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May 9, 2020 · There's no doubt that Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players to have ever played the game. The highlights of his career include league titles in England, Spain and Italy, five...
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo holds the record for most goals in the UEFA Champions League (140 goals), and the record for most goals in the UEFA European Championship (14), its qualification stage (40), and the FIFA Club World Cup (7), as well as most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League season (17 in ...
- Wins first Premier League title (2007) "At the start, no one had even heard of Ronaldo, but by the end, everyone knew about him." That was the view of former United defender Mikael Silvestre, who played against Sporting Lisbon in a pre-season friendly before the start of the 2003-04 season.
- Puskas award-winning goal (2009) Ronaldo scored 118 goals for Manchester United, including a sensational screamer against Porto in the Champions League, picking the ball 40 yards out before rocketing a shot into the top corner.
- Scores winner in Copa del Rey final (2011) Ronaldo started to pay off the world record fee when he scored the winning goal for Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final against bitter rivals Barcelona.
- Becomes Real's all-time leading scorer (2015) Ronaldo's goalscoring record during his nine seasons at Real was astonishing, with 450 goals in just 438 games.
- 'That' screamer against Porto (2009) Playing his sixth season in the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo had tallied a meager 12 goals in 49 games heading into the 2008-09 quarter-final at Porto.
- Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score for two different winning teams in Champions League finals (2014) Six years after scoring for Manchester United in their win over Chelsea in the 2008 Champions League final, Cristiano Ronaldo was at it again, this time for a different team.
- Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Real Madrid's all-time top-scorer (2015) Barely six years after arriving at Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo scored against Levante in a 2015-16 La Liga game to overtake Raul (323) and become the club's all-time top scorer in all competitions.
- Wins the European Championships with Portugal (2016) Twelve years after missing out on the European Championships as a teenager, as Portugal were beaten by unfancied Greece at home in the final, Cristiano Ronaldo won the quadrennial competition by beating France in the 2016 Paris final.
- JUVENTUS 3-0 Atletico Madrid | Champions League round of 16 | March 12, 2019. Atletico Madrid beat Juventus 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League tie last year, and Diego Simeone’s side certainly know how to defend a lead.
- Sweden 2-3 PORTUGAL | World Cup qualifying play-offs | November 19, 2013. Portugal needed a play-off to reach the 2014 World Cup finals but thankfully, they had Ronaldo.
- REAL MADRID 3-0 Wolfsburg | Champions League quarter-final | April 12, 2016. Real Madrid turned to Ronaldo to save them after they were beaten 2-0 by Wolfsburg in the first leg.
- Arsenal 1-3 MANCHESTER UNITED | Champions League semi-final | May 5, 2019. Perhaps Ronaldo’s best performance in a Manchester United shirt. The semi-final tie was perfectly poised following Man United’s 1-0 win at Old Trafford in the first leg but any hopes Arsenal had of reaching the final were dashed within 11 minutes of the return fixture.
Jun 14, 2023 · These seven memorable goals show the qualities that make Cristiano Ronaldo one of football's greatest-ever stars.
Aug 6, 2020 · With UEFA Champions Leagues, Ballons d'Or, and a staggering number of goals, Ronaldo very well makes an undeniable case for being one of the greatest ever. Here, we take a look at five of the...
