Cristiano Ronaldo and a huge achievement! “Who had believe me that I have scored five times more than the great Pele?”, stated, around 2001 the great Josef Bican when questioned that some reports showed he scored more than 5.000. It is hard to believe though and it is hard to believe also that Pele did more than 1.200. Still, officially, the Brazilian has 757 recognized. Pretty good, of course. Bican, though, has 805 recognized. And until 12th of March 2022 he was the greatest of all time in terms of goals scored, in FIFA’s records. In one match, Manchester United – Tottenham Hotspur 3-2, the history changed for good, as Cristiano Ronaldo had a revenge to take, at 37 years, after the scandal that surrounded his absence from Manchester United – Manchester City 1-4.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s great performance against Tottenham Hotspurs
Since Manchester United always plays at home soil, Cristiano Ronaldo came back in top form while playing against Tottenham Hotspur. A wrack comparing to the team from some years ago, but still United is not far away at this moment, since the Red Devils are ages away from Sir Alex Ferguson’s Era. So Tottenham was a pretty decent opponent for CR7 to score up to 807 career senior official goals. For those who didn’t know, the Portuguese scored a hat-trick and the goals were just brilliant. Maybe these individual numbers won’t help too much at team level at the end of the season, as it is very unlikely United will play in the Champion’s League next autumn, but enjoying the moment is, indeed, a thing that Cristiano Ronaldo can do.
Apart from officially becoming all time top scorer in senior football, according to the supreme authority, FIFA, Cristiano Ronaldo managed to score his 59th hat-trick of his career, four clear ahead of his younger, but still old, rival, Lionel Messi. To see all the goals access the following Manchester United official link:
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