goal record for a south american player

Lionel Messi has scored the most career goals by a South American in Europe's top five leagues, with 496 goals in LaLiga and Ligue 1.

NAME G M MIN START G/M A G+A PK FK SH SOT WOOD TCH TCH-BOX OFF
1 Lionel Messi
L. Messi
496
578
47,162
520
0.86
136
632
60
2 Edinson Cavani
E. Cavani
267
479
35,355
394
0.56
41
308
40
3 Sergio Agüero
S. Agüero
258
454
33,350
386
0.57
47
305
28
4 Luis Suárez
L. Suárez
247
368
29,863
336
0.67
96
343
14
5 Gonzalo Higuaín
G. Higuaín
237
428
30,147
338
0.55
29
266
15
6 Alfredo Di Stéfano
A. Di Stéfano
227
329
29,610
329
0.69
17
7 José João Altafini
J. João Altafini
217
458
39,038
429
0.47
15
8 Claudio Pizarro
C. Pizarro
199
511
31,375
325
0.39
34
233
10
9 Gabriel Omar Batistuta
G. Omar Batistuta
184
318
27,116
306
0.58
14
10 Ronaldo
Ronaldo
175
252
19,912
232
0.69
23
11 Hernán Crespo
H. Crespo
173
389
26,312
301
0.44
1
174
14
12 Anderson da Silva
A. da Silva
167
306
23,120
259
0.55
13
13 Luis Vinicio
L. Vinicio
155
348
31,185
348
0.45
15
14 Alexis Sánchez
A. Sánchez
153
483
30,929
343
0.32
73
226
7
15 Neymar Jr
N. Jr
150
235
19,406
218
0.64
83
233
31
16 Enrique Omar Sívori
E. Omar Sívori
147
278
24,570
278
0.53
10
17 Mauro Icardi
M. Icardi
144
283
20,558
228
0.51
32
176
20
18 Élber de Souza
É. de Souza
144
290
22,051
257
0.50
0
19 Diego Forlán
D. Forlán
140
321
22,766
255
0.44
9
149
14
20 Diego Milito
D. Milito
139
267
20,618
237
0.52
11
150
31
21 Radamel Falcao
R. Falcao
131
284
17,336
188
0.46
15
146
28
22 Paulo Dybala
P. Dybala
129
349
23,842
277
0.37
66
195
33
23 Mario Alberto Kempes
M. Alberto Kempes
126
222
18,895
218
0.57
26
24 Duván Zapata
D. Zapata
124
326
22,007
253
0.38
43
167
7
25 Rubén Sosa
R. Sosa
124
358
28,890
330
0.35
20

Europe Top Five 2024-25 Leaders

Europe Top Five 2024-25 Rankings

Europe Top Five 2024-25 Table

Team W D L GD PTS
1
Liverpool Liverpool
22
7
1
43
73
2
Arsenal Arsenal
17
10
3
30
61
3
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
17
6
7
15
57
4
Chelsea Chelsea
15
7
8
17
52
5
Man City Man City
15
6
9
17
51
6
Newcastle Newcastle
15
5
9
10
50
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
21
3
5
54
66
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
19
6
4
33
63
3
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
16
9
4
24
57
4
Athletic Club Athletic Club
14
11
4
22
53
5
Villarreal Villarreal
13
8
7
12
47
6
Real Betis Real Betis
13
8
8
4
47
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Bayern Bayern
20
5
2
52
65
2
Leverkusen Leverkusen
17
8
2
28
59
3
Frankfurt Frankfurt
14
6
7
15
48
4
Mainz Mainz
13
6
8
14
45
5
M'gladbach M'gladbach
13
4
10
4
43
6
Leipzig Leipzig
11
9
7
7
42
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Inter Inter
20
7
3
39
67
2
Napoli Napoli
19
7
4
23
64
3
Atalanta Atalanta
17
7
6
34
58
4
Bologna Bologna
15
11
4
16
56
5
Juventus Juventus
14
13
3
18
55
6
Roma Roma
15
7
8
15
52
Team W D L GD PTS
1
PSG PSG
22
5
0
53
71
2
Monaco Monaco
15
5
7
20
50
3
Marseille Marseille
15
4
8
18
49
4
Nice Nice
13
8
6
18
47
5
Lille Lille
13
8
6
13
47
6
Strasbourg Strasbourg
13
7
7
10
46

Europe Top Five 2024-25 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
2/22
NAP NAP
@
COM COM
1-2
Sat
2/22
RCL RCL
@
NAN NAN
1-3
Sat
2/22
FIO FIO
@
HEL HEL
0-1
Sat
2/22
MON MON
@
NIC NIC
0-2
Sat
2/22
TFC TFC
@
HAC HAC
4-1

Fixtures

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/4
FCB FCB
@
FCA FCA
2:30 PM
Fri
4/4
NAN NAN
@
NIC NIC
2:45 PM
Fri
4/4
UDI UDI
@
GEN GEN
2:45 PM
Fri
4/4
ESP ESP
@
RAY RAY
3:00 PM
Sat
4/5
ARS ARS
@
EVE EVE
7:30 AM