Who is better Messi or Pele?

Pele is one of the best players in history. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi, who won a seventh Ballon D'or, has superior agility and a diverse repertoire of skills. They are well-known for creating many hat trick records in world cups.
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Who is the greatest footballer of all time?

1. Diego Maradona, Argentina. Diego Maradona's talent was without a doubt the greatest ever seen in football. His dribbling ability was mesmerizing, his goal-scoring was unique and clinical, and his passing and crossing were precise—earning him many assists in his career.
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Who is better Pele or Ronaldo or Messi?

Simply stripped to bare numbers, Pele is an outright winner. In his first 350 games as a professional, he scored an incredible 448 goals at an average of 1.28 goals per game. There remains the old adage that Pele spent the majority of his career playing in a Sao Paulo state championship as opposed to a national league.
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Did Messi break Pele's record?

Messi breaks Pele's record | Lionel Messi breaks Pele's record with 2 goals against Club Brugge, sets sight on Cristiano Ronaldo's tally | Cricket News.
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Is Messi better than Pele and Maradona?

And unlike Maradona, whose career production doesn't quite match Messi's (e.g., Maradona had 346 combined club and international goals in 679 career appearances, while Messi already has 407 goals in 548 appearances), Pele's macro-level stats are formidable.
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Messi vs. Pele - Who is better?



Who is a God of football?

The football game has been graced by some of the most unparalleled talents over the years, but very few of them could be named in contention for the mantle of the god of football. So, who is the god of football? The answer would be Argentinian footballer, Diego Maradona.
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Who broke the Pele World Record?

Lionel Messi broke Pele's record for most international goals by a South American footballer with a hat-trick in Argentina's World Cup qualifier win over Bolivia on Thursday night.
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Who is the goat of soccer?

Diego Maradona is the GOAT of soccer. He dominated the game for years at the highest level of soccer, won multiple trophies, including the world cup in 1986, and was one of the most skillful players ever to play the game.
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What Pele thinks about Messi?

Speaking with Folha de Sao Paulo in 2018, Pele was asked if Messi was a better player than him, to which he replied: "How can you make a comparison between a guy who heads the ball well, shoots with the left, shoots with the right and another who only shoots with one leg, only has one skill and doesn't head the ball ...
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Who is better Maradona or Pele?

Pele is the only footballer who has scored over 1000 goals and won three World Cups. At the same time, Diego Maradona has a more accessible and flexible playing style. He has scored 345 goals in 692 matches throughout his playing career.
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Who is the king of football all time?

Pelé "The king of football" Pelé was a Brazilian football player who scored more than 1000 goals in his career and became 3 times winner of the World Cup with Brazil.
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Which is the king of football?

With 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, Pele is undoubtedly the king of football.
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Who is the god of football skill?

1. Lionel Messi. Messi is not only one of the best players in the world, but apparently he is the best dribbler in the world.
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How many hattrick does Pelé have?

Pelé scored 92 hat-tricks during his career for Santos, NY Cosmos and Brazil.
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Who is the goat of football history?

#1 Lionel Messi (Argentina) - seven-time Ballon d'Or winner. The Copa America triumph cemented Lionel Messi's place as the greatest player of all time.
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What record did cr7 break?

Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 806th career goal in Old Trafford on Saturday, breaking FIFA's all-time record for most goals in competitive matches in men's football history.
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Who scored 100 international goals first?

He surpassed the existing world-record mark set by former Iran forward Ali Daei – who remains the only other men's player to have claimed a century of international goals. Cristiano Ronaldo's international goals - who, when, how?
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How many goals Messi scored against Brazil?

Messi's Argentina vs Brazil

Over his 13 games for Argentina in this fixture, he has won and lost six with the remaining game ending in a draw. Across those matches Messi has contributed five goals, not insignificant but down on where many would expect him to be.
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Did Pele score 200 goals in a year?

4. Pele (75 goals) The Brazilian legend is one of the greatest to ever play the sport.
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Who is the best striker in the world?

  • Harry Kane (Tottenham)
  • Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) ...
  • Ciro Immobile (Lazio) ...
  • Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) (Image credit: Getty) ...
  • Diogo Jota (Liverpool) (Image credit: PA) ...
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona) (Image credit: Getty) ...
  • Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) (Image credit: PA) ...
  • Cristiano Ronaldo. (Image credit: PA) ...
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Has any footballer scored 1000 goals?

Brazilian soccer great Pelé scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium. It was a major milestone in an illustrious career that included three World Cup championships.
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