A week ago he beat RB Leipzig 3-2 and scored one of the goals. For the Pole, it was the number 599th goal in his career. Yes, you read it right – 599. On Saturday the striker will be able to join the elite group. It is enough to hit the net at least once.
These are already so abstract achievements that let’s just focus on the numbers. . After the meeting with Bochum, the Pole may join the group of 14 players in the history of football who scored at least 600 goals in official matches.
All goals of Robert Lewandowski:
- 301 goals – Bundesliga
- 82 – Champions League
- 74 – the Polish national team
- 39 – German Cup
- 32 – PKO Ekstraklasa
- 21- II league
- 17 – III league
- 7 – German Super Cup
- 7 – Europa League (UEFA Cup)
- 6 – VII league (A-class)
- 4 – IV league
- 3 – Polish Cup
- 3 – Regional Polish Cup
- 2 – World Club Championship
- 1 – Polish Super Cup
Lewandowski scored for Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, Lech Poznań and Znicz Pruszków and the Polish national team.
The players who could score at least 600 goals during their career include German Erwin Helmchen, Portuguese, Czech Josef Bican, Argentine Leo Messi, Brazilians Romario and Pele, Hungarian Ferenc Puskas, German Gerd Mueller, Dutch Abe Lenstra, Irish Jimmy Jones, Hungarian Ferenc Deak, Irish Joe Bambrick and Portuguese Eusebio.
The leader of this classification is Helmchen, who scored 826 goals in the 1930s and 1940s (according to other sources, even 982!). he has 821 hits and is only 5 goals behind the German.
In turn, the website dealing with football statistics claims that there are more players who have exceeded 600 goals, as many as 18. One of them is the German-Polish supersniper, who in 1932-1957 was to score 683 goals.
Someone will say: wait a minute, and why is Romario not the leader, who boasted about 1002 goals in his career? The problem is that the Brazilian’s score has never been verified. The former PSV and Barcelona forward has counted all goals scored in friendly, youth and unofficial matches in his balance sheet. A similar procedure was used by Pele, who also believes that he exceeded 1000 goals.
Lewandowski still has time
Robert Lewandowski will turn 34 in August, but in today’s sport, this age is no obstacle. Especially if the players are as healthy and professional as the Pole. One can even risk a statement that only now Lewandowski has achieved his life form. This season, across the board, he has scored 35 goals in just 29 appearances.
Source: Sport
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