"Cristiano" diverts here. For others named Cristiano, see Cristiano (given name) and Cristiano (last name).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or fatherly family name is Aveiro.
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| Full name | Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro[1] | |||||||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1985[1] | |||||||
| Place of birth | Funchal, Madeira, Portugal[1] | |||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[note 1] | |||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||
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Current team | Manchester United | |||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Andorinha | |||||||
| 1995–1997 | Nacional | |||||||
| 1997–2002 | Sporting CP | |||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||
| 2002–2003 | Sporting CP B | 2 | (0) | |||||
| 2002–2003 | Sporting CP | 25 | (3) | |||||
| 2003–2009 | Manchester United | 196 | (84) | |||||
| 2009–2018 | Real Madrid | 292 | (311) | |||||
| 2018–2021 | Juventus | 98 | (81) | |||||
| 2021– | Manchester United | 8 | (4) | |||||
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| 2001 | Portugal U15 | 9 | (7) | |||||
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U17 | 7 | (5) | |||||
| 2003 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||
| 2002–2003 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (3) | |||||
| 2004 | Portugal U23 | 3 | (2) | |||||
| 2003– | Portugal | 182 | (115) | |||||
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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM (Portuguese elocution: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaɫdu]; conceived 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese expert footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and commanders the Portugal public group. Regularly viewed as the best player on the planet and broadly viewed as probably the best player ever, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or awards[note 3] and four European Golden Shoes, the most by an European player. He has won 32 prizes in his vocation, including seven association titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA European Championship and one UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo holds the records for most appearances (180), most objectives (139) and helps (42) in the Champions League, most objectives in the European Championship (14), most worldwide objectives by a male player (115), and most global appearances by an European male (182). He is one of a handful of the players to have shown up, and has scored more than 790 authority senior vocation objectives for club and country.
Brought up in Madeira, Ronaldo started his senior club profession playing for Sporting CP, prior to marking with Manchester United in 2003, matured 18, winning the FA Cup in his first season. He would likewise go onto win three successive Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup; at age 23, he won his first Ballon d'Or. Ronaldo was the subject of the then-most costly affiliation football move when he finished paperwork for Real Madrid in 2009 in an exchange worth €94 million (£80 million), where he won 15 prizes, including two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey and four Champions Leagues, and turned into the club's unequaled top goalscorer. He additionally wrapped sprinter up for the Ballon d'Or multiple times, behind Lionel Messi (his apparent vocation adversary), and won consecutive Ballons d'Or in 2013 and 2014, and again in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, he finished paperwork for Juventus in an exchange worth an underlying €100 million (£88 million), the most costly exchange for an Italian club and the most costly exchange for a player more than 30 years of age. He won two Serie A titles, two Supercoppe Italiana and a Coppa Italia, prior to getting back to Manchester United in 2021.
Ronaldo made his senior global presentation for Portugal in 2003 at 18 years old and has since procured more than 180 covers, making him Portugal's most-covered player. With in excess of 100 objectives at global level, he is likewise the country's unequaled top goalscorer. He has played in and scored at 11 significant competitions; he scored his first worldwide objective at Euro 2004, where he assisted Portugal with arriving at the last. He expected full captaincy of the public group in July 2008. In 2015, Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player ever by the Portuguese Football Federation. The next year, he drove Portugal to their first significant competition title at Euro 2016, and got the Silver Boot as the second-most elevated goalscorer of the competition. He additionally drove them to triumph in the debut UEFA Nations League in 2019, and later got the Golden Boot as top scorer of Euro 2020.
