>>66115674
Romario is the all-time official topscorer, with like 700+ goals.

>>66115674
>le scored 1000 goals on factory workers man

The best of his time, no the best of all time. Probably wouldn't even be in the top 10 today.

>>66115674
Well he counted friendlies and exhibition matches which no one else does and the records are shit from back then. He also played a fuck load of those friendlies cause he refused to come to Europe. He was good but not as good as he thinks he was. Hes a bitter old man now just grabbing cash and talking shit about young players. At least Maradona had the decency to become a meme.

>>66116644

He would have been a lot better with modern training/nutrition tbf, it's hard to say how good he would have been if he was in his prime today.

>>66116711

>modern training/nutrition

Stop this meme. Do you think sports science has advanced THAT far in 50 years???

Unless by nutrition you meant PEDs.

he was just a meme

>>66116742
Just 25 years ago, running 10km per game was considered a high value. Nowadays the many midfielders run about 12,5 km every game.

The intensity and frequency of tackles has also increased massively, and some roles have become far more mobile than just a few decades ago (mainly fullbacks and center-halves).

Just look at some footage from the 80ies or 90ies and you'll see a remarkably slower tempo. Extrapolate that for 10 more years and you'll get the style of play that Pele was used to.

Additionally balls used to be far heavier, which cut down on passing speed, making the job easier for all players involved.

The whitest Brazilian in history

>>66120302
>this flag
>this topic

a trannyfucking pedofile that tries to stay relevant by opening his mouth

messi would run 30 circles around him

He was great but he only played in Brazil and a lot of his international goals were against lesser opposition...

I rank guys like Di Stefano, Cruyff, Puskas higher than him

He does not deserve the attention he gets, it's all fabricated hype when the previously considered GOAT, Maradonna, turned out to be a drug-abusing madman. So FIFA was desperate to create a better face for the sport, and lookie here, suddenly Pele is the bestest best ever.

>>66120385
>only played in Brazil
>won a World Cup on Sweden, the only time ever a non-european won a world cup in Europe

The best player of the 60s. Let's leave it at that

>>66120385
>implying brazilian league was any worse than european league when all brazilians played here

>>66116644

the important thing is that pele was way ahead of his time. he was like nothing anyone had ever seen before. messi might be the best player at the moment, but his talent is not as extraordinary at this moment in time as pele's was in that moment in time.

the relevance of his 1000+ goals is questionable seeing as he never played in a good league, but at the time there weren't really any good leagues and the world cup was still the highest level of football and he wrecked it many times.

>>66120466
>he was like nothing anyone had ever seen before


what the fuck are you talking about Tichiro
Garrincha was already an established player and was much better than Pele already, was also a better dribbler and better passer.

>>66120352
>(You)

>>66120484

garrincha was a winger, and while arguably just as important as pele was to the team (brazil never lost a match with both on the field) didn't score anywhere near as many goals or have as many assists. pele was a complete player, and had what we nowadays call 'meme value' as well.

He'd be about Costa/Giroud/Vardy level if he played today.

>>66120484
lol no

Garrincha was the Neymar to Pele's Messi. He's overhyped by pretend hipsters who like to have someone to namedrop just to avoid Pele as the best in those teams, and also stupid hues who rate meme dribbles over game-winning football.

>>66120466
>he never played in a good league

Brazilian league was probably the best at the time, though.

>>66122519
>being this delusional

Pele was shite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4fzeK3SQa4

>>66122519
The Brazilian league per se started in 1970. Unless you mean just the Sao Paulo championship.