Their career goal tallies at club level read: Messi 695, Ronaldo 701 and Pele 709. Santos have previously claimed that the Brazilian scored over 1,000 times during his career, although many of these goals are not deemed 'official'.
Maradona – 34
He scored many goals for the Brazilian team to contribute to their rise to fame. Pele played a total of 92 games for Brazil and scored 77 goals in his career whereas Maradona played a total of 91 games and scored a total of 34 goals.
1Cristiano Ronaldo | 837 goals
Ronaldo is also the leading the goal-scoring charts in International football and also the highest goalscorer in the history of football.
Pele won the World Cup three times, in 1958, 1962 and 1970, a football milestone no other player has yet achieved. In 2000, Fifa named Pele as the player of the century along with Argentina's Diego Maradona, who died in 2020 at 60.
The Argentine has scored more World Cup goals - 13 - than his two rivals, though he's played more games. Pele hit 12 goals at the World Cup and Ronaldo has notched eight times. Pele's ratio, though, sees him come out on top again; 0.86 compared to Messi on 0.5 and Ronaldo on 0.36.
Pele, the legendary Brazilian footballer, is considered the football god of all time. No player has won more world cups (3) than him.
Pelé was the 1st footballer in history to score 1,000 goals. 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.
Ronaldo is also the leading the goal-scoring charts in International football and also the highest goalscorer in the history of football.
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.
In terms of titles, Pele won three World Cups in his career in 1958, 1962, 1970. Meanwhile, Maradona won the title only once in 1986. He also had an unfortunate defeat in the 1990 World Cup Final.
Brazil. On November 19, 1969, when a broadcast failure deprived the world of the second moon landing of the Apollo 12 Mission, the Brazilians missed nothing of an even more historic moment: Pelé's thousandth goal. Anf for Brazil and its "king," this date could not have been better chosen to achieve such a feat.
"There's no doubt" - Recalling Pele's choice between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Pele was once given the onerous task of choosing between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Brazilian great picked Argentina captain Messi.
Pele and Maradona by the numbers
They both played a similar number of games with their national team, with Maradona scoring 34 goals in 91 games with Argentina, while Pele scored 77 in 90 games with Brazil.
“I think the best was [Alfredo] Di Stéfano, he was superior to everyone – even me. Pelé didn't want to recognise Di Stéfano's talents. Pelé's friends invented a trophy especially for him for being a living legend of football.
Lionel Messi is the holder of the title 'King of football. ' He is best known for his dribbling skills, tricks on the field, impossible goals, and never-ending determination to win the game.
In 2000, Pelé was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century. His 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, which includes friendlies, is recognised as a Guinness World Record.
@FootballRamble. For reference: 2 = brace, 3 = hat-trick, 4 = haul, 5 = glut, 6 = double hat-trick, 7 = haul-trick.
Cristiano Ronaldo needs to score 170 more goals to become the first ever player to reach 1000 professional career goals. Do you think he can do it ? Yes, he can do it!
Jan 17 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi has surpassed Diego Maradona as the greatest player of all time, Argentina's World Cup winning coach Lionel Scaloni has said.
Lionel Messi, Argentina
The highest goal-scorer in the history of the club by a large distance, the one with the most successful career, Lionel Messi is not only the best player of all time for Barcelona, but he is one of the best players in the history of football.