Romario's 1'000th goal!

The former Brazilian striker Romario scored what he says is the 1,000th goal of his career in a match in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

The only other player to have secured this record is Brazilian legend Pele.

But the 41-year-old admits his tally includes goals scored in youth, friendly and testimonial games.

Romario's 1,000th goal came from a penalty kick in the game between Vasco da Gama and Sport of Recife in the Brazilian national championship.

The fact that it was a penalty did not diminish the joy of his team-mates and the player was immediately mobbed.

Surrounded by television crews, Romario dedicated the goal to his family and children and said it marked an extraordinary moment in his life.

His wife and children were among those who came onto the pitch and it took 16 minutes before the game could be restarted.

Despite the hype, there is controversy surrounding the achievement as Romario's tally is not recognised by football's international governing body, Fifa, which says it only counts goals scored in official tournaments.

However, given his long and highly successful career, there will be few who begrudge the player his night of glory.

Did Pele's tally include friendlies?

I believe Pele's 1000 included friendlies but not youth games.

From wikipedia:

Goalscoring and appearance record
Pelé's goalscoring record is often reported as being 1280 goals in 1363 games.[28] This figure includes goals scored by Pelé in non-competitive club matches, for example, international tours Pelé completed with Santos and the New York Cosmos, and games Pelé played in for armed forces teams during his national service in Brazil.[29]

Pele's wikipedia page also says his official goal total is less than Romario's.

hmm, so Romario says.

This is all very dodgy, and i'm not sure it should be taken seriously

Rasiak-9 wrote:hmm, so Romario says.

This is all very dodgy, and i'm not sure it should be taken seriously

Pelé scored only 12 goals (or something like that) for the army team.

and it's not dodgy. more respect to Romário, please. he never said he scored 1000 official goals. he indeed scored 1000 goals though, so there's nothing dodgy about that.

the other day I saw the number of official goals he's scored. I don't remember the exact number, but it's around 850.

Even that no. of 850 is probably the highest, no?

Empateeeeeeeeeee. Gol del Santos, gol del Jonas.

Pele is happy.

Gol Santos, now 2-1.