One of the world's generally attractive and renowned competitors, Ronaldo was positioned the world's most generously compensated competitor by Forbes in 2016 and 2017 and the world's most well known competitor by ESPN from 2016 to 2019. Time remembered him for their rundown of the 100 most compelling individuals on the planet in 2014. He is the principal footballer and the third athlete to procure US$1 billion in his career.[8]
Early life
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was brought into the world in the São Pedro ward of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira, and experienced childhood in the close by area of Santo António.[9][10] He is the fourth and most youthful offspring of Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a metropolitan nursery worker and low maintenance pack man.[11] His incredible grandma on his dad's side, Isabel da Piedade, was from the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde.[12] He has one more seasoned sibling, Hugo, and two more established sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia "Katia".[13] His mom uncovered that she needed to cut short him because of neediness, his dad's liquor abuse and having such a large number of youngsters as of now, yet her PCP would not play out the procedure.[14] Ronaldo experienced childhood in a ruined Catholic home, offering a space to all his siblings.[15]
As a kid, Ronaldo played for Andorinha from 1992 to 1995,[16] where his dad was the unit man,[11] and later went through two years with Nacional. In 1997, matured 12, he went on a three-day preliminary with Sporting CP, who marked him for a charge of £1,500.[17] He consequently moved from Madeira to Alcochete, close to Lisbon, to join Sporting's childhood academy.[17] By age 14, Ronaldo accepted he been able to play semi-expertly and concurred with his mom to stop his schooling to zero in totally on football.[18] While famous with different understudies at school, he had been ousted subsequent to tossing a seat at his educator, who he said had "affronted" him.[18] However, after one year, he was determined to have a dashing heart, a condition that might have constrained him to quit any pretense of playing football.[19] Ronaldo went through heart medical procedure where a laser was utilized to sear numerous cardiovascular pathways into one, changing his resting heart rate.[20] He was released from the clinic hours after the strategy and continued preparing a couple of days later.[21]
Club career
Sporting CP
At age 16, Ronaldo was advanced from Sporting's childhood group by first-group director László Bölöni, who was dazzled with his dribbling.[22] He therefore turned into the main player to play for the club's under-16, under-17 and under-18 groups, the B group and the primary group, all inside a solitary season.[17] A year after the fact, on 29 September 2002, Ronaldo made his presentation in the Primeira Liga, against Braga and on 7 October, he scored two objectives against Moreirense in their 3–0 win.[23] Over the course of the 2002–03 season, his agents proposed the player to Liverpool chief Gérard Houllier and Barcelona president Joan Laporta.[24] Manager Arsène Wenger, who was keen on marking Ronaldo, met with him at Arsenal's grounds in November to talk about a potential transfer.[25]
Manchester United director Alex not set in stone to secure Ronaldo on a super durable move desperately, in the wake of Sporting crushed United 3–1 at the introduction of the Estádio José Alvalade in August 2003. At first, United had wanted to sign Ronaldo and credit him back to Sporting for a year.[26] Having been dazzled by him, the United players asked Ferguson to sign him. After the game, Ferguson consented to pay Sporting £12.24 million[26] for what he viewed as "perhaps the most intriguing youthful player" he had ever seen.[27] 10 years after his takeoff from the club, in April 2013, Sporting respected Ronaldo by choosing him to turn into their 100,000th member.[28]
Manchester United
2003–2007: Development and breakthrough
—Former Manchester United player George Best hails the 18-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo in 2003.[29]
Ronaldo's transition to Manchester United was finished on 12 August 2003, past the point of no return for the 2003 FA Community Shield yet on schedule for their game against Bolton Wanderers on the first day of the season of the 2003–04 season, and made him the main Portuguese player to sign for the club.[30] His exchange charge of £12.24 million made him, at that point, the most costly young person in English football history.[31] Although he mentioned the number 28, his number at Sporting, he got the crew number 7 shirt, which had recently been worn by such United players as George Best, Eric Cantona and David Beckham.[32] Wearing the number 7 turned into an additional wellspring of inspiration for Ronaldo.[33] A critical component in his advancement during his time in England ended up being Ferguson, of whom he later said: "He's been my dad in sport, quite possibly the most significant and compelling factor in my career."[3
Ronaldo made his presentation as a substitute in a 4–0 home success over Bolton in the Premier League on 16 August 2003, and got an overwhelming applause when he came on for Nicky Butt.[35] His exhibition acquired recognition from Best, who hailed it as "without a doubt the most thrilling introduction" he had ever seen.[29] Ronaldo scored his first objective for Manchester United with a free-kick in a 3–0 success over Portsmouth on 1 November.[36] Three more association objectives continued in the second 50% of the campaign,[37] the remainder of which came against Aston Villa on the last day of the period, a match wherein he likewise got the main red card of his career.[38] Ronaldo finished his first season in English football by scoring the initial objective in United's 3–0 success over Millwall in the 2004 FA Cup Final, procuring his first trophy.[39] BBC savant Alan Hansen portrayed him as the star of the final.[40] The British press had been incredulous of Ronaldo during the season for his "intricate" venture overs in attempting to beat opponents,[41] however colleague Gary Neville said he was "not a show horse, but rather the genuine article", and anticipated he would turn into a top notch player.[42]
"He has the stunts and party pieces, we realize that, yet they're very little acceptable except if there is something toward the finish, all things considered, We actually need to keep in mind, obviously, that the chap is just 19 years old. Taking into account that, you need to say he has enormous ability. His feet are entrancing now and again, and on the off chance that he can couple that with some reliably great intersection, the future looks alarming."
