CRISTIANO RONALDO SCORES HIS 700TH CAREER CLUB

 Cristiano Ronaldo's career has been built on achieving the seemingly impossible with an

ever-present ruthless efficiency in front of goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th goals against Everton 

700 - Cristiano Ronaldo has scored the 700th club goal of his career, 20 years and 2 days after his first goal.

5 - Sporting CP

118 - Man Utd (1st spell)

450 - Real Madrid

101 - Juventus

26 - Man Utd (2nd spell)

The 37-year-old has sent goalscoring records tumbling throughout his trophy-laden career, as the top marksman in the history of both Real Madrid and the Portugal national team.

However, his hat trick in Manchester United's dramatic 3-2 Premier League win over Tottenham on March 12, 2022 set a new benchmark of personal excellence for Ronaldo.

A first hat trick since returning to United in the summer of 2021 lifted Ronaldo up to 807 career goals with numerous outlets crowning him as the highest-ever goal scorer in the history of men's football, as recognized by FIFA. 

Sporting News reached out to FIFA to confirm the list, but the world governing body said it does not keep an official list of the statistics of the goals scored by individual players. That hasn't stopped other outlets, including TalkSport and SI.com, from listing the following top 10 "FIFA-recognized goals" totals:

Ranking	Player	Goals
1.	Cristiano Ronaldo	816
2.	Josef Bican	805
3.	Lionel Messi	780
4.	Romario	772
5.	Pele	757
6.	Ferenc Puskas	746
7.	Gerd Muller	734
8.	Ferenc Deak	576
9.	Uwe Seeler	575
	Tulio Maravilha	575

Lionel Messi is the only other active player on this list.