For a long time, the name Joseph Bikan was probably rarely mentioned.
It was only when Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed his ice-breaking record for years, and the Czech Football Association questioned the record after the game, that Bikan began to get the attention he deserved.
Invasion and deletion
In yesterday's Premier League focus battle, Manchester United won 3-2 at home to Tottenham. Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo completed a hat-trick to break The Record 805 goals that Bikan had frozen for many years and rewrite the record to 807 goals.
Bikan scored
Born in Vienna during the Austro-Hungarian era in 1913, Joseph Bikan was the "ancients" nearly 110 years ago, died of a heart attack in 2001, and the official competition goal count began in 1931 and ended in 1955.
According to FIFA's official website, he scored 805 goals in 530 official matches! He averaged 1.52 goals per game (including in his youth), a record officially recognized by FIFA.
However, his senior team's official tournament goals were counted as 759, including 730 club and 29 national team goals.
If you count the friendly scores, Bikan's number of goals identified by RSSSF is about 1468 goals, which is Bikan's record in 918 games, which is also an extremely impressive record. More than Pele (1283 goals)! The reason why I say "about" is because of the age, and many of his game data are now missing and cannot be fully counted.
One reason why Bikken scored so many goals was not only that Biken's left and right foot skills were excellent was his incredible speed, which he could sprint at 10.8 seconds in 100 meters
Career
In 1937, he moved to the Czech side Slavia club Josef Bikken scored 395 goals in 204 league games in 204 league games, helping the team to win 5 Czech league titles and 11 times to become the Czech league top scorer, including one season with 57 goals in 24 games, from 1939/40 to 1943/44, five consecutive seasons to top scorer. He played for the club during World War II, when many people his age were fighting in the war.
He has played for Vienna Express, Vienna Austria, Vitkowice, Dynamo Prague and Sokol, Slavia Prague, scoring 730 goals in 459 games in all competitions, and it is worth mentioning that in the four seasons of Vienna Fast, Bikan has scored a staggering 108 goals in 49 appearances!
National team career
In 1933, at the age of 20, Bücken played for the Austrian national team for the first time. In 1934, he represented the national team in the 1st World Cup, with which he made 1 appearance in the semi-finals and contributed 1 goal. He made 19 appearances for Austria and scored 14 goals.
In 1937 he applied for Czechoslovak citizenship. Due to a mistake in the workflow, he failed to participate in the 1938 World Cup. World War II then broke out and the World Cup was suspended until 1950. He made a total of 14 appearances for Czechoslovakia, scoring 12 goals. He also played a hat-trick for Bohemia and Moravia.
We should pay more tribute to The Name of Bikan. Although his record has been surpassed by Cristiano Ronaldo, for a player who has scored more goals than Pele and has a frozen record of 65 years, he deserves to be recognized and respected in world football.