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Pele just have 730 goals messi and ronaldo have more then him stop fake news 213.55.233.171 (talk) 22:40, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is correct. His claim to have scored a thousand goals is unsubstantiated and actually contradicted by the statistics provided in the article.

The claim is generally regarded as false, and was effectively a PR stunt. This fake fact shouldn't be on the main page. 163.171.0.4 (talk) 09:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There’s an obvious grammatical error in the Club Career section - so obvious it seems like it wasn’t proofread - but of course it’s locked. Like what