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A sudden goalpost shift over who is the record goalscorer in football history

A sudden goalpost shift over who is the record goalscorer in football history

22 January 2021

Cristiano Ronaldo may have been crowned with the title after scoring his 760th goal for club or country.

He's done so while helping Juventus lift the Italian Super Cup with a 2-nil win over Napoli.

The strike put him clear of Josef "Pepi" Bican's tally of 759... unless you subscribe to the theory the Czech-Austrian forward actually scored 805 goals between 1931 and 1955.

The schools of thought continue to disagree.

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15 Dec: They conceded three goals at home, but Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano has more goals and a creative midfielder on his Christmas wishlist following a second successive A-League defeat

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