— Former BBC savant Alan Hansen remarking on Ronaldo after his first season.[40]
Ronaldo scored United's 1,000th Premier League objective on 29 October 2004, their main objective in a 4–1 misfortune to Middlesbrough.[43] half a month after the fact, he marked another agreement with the club that drawn out his past bargain by two years to 2010.[44] At the beginning of 2005, Ronaldo played two of his best matches of the 2004–05 season, delivering an objective and a help against Aston Villa and scoring twice against rivals Arsenal.[45][46] He played the full 120 minutes of the 2005 FA Cup Final against Arsenal, which finished in a goalless draw; despite the fact that Ronaldo scored his endeavor in the punishment shoot-out, United lost 5–4.[47] Ronaldo won his second prize in English football, the Football League Cup, in the wake of scoring the third objective in United's 4–0 last success over Wigan Athletic.[48]
During his third season in England, Ronaldo was engaged with a few episodes. He had a one-match boycott forced on him by UEFA for a "one-fingered motion" towards Benfica fans,[49] and was shipped off in the Manchester derby (a 3–1 loss) for kicking Manchester City's previous United player Andy Cole.[50] Ronaldo conflicted with a partner, striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who disapproved of the winger's showing-off style of play.[51] Following the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in which he was engaged with an occurrence where club colleague Wayne Rooney was sent off,[52] Ronaldo freely requested an exchange, regretting the absence of help he believed he had gotten from the club over the incident.[53] United prevented the chance from getting him leaving the club.[54]
Despite the fact that his World Cup fight with Rooney brought about Ronaldo being booed all through the 2006–07 season,[55] it ended up being his breakout year, as he broke the 20-objective obstruction interestingly and won his first Premier League title. A significant variable in this achievement was his coordinated preparing by first-group mentor René Meulensteen, who encouraged him to make himself more flighty, work on his collaboration, require the ball and profit by goalscoring openings rather than hanging tight for the opportunity to score the stylishly satisfying objectives for which he was at that point known.[56] He scored three successive supports toward the finish of December, against Aston Villa (a success that put United on top of the association), Wigan and Reading.[57][58][59] Ronaldo was named the Premier League Player of the Month in November and December, turning out to be just the third player to get sequential honours.[60]
2007–2008: Collective and individual success
At the quarter-last phase of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, Ronaldo scored his first objectives in quite a while 30th match in the competition,[61] scoring twice in a 7–1 success over Roma.[62] He in this way scored four minutes into the primary semi-last leg against Milan, which finished in a 3–2 win,[63] yet was set apart out of the second leg as United lost 3–0 at the San Siro.[64] He additionally helped United arrive at the 2007 FA Cup Final, yet the last against Chelsea finished in a 1–0 defeat.[65] Ronaldo scored the main objective in the Manchester derby on 5 May (his 50th objective for the club), as United won their first association title in four years.[66] because of his exhibitions, he amassed a large group of individual honors for the season. He won the Professional Footballers' Association's Player, Fans' Player and Young Player of the Year grants, just as the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award,[67][68] turning into the primary player to win every one of the four fundamental PFA and FWA honours.[69] His wages were simultaneously moved up to £120,000 per week as a feature of a five-year contract extension.[70] Ronaldo was named sprinter up to Kaká for the 2007 Ballon d'Or,[71] and came third, behind Kaká and Lionel Messi, in the running for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award.[72]
