Cristiano Ronaldo, with his three goals against Tottenham Hotspur, became the top scorer in history this Saturday, with 807 goals, surpassing the 805 scored by Josef Bican. The Portuguese opened his scoring account with a 30-metre strike into Hugo Lloris’s top corner and then converted a great pass from Jadon Sancho to put United 2-1 ahead. With a header, he made the third in the final stretch.
With the first goal, Cristiano matched Bican and surpassed him with the second, according to FIFA figures. Throughout his career, Cristiano has scored 5 goals with Sporting de Portugal, 135 with Manchester United, 450 with Real Madrid, 101 with Juventus Turin and 115 with the Portuguese national team. Bican, born in Austria, played between 1931 and 1955 and scored most of his goals for Slavia Prague, a team with which he scored 427 goals in 221 games.
With his goals against Tottenham, Cristiano also ranks as United’s fourth top Premier League goalscorerwith 96 goals behind only Paul Scholes (107), Ryan Giggs (109) and Wayne Rooney (183).