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Messi 936 goals, 64 short of Ronaldo's 1000
Messi scores 936th goal, 64 short of Ronaldo's 1000-goal mark.
In brief
Messi scores 936th goal, 64 short of Ronaldo's 1000-goal mark. Lionel Messi scored his 936th career goal, 64 short of Cristiano Ronaldo's 1000-goal milestone. Originally reported by mint.
Messi scores 936th career goal
Lionel Messi scored his 935th and 936th career goals during Inter Miami's 3-1 victory over Atlanta United in MLS.
“messi scored twice within a space of four minutes as inter miami crushed atlanta united 3-1 in match of major league soccer (mls)”
Messi 45 goals shy of Ronaldo's total
Messi is 45 goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo's 981 career goals, with 64 goals needed to reach 1000.
“the 39-year-old, who lost his father in august this year, is just 64 goals from reaching the 1000-goal mark”
Ronaldo at 981 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 981st career goal for Al Nassr in a 3-1 win over Uzbekistan's FC Neftchi.
“ronaldo scored his 981st career goal during al nassr's 3-1 victory over uzbekistan's fc neftchi in the afc champions league elite group stage”
Both stars in La Liga
Messi and Ronaldo both won Ballon d'Or awards during their time at Real Madrid and Barcelona.
“it was their time in la liga, that refined the standards of european football and enabled the duo to claim 13 of the last 20 ballon d'or awards”
Career stats comparison
Messi has 936 goals in 1181 appearances, Ronaldo has 981 goals in 1340 appearances.
“lionel messi cristiano ronaldo appearances 1181 1340 goals 936 981 assists 428 261 minutes per goal 104 112”
Inter Miami's position
Inter Miami holds second place in the MLS 2026 standings with 55 points, five points behind Nashville SC.
“with 55 points in 30 games, inter miami are placed second in the mlsv 2026 points table, just five points shy of table-toppers nashville sc”
Next steps for Messi
Messi needs 64 more goals to reach 1000, with four matches remaining to break Carlos Vela's record.
“messi's 40 goal contributions are nine shy of carlos vela's record set in 2:019 with los angeles fc, and the miami legend has four matches remaining to break it”
The takeaway
Lionel Messi scored his 936th career goal, 64 short of Cristiano Ronaldo's 1000-goal milestone.
