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blue4eva77

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Yarmolenko ? Yes please
Scored his 1000th goal of his 23 year career a couple of weeks ago for Vasco Da Gama. Still playing at 41 years old. The 1000th goal is not recognized by FIFA though, as Romario counts 71 goals scored in amateur competitions. FIFA have him at 929 career goals as a pro but still a quite remarkable feat and is one of the best players in history for me. One of the greatest goalscorers in football.

A truly sublime player in his day.

Romario's Top 100 goals. Simply incredible...

 

Bit behind the news there @blue4eva77

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romário#Career_statistics

Thousandth goal[edit]
On 20 May 2007, Romário scored his 1000th goal, a penalty kick against Sport Recife, playing for Vasco da Gama. The Brazilian press claimed him as one of few players in professional football history to achieve this, like Pelé and Puskás.[26]The 1000th goal drew much attention from both Brazilian and international press, with the game being stopped for over 20 minutes to allow for celebrations from his fans.[27][28][29][30] There is some controversy over the validity of the 1000 goals as it claim is somewhat inaccurate, because Romário's research team counted his goals in junior, friendly and non-official games.[31][32]

FIFA congratulated Romário on his milestone goal[33] but stated he is still officially on 929 goals, as 77 came in youth football, with others being scored in friendly matches.[34] In 2008, Romário released a DVD with the best goals of his career totaling 900 goals in the disc.[35] Following the landmark goal, Vasco da Gama unveiled a statue of Romário at theEstádio São Januário.[36]
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blue4eva77 said:
Scored his 1000th goal of his 23 year career a couple of weeks ago for Vasco Da Gama. Still playing at 41 years old. The 1000th goal is not recognized by FIFA though, as Romario counts 71 goals scored in amateur competitions. FIFA have him at 929 career goals as a pro but still a quite remarkable feat and is one of the best players in history for me. One of the greatest goalscorers in football.

A truly sublime player in his day.

Romario's Top 100 goals. Simply incredible...

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Brazil have given us some beautiful football over the years. Also loved watching Ronaldinho, Ronaldo & Rivaldo...and my personal favourite Roberto Carlos.

Neymar's admirable, just doesn't excite me in the same way.
 


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