Ronaldo scored his solitary full go-around for United in a 6–0 success against Newcastle United on 12 January 2008, which put United top of the association table.[73] On 19 March, he captained United without precedent for a home success over Bolton and scored the two objectives in a 2–0 win.[74] His subsequent objective was his 33rd of the mission, which bettered George Best's absolute of 32 objectives in the 1967–68 season, along these lines setting the club's new single-season record by a midfielder.[75] His 31 association objectives procured him the Premier League Golden Boot,[76] just as the European Golden Shoe, which made him the principal winger to win the last award.[77] He moreover got the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year grants for the second continuous season.[78][79] In the knockout phase of the Champions League, Ronaldo scored the definitive objective against Lyon, which aided United development to the quarter-finals 2–1 on aggregate,[80] and, while playing as a striker, scored with a header in the 3–0 total success over Roma.[81] United arrived at the last against Chelsea in Moscow, where, in spite of his initial objective being discredited by an equalizer and his extra shot being saved in the shoot-out,[82] United arose victorious.[83] As the Champions League top scorer, Ronaldo was named the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year.[84]
Ronaldo scored an aggregate of 42 objectives in all contests during the 2007–08 season, his most productive mission during his time in England. He missed three matches subsequent to headbutting a Portsmouth player toward the beginning of the period, an encounter he said showed him not to allow rivals to incite him.[85] As bits of hearsay flowed of Ronaldo's advantage in moving to Real Madrid, United documented an altering objection with administering body FIFA over Madrid's supposed quest for their player, however they declined to take action.[86] FIFA president Sepp Blatter declared that the player ought to be permitted to leave his club, portraying the circumstance as "current slavery".[87] Despite Ronaldo openly concurring with Blatter,[88] he stayed at United for another year.[89]
2008–2009: Final season and continued success
In front of the 2008–09 season, on 7 July, Ronaldo went through lower leg surgery,[90] which saved him down and out for 10 weeks.[91] Following his return, he scored his 100th objective in all contests for United with the first of two free kicks in a 5–0 success against Stoke City on 15 November,[92] which implied he had now scored against every one of the 19 resistance groups in the Premier League at the time.[93] At the end of 2008, Ronaldo helped United win the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan,[94] helping the last winning objective against Liga de Quito and winning the Silver Ball in the process.[95] With his 2008 Ballon d'Or and 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year, Ronaldo turned into United's first Ballon d'Or victor since Best in 1968,[96] and the principal Premier League player to be named the FIFA World Player of the Year.[97]
His game dominating objective in the second leg against Porto, a 40-yard strike, acquired him the debut FIFA Puskás Award, introduced by FIFA in acknowledgment of the best objective of the year;[98] he later considered it the best objective he had ever scored.[99] United progressed to the last in Rome,[100] where he had little effect in United's 2–0 loss to Barcelona.[101] Ronaldo finished his time in England with nine prizes, as United guaranteed their third progressive association title and a Football League Cup.[102][103] He completed the mission with 26 objectives in all contests, 16 objectives less than the past season, in four more appearances.[104] His last objective for United came on 10 May 2009 with a free kick in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford.[105]
Real Madrid
In front of the 2009–10 season, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for a world record move expense at that point, of £80 million (€94 million).[106] His agreement, which ran until 2015, was worth €11 million every year and contained a €1 billion purchase out clause.[107] At least 80,000 fans went to his show at the Santiago Bernabéu, outperforming the 25-year record of 75,000 fans who had invited Diego Maradona at Napoli.[108] Since club chief Raúl previously wore the number 7 (the number Ronaldo wore at United), Ronaldo got the number 9 shirt,[109] which was introduced to him by previous Madrid player Alfredo Di Stéfano.[110]
2009–2013: World record move and La Liga title
Ronaldo made his La Liga debut against Deportivo La Coruña on 29 August and scored from the punishment spot in Madrid's 3–2 home win.[111] He scored in every one of his initial four association games, the main Madrid player to do so.[112] His first Champions League objectives for the club followed with two free kicks in the principal bunch match against Zürich.[113] His solid beginning to the season was hindered when he experienced a lower leg injury in October while on worldwide obligation, which kept him sidelined for seven weeks.[114][115] seven days after his return, he accepted his first red card in Spain in a match against Almería.[116] Midway through the season, Ronaldo completed second in the 2009 Ballon d'Or and the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year grants, behind Messi of Barcelona, Madrid's adversaries. He completed the season with 33 objectives in all rivalries, incorporating a full go-around in a 4–1 success against Mallorca on 5 May 2010, his first in La Liga.[117][118] His first season at Madrid finished trophyless.[119]
Following Raúl's takeoff, Ronaldo was given the number 7 shirt for Madrid before the 2010–11 season.[120] His resulting return to his Ballon d'Or-winning structure was embodied when, without precedent for his vocation, he scored four objectives in a solitary match during a 6–1 defeat against Racing Santander on 23 October.[121] His take finished up a run of scoring in six continuous counterparts for club and country, totalling 11 objectives, the most he had scored in a solitary month. Ronaldo therefore scored further full go-arounds against Athletic Bilbao, Levante, Villarreal and Málaga.[122][123][124] Despite his exhibitions, he didn't make the best three in the debut 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or.[125] During a memorable series of four Clásicos against rivals Barcelona in April 2011, Ronaldo scored twice to rise to his own record of 42 objectives in all contests. However he neglected to score in one or the other leg of the Champions League semi-finals as Madrid were dispensed with, he adjusted from the punishment spot in the return association game and scored the game dominating objective in the 103rd moment of the 2011 Copa del Rey Final, winning his first prize in Spain.[126][127] His two objectives in the last match of the period against Almería made him the primary player in La Liga to score 40 goals.[128] notwithstanding the Pichichi Trophy, Ronaldo won the European Golden Shoe briefly time, turning into the principal player to win the honor in various leagues.[129]
During the accompanying season, Ronaldo accomplished another individual best of 60 objectives in all competitions.[130] He completed as sprinter up to Messi for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or, in the wake of scoring full go-arounds against Real Zaragoza, Rayo Vallecano, Málaga, Osasuna and Sevilla, the remainder of which put Madrid on top of the association by the season's halfway point.[131][132][133] Ronaldo tracked down more noteworthy group achievement in the association, assisting Madrid with winning their first association title in quite a while with a record 100 focuses. Following a full go-around against Levante as Madrid further expanded their lead over Barcelona,[134] he scored his 100th association objective for Madrid in a 5–1 success over Real Sociedad on 24 March 2012, an achievement he came to in only 92 matches across three seasons, breaking the past club record held by Ferenc Puskás.[135] Another full go-around in the Madrid derby against Atlético Madrid carried his complete to 40 association objectives, equalling his record of the past season.[136] His last association objective of the period, against Mallorca, took his all out to 46 objectives, four shy of the new record set by Messi,[137] however he turned into the principal player to score against every one of the 19 resistance groups in a solitary La Liga season.[138]
Ronaldo started the 2012–13 season by lifting the 2012 Supercopa de España, his third prize in Spain. With an objective in every leg, he assisted Madrid with winning the Spanish Super Cup on away objectives following a 4–4 total draw against Barcelona.[139] Although Ronaldo freely remarked that he was discontent with a "proficient issue" inside the club, provoked by his refusal to praise his 150th objective for Madrid,[140] his goalscoring rate didn't endure. In the wake of mesh a full go-around, including two punishments, against Deportivo, he scored his first full go-around in quite a while League in a 4–1 success over Ajax.[141] Four days after the fact, he turned into the primary player to score in six progressive Clásicos when he hit a support in a 2–2 draw at Camp Nou.[142] His exhibitions again saw Ronaldo casted a ballot second in the running for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or, behind four-time victor Messi.[143]
2013–2015: Consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or wins and La Décima
