They include only competitive fixtures for recognised teams and national sides in their database but Pele, along with many others, have scored many more goals across their entire career.

Pele and his Santos team-mates have often claimed they were behind a ceasefire struck during Nigeria's brutal civil war in 1969 but is the story more fiction than fact?

But there is still plenty of dispute over Bican's actual numbers, with the late Brazilian icon Pele also claiming to have scored more than 1,000 career goals — though that total includes friendlies.

“Cristiano Ronaldo will reach 1,000 goals and it will be an incredible achievement. “For someone to start their career as a winger and then score more goals than Pele is outstanding, I do ...

1990 — Paul Coffey becomes the second NHL defenseman to record 1000 points ... 3-0 win over Real Valladolid to break Pele’s record for most goals for one club; Pele, 643 goals for Santos ...