MOrn football is full of new promises and young players who want to be the big men of today. Those who continue to dominate, however, are players who are already over 30 years old and are still breaking records. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Harry Kane are clear examples of thisas the three continue to compete for the stats achieved by the Englishman at the weekend.
Harry Kane continues to shine in the shirt of Bayern Munich and this weekend he scored another goal that secured victory for the German team. With these two limits, The Englishman broke a new milestone and drew comparisons with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Harry Kane beat Cristiano Ronaldo in one goal stat
Harry Kane has reached the iconic figure of 500 official goals in his professional career after scoring twice in a 3-0 win over Werder Bremen.
What makes this feat particularly relevant is the speed with which the England striker has reached this figure. Kane needed exactly 743 appearances between club and country to reach 500 goals.
This directly surpasses the progress of Cristiano Ronaldo, who at the time needed 753 games to reach the same markten more than Britain. For the Portuguese star, whose career has been defined by a statistical obsession and constant pursuit of new records, being outplayed by the Englishman is a blow to his storied legacy of longevity and efficiency.
Despite Kane’s feat, the overall record in the tiebreaker for 500 goals is still held by Lionel Messi. The Argentine star reached this number in 2016 when he scored 500 goals in just 632 games.111 games less than the England captain claimed.
Harry Kane’s record is far from that
While Harry Kane’s 500 goals is massive, both Cristiano and Messi seem to be on a different level, as they compete to see who will be the first to reach 1,000 career goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo recently achieved 962 public boundariesproving that he won’t stop until he reaches 1,000 and that doesn’t seem that far away.
For his part, Messi is behind 896so the Portuguese has the upper hand and would on this occasion beat the Argentinian striker.