Cristiano Ronaldo eclipsed the official goal record set by Brazilian legend Pele after he scored a brace in Juventus 4 – 1 victory over Udinese on Sunday to take his all-time tally to 758 goals.
The 35-year-old opened the scoring in the first half with a superb strike past a helpless Juan Musso before completing his brace in the 69th minute.
Only Josef Bican has scored more goals than any other player in history with 805 goals in 530 matches between 1931 and 1955.
Ronaldo, who scored an incredible 450 of his goals during his illustrious nine years at Real Madrid, notched up his landmark 700th career goal last year.
Ronaldo’s agent, Jorge Mendes, had said at the time that his client would surpass Pele’s goalscoring feat while at Juventus.
Mendes told Sky Sports: “His numbers don’t lie and light up the overwhelming way Cristiano Ronaldo shatters records, which elevate him to the category of best player in the history of football, with a big difference compared to the second [best] for all he achieved with the different clubs he represented, whether in England, Spain or now in Italy and also with the Portuguese national team.”
Mendes added: “Cristiano has reached the remarkable milestone of 700 goals, but I have no doubt that he’ll surpass Pele as the best scorer in football history, and he’ll do it with Juventus.”
Federico Chiesa and Paulo Dybala also got their names on the scoresheet as to put the Biaconeri in fifth position in Serie A with a game at hand.
