According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), Messi is just the second man ever to reach the 800 career-goal landmark, after Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese star, 38, scored his 800th goal in December 2021.
Lionel Messi became only the second player after Cristiano Ronaldo to score 800 career goals when he scored against Panama at the Monumental Stadium in Argentina on Friday. This was the first international match for the Argentine since winning the FIFA World Cup in Qatar last year.
Another week, another landmark for Lionel Messi as the Argentina superstar scored his 800th career goal in Thursday's friendly against Panama. It's been an almighty journey for the all-time great, who has basically won everything on offer and claimed a record haul of seven Ballons d'Or along the way.
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 18th, 19th and 20th goals of the season on Tuesday against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center to become the third player in NHL history to reach the 800-goal mark, joining Hall of Famers Gordie Howe (801) and Wayne Gretzky (894).
The only player in the history of the game to score more than 800 official senior goals for club and country is the one and only Cristiano Ronaldo.
1,000 goals!
Incredibly, Pele was not even 30 when he reached this milestone, which puts his otherworldly ability to find the back of the net into some sort of context. Estimates of how many he scored by the time he hung up his boots vary considerably, with the man himself claiming he netted 1,283 goals back in 2015.
Who is better Messi Or Ronaldo? Ronaldo has scored a record number of international goals and appearances, but Messi has won more Ballon d'Or awards (7). Messi has spent most of his playing career in Spain and France, while Ronaldo has played in Portugal, England, Spain, and Italy.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who holds the all-time record for career goals (830), is the only other player that has reached 800 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 830 goals
The Portuguese maestro has had successful spells at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus and has gone on to become the highest-ever goalscorer in the history of football.
800 career goals (Messi on 807) ACHIEVED
Messi has become second player ever (depending on who's numbers you use) to reach the 800-goal milestone, following in the wake of Ronaldo, who brought up his eighth century with a brace in Manchester United's 3-2 victory over Arsenal in December 2021.
Ronaldo currently has 827 goals and unlikely to reach the1000 goal mark even if he maintains his scoring prowess and plays for a couple more seasons at near peak. Nevertheless, anything is possible in the game of football.
With the goal, Messi became just the second player in history to score 700 career club goals, according to IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics). The other player to do so is Messi's longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Robert Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes is one of football's greatest performances. In a strange way, Robert Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes for Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg in 2015 feels like an underappreciated moment.
Brazil's Pelé became the first man to score 1,000 goals in competitive football in November 1969 after converting a penalty for Santos against Vasco da Gama in Rio. The match was stopped for 30 minutes as supporters invaded the pitch.
1Cristiano Ronaldo | 838 goals
Ronaldo is also the leading the goal-scoring charts in International football and also the highest goalscorer in the history of football.
Manchester and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has the most goals in football history as per FIFA. The forward sits at the top of the list with 818 career goals scored across club and country.
Lionel Messi scores 800th career goal on Argentina's World Cup homecoming. Lionel Messi scored his 800th career goal during Argentina's 2-0 win over Panama on Thursday evening. The game, held at the El Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, was Argentina's first since their World Cup victory in Qatar four months ago.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo holds the record for most goals and assists in the UEFA Champions League (140 and 42 respectively), and the record for most goals in the UEFA European Championship (14), its qualification stage (36), and the FIFA Club World Cup (7), as well as most ...
An analysis of the players' statistics reveals that Ronaldo was labelled the undisputed GOAT of soccer with the most overall goals, Champions League goals, club goals and assists, and international caps and goals.
Maradona – 259
Pele's goal figures are inaccurate because there are too many unverified sources. Even so, the Brazilian star still ultimately prevailed over his Argentine opponent.
Lionel Messi is often considered the GOAT of football, following his exploits with Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina.