Cristiano Ronaldo Records : Cristiano Ronaldo is that one name which is ruling the football world since past many years and his prowess in the same arena needs no proof whatsoever. He is sure, one of the best players ever to play football and even though he has been a part of numerous controversies and dispute in his prolific career, he has never let those impact his game on any given day.
Quite Recently Ronaldo switched to the Italian club Juventus on the back of some big money and whilst there were rumors that he wasn’t happy at Real Madrid that is surely a past thing to even thinks about. Moreover, this wonderful player has got some unbelievable record to his name during the past few years and whilst records are meant to be broken, we aren’t seeing some of his to be getting breached anytime soon.
#1 Most Number Of Goals Scored For Real Madrid ( 450 Goals)
Ronaldo is quite synonymous to a goal-scoring machine and he has done that quite superbly for his former club, Real Madrid in all of the competitions. If we talk about his record, he has scored 450 goals for Madrid in just 438 appearances over the past 9 years since his transfer to Los Blancos from Manchester united.
Moreover, with his goal per game stats coming at 1.03, we can only assume how much effective he has been for Madrid in the past few years. On the other side, it was Raul who held the record earlier for being the highest goal scorer before Ronaldo for Madrid with a tally of 323 goals in 741 games. Looking at the comparison, we can surely say that Ronaldo was quite impeccable with his performance at Bernabeu. Meanwhile, if we have a look at his record of scoring the most number of goals for Madrid, the player who is closest to him currently is Karim Benzema who has 197 goals for his team in 422 games. He is currently 30 years old and we cannot see him breaching the goal tally of Ronaldo in whatsoever circumstances.
#2 Most Goals Scored In A Single UEFA champions’ league campaign ( 17)
Real Madrid did win the champions league trophy 3 times in the past four years and Ronaldo was that one player who was instrumental to a great extent in all of their victories.S till, it was in the 201/14 season when his game was at its peak for the Los Blancos and he scored 17 goals whilst taking his team to the podium in the UEFA champions league in the process.
Before Ronaldo, the record was jointly been shared by the Jose Altafini and Lionel Messi who scored 14 goals in 1962/63 and 2011/12 seasons respectively. None could’ve thought that this record can ever be breached but such was the dominance of Ronaldo on the world of football which overcomes everything coming under his way. This record seems certainly special in the wake of the fact that a team only get to play 13 matches in a given UEFA league and with Ronaldo scoring 17 goals in the same; it is quite a remarkable achievement in all sorts.
#3 Most Number Of Goals For A European Country ( 85 Goals)
Cristiano Ronaldo Records : Ronaldo isn’t just about club football and he has played with the same resilience and dominance in the International arena as well. This is where he has scored 85 goals for his national team Portugal in the 156 matches that he has played in the process. This certainly makes him the highest ever goal scorer for a European country in the history of the game. On the other side, Ali Daie is that player who still holds the record for being the topmost scorer in International football for his country with 109 goals and with him being retired, Ronaldo has a great chance to achieve that feat before hanging his boots. Moreover, Ronaldo has still ample football left in him and this certainly makes him a clear contender for that spot. Talking about the second spot on the list, David Villa from Spain is placed there with 59 goals to his name.
#4 Fifty Goals in 6 Successive Seasons Whilst Playing In Top European leagues
Cristiano Ronaldo Records: Ronaldo holds this great achievement of scoring more than 50 goals for 5 successive seasons whilst playing for Madrid from 2010 till 2015. This was the time when he went on to score 53, 60,55,51,61 and 51 goals respectively for his club all along and this wasn’t sure an unmatched record which he made in the process.
Looking at the competency of this record, we can look at his nearest competitor in the same regards that is Lionel Messi. Messi does hold the record for scoring most number of goals in a calendar year (91) along with most goals in a season (72) but even he hasn’t been able to score more than 50 goals for 6 successive seasons. Such has been the brilliance of Ronaldo that he has doesn’t that year in year out for this team whilst making them win almost every trophy in the process.
#5 More Than 10 Champions league Goals In 7 Successive Seasons
Cristiano Ronaldo Records: You just had a look at the record held by Ronaldo for being the only player on the planet to score more than 50 goals in all competition across top 5 European leagues. Apart from it, he also hold a record for being the only player to score more than 10 goals for 7 successive champions league seasons for his club Real Madrid.
He is also the all-time leading scorer in the champions league history and whilst doing that, he has made his team win the same trophy 4 times. If we have a look at other players in the same role, none has been able to score more than 10 goals for two consecutive season for their clubs and this surely makes Ronaldo something special in the world of football. Ronaldo has been the main man behind the Champions league success of Real Madrid and whilst he has left the club to join his new team Juventus, we can surely expect him to create some new and unbreakable record in the course of his journey for the club.
