RECORD-BREAKER: Cristiano Ronaldo becomes fifth-highest scorer in football history

Defending Serie A Champions Juventus defeated Parma 2-1 on Matchday 20, courtesy of a brace from Portuguese star Cristia Ronaldo. victory secures Juventus’ four-point le over second-placed Inter Milan. brace against Parma marked new records for Portuguese International as well.

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Cristia Ronaldo is w fifth highest goalscorer in football history

brace against Parma took Cristia Ronaldo’s goal tally to 736 goals in 1028 games. This is one goal more than Germany legend Gerd Muller, who h scored 735 goals in his career. Ronaldo, who has w occupied fifth spot in list of all-time goalscorers could well surpass likes of Ferenc Puskas (747) who is fourth in list and Pele, who h netted 767 goals in his professional football career while being third in list.

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Josef Bican is all-time top scorer (805) in football

Brazilian legend Romario is player with second most official goals in football, having netted 772 goals in all, while Czech-Austrian legend Josef Bican occupies top spot as most prolific goalscorer of all time.

Bican h scored an ermous 805 goals in 530 games. Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi is also in esteemed list, occupying seventh spot. Barcelona legend has tched 717 goals in 901 games.

Cristia Ronaldo scored in his seventh consecutive Serie A game

Cristia Ronaldo’s brace against Parma meant new records for Portuguese International in Italian competition as well. Ronaldo has w found net 11 times in his last seven consecutive Serie A games. He is also only player to have scored at least 15 goals in five major European Leagues for 14 seasons in a row.

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Juventus will next play against AS Roma in Coppa Italia

victory marks Juventus’ furr le in Serie A with 51 points. Inter Milan h to settle for a draw against Lecce. Second-placed Inter Milan have bagged 47 points from 20 games. Juventus will next play against AS Roma in quarter-final of Coppa Italia on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 (January 23 IST).

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