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GOAT...

xjiggy:
The one and only G.O.A.T In football is Edson Arantes do Nascimento aka PELE
Did it with both club and country. The records speak for itself.

Santos
Copa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1965
Campeonato Paulista Top Scorer (11): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973
Torneio Rio-São Paulo Top Scorer: 1963
Bola de Prata: 1970

Brazil
FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1958
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (Best Player): 1970
Copa America Best Player: 1959
Copa América Top Scorer: 1959

Other awards
FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur: 2013
Ballon d'Or (7): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1970 - Le nouveau palmarès (the new winners)
FIFA Player of the Century: 2000
FIFA Order of Merit: 1984
FIFA Centennial Award: 2004
FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers: 2004
BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 1970
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award: 2005
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2000
Greatest football player to have ever played the game, by Golden Foot: 2012
Athlete of the Century, by Reuters News Agency: 1999
Athlete of the Century, elected by International Olympic Committee: 1999
South American Footballer of the Year: 1973
Football Player of the Century, elected by France Football's Ballon d'Or Winners: 1999
Inducted into the American National Soccer Hall of Fame: 1992
World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
TIME: One of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century: 1999
World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013[179]
FWA Tribute Award: 2018
Orders
Knight of the Order of Rio Branco: 1967
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (honorary knighthood): 1997

Personal records

Brazil national football team: All-time leading goalscorer: 77 goals (95 goals including unofficial friendlies).

Santos: All-time leading goalscorer: 643 goals in 656 competitive games.
Intercontinental Cup: All-time leading goalscorer: 7 goals
World record number of hat-tricks: 92
Guinness World Records: Most career goals (football): 1283 goals in 1363 games
Guinness World Records: Most FIFA World Cup winners' medals: three
Guinness World Records: Youngest winner of a FIFA World Cup: 17 years and 249 days in 1958 FIFA World Cup
Youngest goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup: 17 years and 239 days (Brazil v Wales 1958)
Youngest player to score a hat-trick in the FIFA World Cup: 17 years and 244 days (Brazil v France 1958)
Youngest player to play in a FIFA World Cup Final: 17 years and 249 days (Brazil v Sweden 1958)
Youngest goalscorer in a FIFA World Cup Final: 17 years and 249 days (Brazil v Sweden 1958)

He achieved all this during a period when bad tackles were rife in football, pitches were bad, the ball was not easy to play on target, referees were extremely lenient and there was virtually not protection for skillful players.

Instead of arguing with me, argue with Google.

So if Ronaldo clinch this Ballon d'or now you would say Ronaldo is better than messi

Pele no even reach mpappe before christiano Ronaldo more to talk of messi

calculator123:
Classico is more than any player..Classico would still be classico after Messi and Cr7 retires

and the absent fierce battle of supremacy between the duo will never make it the same again.

JoseVanMoyes:
Good news, make we see Barça yansh ...

My vex for this coming El rubbishko match be say Madrid just be like New castle .. With that big for nothing leakage called Contour ...

Do you know CR7Scored 400th goal yesterday.

Christiano Ronaldo the Greatest

Shut d Bleep up!We ain't talking about rapenaldo...You are obloquy to Nairalanders.

theoldpretender:
Watched the match partially last night.

The minute I saw Messi fall down like that...I knew.

Knew someone who had a similar injury. Fell on his outstretched hand....fractured his radius. Ouch.

Fall on Outstretched arm injury...ouch

Why do I feel like you've been reading Keith Moore of recent

MedicalSamwise:
Why do I feel like you've been reading Keith Moore of recent

good old Keith Moore.

El Classico without Messi and Ronaldo, Is that one El Classico?

toluxa1:
El Classico without Messi and Ronaldo, Is that one El Classico?

toluxa1:
El Classico without Messi and Ronaldo, Is that one El Classico?

[color=#770077][/color]the god of soccer messi will be out at el classico,very sad.i wish he could jst recover in a twinkle of an eye,i will miss him 3 much the god of soccer messi will be out at el classico,very sad.i wish he could jst recover in a twinkle of an eye,i will miss him 3 much