While Lionel Messi scored the most goals in a calendar year for a club, when he netted 79 goals for Barcelona, he broke the previous record of 85 goals set by Gerd Muller of Germany and Bayern Munich ...

While Pele holds ... 762 official goals during his career, with the bulk of those coming for Santos. Romario is in fourth place with a total of 756 career goals. He played for 10 different clubs ...

However, it is widely accepted hundreds of those goals came during tour or friendly matches. Pele would ... at a number of top clubs around the world. The forward played for 10 teams in total ...

In a rush to venerate Pele, the relaunched New York Cosmos announced in 2013 they would be retiring the team's number 10 shirt ... Pele scored over 1,000 goals across his career - a haul that ...

That hasn't stopped other outlets, including Goal.com, from listing the following top 10 "FIFA-recognized goals ... with the late Brazilian icon Pele also claiming to have scored more than ...

Miroslav Klose is the all-time top goalscorer in the World Cup's history with 16 goals to his name in 24 matches. The German forward made his World Cup debut in 2002 and went on to represent his ...

Messi equaled Pele's all-time club scoring tally ... he became the most prolific scorer among Europe's top leagues when he reached 366 league goals, surpassing Gerd Mueller's Bundesliga mark ...

Lionel Messi broke a tie with the Brazilian legend on Tuesday, scoring his 644th goal in all competitions for Barcelona, which is now the most by any player at a single club. Pelé scored 643 with ...