Following the 2012–13 winter break, Ronaldo captained Madrid without precedent for an authority match, scoring a support to lift 10-man Madrid to a 4–3 success over Sociedad on 6 January.[144] He in this way turned into the first non-Spanish player in quite a while to chief Madrid in El Clasico on 30 January, a match which likewise denoted his 500th club appearance.[145] Three days earlier, he had scored his 300th club objective as a feature of an ideal full go-around against Getafe.[146] He scored his 200th objective for Madrid on 8 May in a 6–2 success against Málaga, arriving at the milestone in 197 games.[147] He assisted Madrid with coming to the 2013 Copa del Rey Final by scoring twice in El Clásico, which denoted the 6th progressive match at Camp Nou wherein he had scored,[148] a club record.[139] In the last, he headed the initial objective of a possible 2–1 loss to Atlético, yet was shown a red card for savage conduct.[149] In the principal knockout round of the Champions League, Ronaldo confronted his previous club Manchester United interestingly. In the wake of scoring the equalizer in a 1–1 draw at the Santiago Bernabéu,[150] he scored the triumphant objective in a 2–1 success on his first re-visitation of Old Trafford.[151] He didn't praise scoring against his previous club as a characteristic of respect.[152] After scoring three objectives against Galatasaray in the quarters, he scored Madrid's just objective in the 4–1 away loss to Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals and Real were killed at the semi-last stage for the third back to back year notwithstanding a 2–0 win in the second leg.[153]
Toward the beginning of the 2013–14 season, Ronaldo marked another agreement that drawn out his visit by three years to 2018, with a compensation of €17 million net, making him momentarily the most generously compensated player in football.[154] He was joined at the club by winger Gareth Bale, whose world record move charge of €100 million outperformed the expense Madrid had paid for Ronaldo four years prior.[155] Together with striker Karim Benzema, they shaped an assaulting threesome famously named "BBC", an abbreviation of Bale, Benzema and Cristiano, and a play on the name of the British public help telecaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).[156] By late November, Ronaldo had scored 32 objectives from 22 counterparts for both club and nation, including full go-arounds against Galatasaray, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Northern Ireland and Sweden.[157][158][159] He finished 2013 with 69 objectives in 59 appearances, his most noteworthy year-ultimate objective tally.[160] He got the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, a combination of the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year grant, without precedent for his career.[161]
Simultaneously with his singular accomplishments, Ronaldo partook in his most prominent group achievement in Spain to date, as he assisted Madrid with winning La Décima, their 10th European Cup. His objective in a 3–0 home success over Dortmund (his 100th Champions League match) took his complete for the season to 14 objectives, equalling the record Messi had set two years before.[162] After hitting a support in a 4–0 loss of Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena,[163] he scored from the punishment spot in the 120th moment of the 4–1 last success over Atlético, turning into the primary player to score in two European Cup finals for two diverse winning teams.[164] His general presentation in the last was curbed because of patellar tendinitis and related hamstring issues, which had tormented him somewhat recently of the mission. Ronaldo played the last against clinical guidance, later remarking: "In your life you don't win without penances and you should take risks".[165] As the opposition's top goalscorer for the third time, with a record 17 goals,[166] he was named the UEFA Best Player in Europe.[167]
In the Copa del Rey, Ronaldo assisted Madrid with arriving at the last by scoring two punishments against Atlético at the Vicente Calderón,[168] the first implied he had now scored in each and every moment of an hour and a half football match.[169] His proceeded with issues with his knee and thigh made him miss the last, where Madrid crushed Barcelona 2–1 to guarantee the trophy.[170] Ronaldo scored 31 objectives in 30 association games, which procured him the Pichichi and the European Golden Shoe, getting the last option grant together with Liverpool striker Luis Suárez.[171] Among his take was his 400th profession objective, in 653 appearances for club and country, which accompanied a support against Celta Vigo on 6 January; he devoted his objectives to countryman Eusébio, who had kicked the bucket two days before.[172] A last-minute, back-obeyed volley scored against Valencia on 4 May (his 50th objective in all contests) was perceived as the best objective of the period by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional,[173] which moreover named Ronaldo the Best Player in La Liga.[174]
