Real Madrid and FC Barcelona played an exciting match at the Santiago Bernabéu this Sunday (21), and the Merengue team took a key step in their pursuit of the league title after defeating the Catalan team 3-2 with goals from Vinicius Jr., Lucas Vázquez, and Jude Bellingham, who scored the winning goal near the end of the match.
In addition to being a special night for Vinicius Jr. for securing another victory in El Clásico, the Brazilian also celebrated a personal achievement after scoring his goal from a penalty, beating Marc-André Ter Stegen, as he reached the 100th goal in his entire professional career.
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100 times Vinicius: the Brazilian star celebrated the 100th goal of his career
With a brief but concise post on his official Twitter account “X”, Vinicius celebrated this personal milestone after scoring what would be his 79th goal wearing the Real Madrid shirt in 257 matches played, in which he has also provided 75 assists.
What are Vinicius Jr.’s goal figures in his entire career?
Obviously, having already developed a large part of his career at Real Madrid, the highest goal contribution in his personal record comes from the goals scored wearing the Merengue shirt. In total, the Brazilian star’s shots have already found the back of the net 79 times in official matches for Real Madrid.
On the other hand, in his short and interesting spell at Real Madrid Castilla, Vinicius also managed to score several goals wearing the white academy shirt, adding a total of four more goals to his personal record.
With Flamengo, Vini managed to reach the not insignificant figure of 14 goals, which is quite commendable considering he left the carioca team at the age of 18, scoring all of them while still a minor.
As a conclusion, in 28 official matches with the Seleção, Vinicius has only managed to score three goals. However, the sum of all these goals allows the Real Madrid star to start adding his goals in the hundreds, as he has finally reached the milestone of a hundred goals in his promising career.
- Real Madrid – 79 goals in 257 matches
- Real Madrid Castilla – 4 goals in 5 matches
- CR Flamengo – 14 goals in 55 matches
- Brazil – 3 goals in 28 matches
- TOTAL: 100 goals in 345 matches
Zagallo documentary
Sambafoot Series has launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo’ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays – as a player and as a coach. The first and second episodes is available in Sambafoot’s Youtube channel and the series will receive weekly releases to tell this legend’s life story.
