MisterGoal's Football Facts No 133

On May 20, 2007, Romário scored his 1000th goal, a penalty kick against Sport Recife, playing for Vasco da Gama. He claims he is the second player in professional football history to achieve this, after Pelé in 1969.The 1000th goal drew much attention from both Brazilian and international press, with the game being stopped for over 20 minutes to allow for celebrations from his fans.There is much controversy over the validity of the 1000 goals as it claim is somewhat inaccurate, because Romário counted his goals in junior, friendly and non-official games.FIFA congratulated Romário on his milestone goal but stated he is still officially on 929 goals, as 77 came in youth football, with other being scored in friendly matches!!!!!