Cristiano Ronaldo moves to joint second in list of most official goals scored

- Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be unstoppable despite that he is over 35 years of age

- With 734 official goals, Ronaldo becomes joint-second in list of most goals scored

- Pele leads the list having scored a staggering 767 official goals during his career

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace in Juventus’ 2-1 victory over Lazio in the Italia Serie A and that takes the Portuguese striker’s goals' tally to 734, as he becomes joint second in list of players with most official goals.

Despite being 35 years of age, the former Manchester United striker has continued to smash and set records for fun with many describing him as an extra-ordinary player.

With his double against Lazio on Monday, July 20, CR7 smashed three long-standing records as he also became the only player to have scored 50 goals in the Premier League, La Liga and the Serie A.

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After the full-time whistle in the game between Juventus and Lazio, popular journalist Tancredi Palmeri who is attached to beIN Sports published an updated list of football players who have the most goals in the history of football.

Here are the top 13

13. Alfredo Di Stéfano - 516 goals

12. Zico - 525 goals

11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 542 goals

10. Arthur Friedenreich - 554 goals

9. Ferenc Deak - 554 goals

8. Eusebio - 615 goals

7. Josef Bican - 636 goals

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6. Ferenc Puskas - 706 goals

5. Lionel Messi - 716 goals

4. Gerd Muller - 720 goals

3. Cristiano Ronaldo - 734 goals

2. Romario - 734 goals

1. Pele - 767 goals

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Cristiano Ronaldo has continued to shatter records upon records as he has now reached the 50-goal mark for Juventus in just 61 Serie A games.

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The 35-year-old who found the back of the net twice to help the Old Lady have a hand on the Serie A trophy following a 2-1 victory over rivals Lazio, has now scored 22 goals in 2020.

As a result, statistics have now shown that the Portuguese striker has reached a half-century of goals faster than any other player and now remains the only player to have scored 50 goals in Italy, Spain and England.

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