Messi breaks 300 goals in top level.

by Harmonica Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:37 pm

301. Who was the last one to score that many goals as 25 years old, in top flight, national level football?

by McAgger Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:47 pm

Ronaldo broke it last season at 27. So he could be the youngest at 25. Don't take my word for it though.

by BarrileteCosmico Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:51 pm

At 25 Pele had already scored 450+ for his club alone Razz

(granted, most of that was at the regional brazilian competition which is hardly "top flight")

by McAgger Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:53 pm

lol Pele and stats Laughing

He counts the goals he scored with his mate in the street games towards his 1000.

by Harmonica Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:55 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:At 25 Pele had already scored 450+ for his club alone
(granted, most of that was at the regional brazilian competition which is hardly "top flight")

Yeah, 350+ of those were in regional level football.

by Valkyrja Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:57 pm

Ronaldo had 210 at the end of 97-98 season... if it wasn't for that injury... at 25 he could have had 350-400 ...

ON : :bow:

the guy is incredible

by JAY-Z Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:04 am

Incredible achievment for Messi.

by Harmonica Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:22 am

Non of these atleast.

Ronaldo
Batistuta
Hugo Sanchez
Romario
Puskas
Gerd Müller
Pele (did but only in regional level)

by danyjr Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:23 am

It may be just me but whenever he gets the ball I instantly switch my view to the goal nets expecting the ball to somehow kiss them.

by gondov Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:09 am

@barcastuff

Messi: "On Monday receiving Golden Boot? It's a nice prize, but I share it with the whole team, all football trophies are team trophies."

:bow:

by Lex Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:16 am

Any chance of him reaching 1000 goals by the time he hangs up his boots? Real goals as well, not goals scored against street urchins and winos like Pele

by Swanhends Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:24 am

stay mad haterz

by Onyx Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:39 am

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has said that breaking Pele's record for goals scored in a single calendar year matters little to him compared to helping his team to collective success.

The Argentine netted his 72nd and 73rd strikes of 2012 against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, bringing him within touching distance of the Brazilian and Gerd Muller's historic tallies of 75 and 85 goals respectively.

"Breaking Pele's record is the least I'm worried about," he told reporters. "We won at a difficult ground, and that was the most important thing.

The 25-year-old will be collecting his Golden Boot on Monday, after he finished last season as top scorer in Europe: "I want to thank my team-mates, without them I wouldn't have been able to win the prize."

by The Sanchez Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:42 am

Really don't care tbh. Two of the greatest ever players in the world of football. End of the Story. :coffee:

by Harmonica Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:15 am

Lex wrote:Any chance of him reaching 1000 goals by the time he hangs up his boots? Real goals as well, not goals scored against street urchins and winos like Pele

Probably slim to nothing, but he's now scoring about 80 goals a year, and nothing says he couldn't score like that for the next 4 years.
Which would land him at 600 goals at the age of 29. Then he would need to score on average 36 goals per year to age 40 to break it, which is highly unlikely.

He's well on the reach on Pele's official goals though, 784.

by CrazyBoy Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:24 pm

This kid is unreal. Great great player.
And also lol at you guys downplaying Pele's record. Pele yes a senile troll but was an one hell of a player.

by Khaled Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:22 pm

Counting Official goals for Senior Teams (Clubs + Country):

> Most goals ever (top leagues):

Pele 757 official goals (Santos + Brazil Senior NT + Cosmos New York)
Romario 749 (Clubs + NT)
Gerd Muller 640 (Bayern's 1st team + Germany Senior NT + Fort Lauderdale Strikers)
...
Messi 301 (Barcelona's 1st team + Argentina Senior NT)

Data via rsssf.com