Harry Kane fastest to 100 goals for a European club, reaching mark in 104 matches

Harry Kane reached 100 goals for Bayern with a strike against Werder Bremen on Friday, completing the milestone in 104 matches and becoming the fastest player to hit three figures for a European club, the article reports.

The story profiles players who reached 100 goals for a European club in the fewest appearances, naming figures such as Kane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland, Luis Suárez and Kylian Mbappé. Luis Suárez, who moved from Liverpool to Barcelona in 2014 and became the club’s record signing in the process, is listed as the third-fastest to 100 goals, taking 120 games to reach the total.

Kane’s strike against Werder Bremen took him to 100 goals in just 104 matches; the piece notes this is the quickest anyone has achieved that tally this century with a team in one of Europe’s top five divisions. The article adds that Kane is the 19th player to reach 100 goals for Bayern and that he joined the club from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2023.

Erling Haaland’s milestone is described as a record-tying and record-breaking goal on Sunday afternoon that served as his 10th Premier League goal this season and his 100th for the club across three seasons. The report records that Haaland has already scored two Premier League hat-tricks this season, against West Ham and Ipswich Town, and refers to him as a former Borussia Dortmund player.

On Cristiano Ronaldo, the article notes the 39-year-old began his career as a winger before moving to a striking role and that, after his debut season with Real Madrid in which the team finished with only the Copa del Rey, he left the club as its all-time leading goalscorer with 451 goals in 438 appearances.

Kylian Mbappé is credited with reaching 100 goals for Real Madrid after scoring a match-winning brace in El Clásico; the piece also states he is yet to win a major trophy with the club. The article includes the tweet text: 100 not out for Kylian 💯 pic.twitter.com/48KPllzSye

Kane’s 104-match mark is noted as fewer appearances than both Ronaldo and Haaland took to reach 100 goals, and the article places Mbappé as the fourth-fastest player to the milestone.