Because R9 was a freak of nature. The only teenager with a similar or possibly better record is Pele.
What are Haalands Stats for the first 56 professional games?
Haaland’s was similar to Neymar. He had 0 goals in his first 16 games but he was only 15 when he made his debut
20 goals, 6 assists in his next 50 games afterwards then exploded once he turned 18 and moved to Salzburg
For some reason Ronaldo then went to PSV Eindhoven???
For all of you who didn’t see Ronaldo play … Man … guy is the best 9 I’ve ever seen. All he missed was being an aerial threat
The only striker I will say was hands down better than Shearer. Ronaldo on form was unplayable. Youths these days just don’t get how good he was.
He never needed the ball in the air.
R9 is the best no.9 in history. simple as that
Top 3 no.9 of all time
1.R9
2.gerd muller
3.Suarez
Zlatan and Shearer on par with Suarez, Bati-gol, Henry and van Basten ahead.
And none of us saw Stefano play but…
Zlatan never did anything in the CL, beautiful goals but his best stats were in the French league
Suarez can’t be top 3 when he has 27 goals in the Champions League.
I remember arguments on r/soccer I had years ago where people told me Gerd was far better than Ronaldo because he scored more goals and that made him a better player.
Endrick is way too raw to be a starting striker for RM. I hope Perez signs someone so we won’t have the same problem we are having now, only one striker in the team, Joselu this season and Endrick in the next one. Endrick should mix Castilla games with some first team appearances.
You have to take into consideration that Endrick barely played in, like, half of these 56 matches. His evolution in the last months have been pretty evident, I think he’ll definitely ruin many defenders’ day when he arrives at Madrid
Still mad they passed up on Kane, would’ve been perfect to allow for Endrick to develop alongside and eventually replace him once he declined.
Pato left Brazil with only 27 official games, but he scored 12 goals and had 1 assist, all of that before turning 18. Unfortunately his career wasn’t what we expected, but his first professional years are also really impressive.
I heard cafu talking about him and he was so impressed with him. Maldini and him took turns marking him in training.
Chelsea legend.
I miss pato
I remember milan paying 25 mil for pato at 17y old or smth like that
Endrick so bad lmfaooo
Neymar looks so different in that picture if I didnt know it was him i would not have recognized him
That is why he is still called in Brazil “menino Ney” or Kid Ney.
It should be pointed out that Endrick reached 56 games younger than the other two, tbh (which also led to him playing fewer minutes per game). I think both were already over 18 at that point, and Endrick is 17 and 4 months.
No way, that’s Ney?! Looks sooo different
This list is really stupid. Games that Endrick played for 1 minute are being counted on this, while Neymar and Ronaldo were starters from very early.
Comparison by age and minutes played would be way better imo
What could’ve been
GOAT 9
What kind of 17 year old bags almost a goal a game from the very start 😭
The true absolute goat of football imo