The end of the year is an opportunity for fans to look back at the faces with the most goals in the 12 months of competition.
The first face mentioned is the legend of contemporary football, captain of the Portuguese team, Cristiano Ronaldo with a record of scoring 69 goals in 2013. However, that was also Real Madrid’s season. CR7 did not win any major titles other than the Spanish Super Cup championship.
Standing above Cristiano Ronaldo is the “wizard” of Brazilian football, Zico with 70 goals scored in 1979.
However, that year, the Brazilian team of “White Pele” did not play successfully, only finishing 3rd at the Copa America, but on the club level, the legend famous for his “Falling Yellow Leaves” technique can be proud. when helping Flamengo win the Campeonato Carioca championship.
The next name to mention is the legend of Brazilian football, Romario when he scored a total of 72 goals in 2000, an extremely admirable number in the football world at that time. The above achievement also helped the club that Romario joined, Vasco Da Gama, win the double domestic championship title and Copa Mercosur.
Before CR7, Zico and Romario, Pele held the record for scoring goals in a calendar year with 75 goals in 1958. That was also the time Brazil won the World Cup.
In 1965, the “King of Soccer” continued to show his “destructive” form, but this time he only had 73 goals and could not break his own record.
It wasn’t until 1972 that Pele’s achievements were overthrown when the “King of Bombing” of German football, Gerd Muller, shone with 85 goals, making a great contribution to helping Germany win the EURO championship and Bayern Munich to win the championship. Bundeliga.
Gerd Muller’s statistics were once considered an unbreakable record.
But in 2012, Lionel Messi surprised everyone by contributing 91 goals, completely surpassing his predecessors. His above mentioned achievement also helped the statistical table of the top 6 leading goalscorers in 1 year witness the complete superiority of South American representatives with 4 members compared to 2 of Europe. However, the 2012 season also saw Barcelona with “leader” Messi fall to Chelsea in the Champions League.