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During the 2014–15 season, Ronaldo set another individual best of 61 objectives, beginning with the two objectives in Madrid's 2–0 success over Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup.[175] He in this manner accomplished his best-truly goalscoring start to an association crusade, with 15 objectives in the initial eight rounds.[176] His record 23rd La Liga full go-around, scored against Celta Vigo on 6 December, made him the quickest player to arrive at 200 objectives in La Liga, arriving at the achievement in 178th matches.[176][177] After winning the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup,[178] Ronaldo got the 2014 Ballon d'Or,[179] joining Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten as a three-time recipient.[180] Madrid completed in runner up in La Liga and left at the semi-last stage in the Champions League.[181] In the last contest, Ronaldo expanded his flee to a record 12 matches with his strike in a 2–0 success against Schalke 04.[182] He scored both of his side's objectives in the semi-finals against Juventus, where Madrid were wiped out 3–2 on aggregate.[183] With 10 objectives, he completed as top scorer for a third continuous season, close by Messi and Neymar.[184] On 5 April, he scored five objectives in a game without precedent for his vocation, including an eight-minute full go-around, in a 9–1 defeat of Granada.[185] His 300th objective for his club followed three days after the fact in a 2–0 success against Rayo Vallecano.[186] Subsequent full go-arounds against Sevilla, Espanyol and Getafe took his number of full go-arounds for Madrid to 31, outperforming Di Stéfano's club record of 28.[175] He completed the season with 48 objectives, winning a second back to back Pichichi and the European Golden Shoe for a record fourth time.[175]
2015–2017: All-time Real Madrid top scorer
Toward the beginning of his seventh season at Madrid, the 2015–16 mission, Ronaldo turned into the club's unsurpassed top scorer, first in the association and afterward in all contests. His five-objective take in a 6–0 away success over Espanyol on 12 September took his count in La Liga to 230 objectives in 203 games, outperforming the club's past recordholder, Raúl.[187] A month after the fact, on 17 October, he again outperformed Raúl when he scored the second objective in a 3–0 loss of Levante at the Bernabéu to take his general complete for the club to 324 goals.[note 4] Ronaldo likewise turned into the unsurpassed top scorer in the Champions League with a full go-around in the principal bunch match against Shakhtar Donetsk, having completed the past season level with Messi on 77 goals.[189] Two objectives against Malmö FF in a 2–0 away success on 30 September saw him arrive at the achievement of 500 vocation objectives for club and country.[190] He in this manner turned into the main player to score twofold figures in the opposition's gathering stage, establishing the standard at 11 objectives, including another four-objective take against Malmö.[191]
Ronaldo's four objectives in a 7–1 home success over Celta de Vigo on 5 March 2016 took his all out to 252 objectives in La Liga, turning into the opposition's second-most elevated scorer in history behind Messi.[192] He scored a full go-around against VfL Wolfsburg to send his club into the Champions League semi-finals.[193] The high pitch took his count in the opposition to 16 objectives, making him the top scorer for the fourth back to back season and the fifth overall.[194] Suffering obvious wellness issues, Ronaldo gave an ineffectively gotten execution in the last against Atlético, in a rehash of the 2014 last, however his punishment in the resulting shoot-out got Madrid's eleventh victory.[195] For the 6th progressive year, he finished the season having scored more than 50 objectives across all competitions.[195] For his endeavors during the season, he got the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award briefly time.[196]
Ronaldo missed Madrid's initial three matches of the 2016–17 season, including the 2016 UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla, as he kept on restoring the knee injury he endured against France in the Euro 2016 final.[197] On 15 September, he didn't praise his late free kick equalizer against Sporting CP in the Champions League, with Ronaldo expressing post match that "they made me who I am."[198] On 7 November, his agreement was refreshed for the subsequent time and stretched out by three years to 2021.[199] On 19 November, he scored a full go-around in a 3–0 away success against Atlético, making him the unequaled top scorer in the Madrid derby with 18 goals.[200] On 15 December, Ronaldo scored his 500th club profession objective in the 2–0 success over Club América in the semi-finals of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup.[201] He then, at that point, scored a full go-around in the 4–2 success over Japanese club Kashima Antlers in the final.[202] Ronaldo completed the competition as top scorer with four objectives and was likewise named player of the tournament.[203] He won the 2016 Ballon d'Or, his fourth, and the debut 2016 The Best FIFA Men's Player, a recovery of the previous FIFA World Player of the Year, to a great extent attributable to his prosperity with Portugal in winning Euro 2016.[204]
