• MrPigcho@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    For me the most impressive thing about this record is that by having scored 300 goals, he’s already outscored a lot of great strikers I’ve seen when I was younger like Trezeguet, Luca Toni, Inzaghi, Torres…

    Scoring 300 goals and winning a world cup and multiple league titles is already an amazing career by most standards, but he’s not 25 yet and hopefully has plenty more years.

    • mg10pp@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      The stat also include goals with the national team so in theory he still hasn’t surpassed them, but he will obviusly do it soon

  • PensiveinNJ@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’m surprised Messi was #2. His first few seasons he was not a big goal scorer, it took him until year 4 before he started really banging them in.

    • SarahAlicia@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I can’t find it now but wasn’t it mbappe who had a kit made celebrating a goal milestone that included goals at practice? I swear that happened and I can’t find it. Feel i am going crazy.

  • Dulio_rosward@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Mbappe did have some luck in terms of not suffering any injuries that could have hampered him reaching this milestone as fast as he did.

    I recall Messi suffering from muscle injuries at the start as he was breaking out, which really sorta prevented him from having a consistent run of games.

    Unlike Mbappe, Ronaldo had a much steeper learning curve before he really established himself and was regarded as star player. In that aspect, when mbappe, broke out he was regarded as one of the top talents to ever play.

  • dumbSavant@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Wait, how does Lukaku have 300 goals, i know he scores loads for Belgium (50+) but where do the remaining 250 ish in the past say 12 years come from?

    thats 20 goals a season

    • mg10pp@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah his number of goals is quite impressive, he has over 80 for Belgium but also 290 with various clubs (90 with Everton, 80 with Inter etc)

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      1 year ago

      People have a lot of hate for him, but he’s been a very impactful player throughout his career.

    • A_Round_of_Gwent@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      The fact that he scored 25+ goals a season twice for both Everton and Inter and once for United, while still having respectable goalscoring numbers in his other seasons (he still managed to get 15 goals with Chelsea in 21/22, and that’s his worst season in years) probably helps

  • halamadrid22@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    300 goals is mind boggling he is truly a historical player already. The only thing left to see from him is that successful transition in his game when he inevitably loses that edge of explosive pace he has. If he finds a way to still be equally as effective through the years he really has the potential to join that elusive table those two sit at. Long way to go for that though.

  • ancara_messi@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Fucking absurd that Messi had 300 goals by the age of 25 while playing in La Liga which was the #1 league for the majority of his career while legendary strikers like Ibrahimovic scored 300 by the age of 31