Cristiano Ronaldo, who reached another incredible career milestone on Wednesday night, is now less than 10 goals away from becoming the all-time record goalscorer in the history of professional football.
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The Juventus superstar scored once in his side's 3-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv this week, taking his tally for the 2020/21 campaign to 10 strikes in just eight appearances.
Ronaldo reached a major career milestone with his goal, which marked the 750th strike of his professional career.
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— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) December 2, 2020
As a consequence, Ronaldo is now just nine goals shy of Josef Bican's record for the most goals scored for club and country at professional level.
The 35-year-old has scored 648 goals at club level – five for Sporting, 118 for Manchester United, 450 for Real Madrid and 75 for Juventus – plus another 102 strikes with Portugal, while Bican is ahead of him with 759 strikes, followed by Brazil legend Pele, who scored 757 goals, according to football expert Alexis Martin-Tamayo, better known as Mr Chip.
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Messi, meanwhile, is fifth in the ranking with 712 strikes for club and country.
The Argentine needed 883 games to reach his tally, while Ronaldo scored his 750 goals in 1 026 appearances for club and country.
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