Former Manchester United defender, Mikael Silvestre has named the player to first hit 1000 goals in the game of football.
According to him, his former Manchester United teammate, Cristiano Ronaldo will be the player to reach 1000 career goals and play for even longer.
Ronaldo has already netted over 900 goals, becoming the first player in history to do so.
Ronaldo, a former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus superstar, now plays for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
This season, the Portugal captain has already scored 10 goals and provided two assists in 12 Saudi Pro League games.
Silvestre has revealed his expectations that the former Sporting CP man, who currently has 916 career goals as of December 7, will hit the 1000-goal mark.
The Frenchman told Boyle Sports, “Cristiano Ronaldo will reach 1,000 goals and it will be an incredible achievement.
“For someone to start their career as a winger and then score more goals than Pele is outstanding, I do believe he will score his 1,000th goal because when he puts his mind to something he achieves it.
“He plays every minute in the Saudi league and scores both from penalties and from open play, he is one of the top performers and I don’t see any downgrade in his performances.
“He is at a level which I think he can remain at for a long time, I think he will play deep into his 40s and break the 1,000 goal barrier and it will be an amazing achievement.”
Mikael Silvestre names first player to reach 1000-goal mark in football
