HIGHEST GOAL SCORERS in football have done wonders over the years right from the
inception of professional football and although there are
unrecognized goals by the football governing council(FIFA),there
are players that have defied history and have chosen to keep
finding the back of the net. In this article, we’ll talk about the top
ten highest goal scorers in the history of professional football.
10.Tulio Maravilha (575 goals)
The Brazilian player who played for nearly 40 clubs during his footballing career is the tenth person on our list with a whooping 575 goals in an unknown number of games.
9.Uwe Seeler (575 + goals)
former captain of West Germany and an honorary captain of Germany had a prolific career during his playing days. An amazing goal scorer during his days at Hamburger SV and a legend of the game.
8.Ferenc Deak (576+ goals)
the Hungarian legend averaged over 3 goals per game during his career at Szenthorinci AC and was able to jubilate from goal scoring for over 576 times.
7.Gerd Muller (734 goals)
the German player v and 1974 World cup winner was able to score 734 goals over his career as a professional footballer.
6.Ferenc Puskas (746+ goals)
the legendary Budapest and Real Madrid favorite has an award category named after him at the FIFA yearly football award for the most beautiful goal of each year.
5.Pele (757 goals)
Brazils greatest soccer ambassador and leading goal scorer Edson Arantes Do Nascimento was the best and also the highest goal scorer and the highest paid athlete during his time as a professional player and he had a scored of 757 goals in 831 games.
4.Romario (772 goals)
the 1992 World cup leading goal scorer had an amazing career and 772 goals in 994 appearances for both clubs and Country.
3.Lionel Messi (784 goals as at when this post was curated)
the leading of the FIFA Balon d’or award and Argentina’s current national team captain is the third on our list with 784 goals presently. Lionel Messi doesn’t look like someone willing to stop scoring goals anytime soon so we believe he might end up top 2 or even end his footballing career as the highest goal scorer in the history of professional football.
2.Josef Bican (805 goals in 530 + games)
having scored over 394 goals in just 217 games for his club, Josef Bican held the number one spot for over 6 years until recently when our number one man took his honorable spot. There were claims that Bican scored over 1500 goals during his professional days but FIFA chose to recognize only 805 goals.
1.Cristiano Ronaldo (817 goals in 1131 games)
obviously not done scoring, Cristiano Dos Santos Aveiro Ronaldo takes the number one spot on our list . the 5 times FIFA player of the year winner has been able to carve his name on diamonds in the game of football. No one else has scored more FIFA recognized goals in the game of football than the Manchester United forward.
