Ronaldo’s eyebrows. A shot also has the fact to be the top scorer in history at the national level.
Only the Iranian Ali Daei (109) surpasses the 102 goals that, to date, hadded Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal. Getting over it is only a matter of time.
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