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In the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League quarter-last against Bayern in April, Ronaldo scored the two objectives in a 2–1 away success which saw him leave a mark on the world by turning into the main player to arrive at 100 objectives in UEFA club competition.[205] In the second leg of the quarter-finals, Ronaldo scored a 'wonderful' full go-around and arrived at his 100th Champions League objective, turning into the primary player to do as such as Madrid again crushed Bayern 4–2 after extra-time.[206] On 2 May, Ronaldo scored another full go-around as Madrid crushed Atlético 3–0 in the Champions League semi-last first leg. On 17 May, Ronaldo surpassed Jimmy Greaves as the record-breaking top scorer in the best five European associations, scoring twice against Celta de Vigo.[207] He completed the season with 42 objectives in all rivalries as he assisted Madrid with winning their first La Liga title since 2012.[208] In quite a while League Final, Ronaldo scored two objectives in a 4–1 triumph over Juventus to take him to 12 objectives for the season, making him the opposition's top goalscorer for the fifth consecutive season (6th in general), just as the first player to score in quite a while in the Champions League period; the subsequent objective was the 600th of his senior career.[209] Madrid additionally turned into the main group to win consecutive finals in the Champions League era.[210]
2017–2018: Fifth Ballon d'Or and fifth Champions League title
Toward the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Ronaldo scored Madrid's second objective in the 80th moment of a 3–1 success over Barcelona in the principal leg of the 2017 Supercopa de España at Camp Nou; notwithstanding, he was shipped off two minutes after the fact and missed the second leg.[211] On 23 October, his exhibitions all through 2017 saw him granted The Best FIFA Men's Player grant for the second sequential year.[212] On 6 December, he turned into the main player to score in each of the six Champions League bunch stage matches with a twisting strike at home to Dortmund.[213] A day after the fact, Ronaldo won the 2017 Ballon d'Or, accepting his fifth-time grant on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.[214] On 16 December, he scored a free kick victor, as Madrid won their second Club World Cup in succession by beating Gremio in the final.[215] On 3 March 2018, he scored two objectives in a 3–1 home success over Getafe, his initially being his 300th La Liga objective in his 286th appearance, making him the quickest player to arrive at this milestone and just the subsequent player to do as such after Messi.[216] On 18 March, he arrived at his 50th vocation full go-around, scoring four objectives in a 6–3 success against Girona.[217]
On 3 April, Ronaldo scored the initial two objectives in a 3–0 away success against Juventus in the quarter-finals of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, with his subsequent objective being an aerobatic bike kick. Portrayed as a "PlayStation objective" by Juventus protector Andrea Barzagli, with Ronaldo's foot around 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) off the ground, it collected him an overwhelming applause from the contradicting fans in the arena just as a plenty of acclamations from friends, savants and coaches.[218] On 11 April, he scored in the subsequent leg at home to Juventus, a 98th-minute physical issue time punishment in a 3–1 loss, which means Madrid progressed 4–3 on aggregate.[219] It was his 10th objective against Juventus, a Champions League record against a solitary club.[220] In the last on 26 May, Madrid crushed Liverpool 3–1, winning Ronaldo his fifth Champions League title, the primary player to do so.[221] He completed as the top scorer of the competition for the 6th successive season with 15 goals.[222] After the last, Ronaldo alluded to his experience with Madrid in the past tense, starting hypothesis that he could leave the club.[223]
Juventus
Toward the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Ronaldo scored Madrid's second objective in the 80th moment of a 3–1 success over Barcelona in the principal leg of the 2017 Supercopa de España at Camp Nou; be that as it may, he was shipped off two minutes after the fact and missed the second leg.[211] On 23 October, his exhibitions all through 2017 saw him granted The Best FIFA Men's Player grant for the second sequential year.[212] On 6 December, he turned into the primary player to score in every one of the six Champions League bunch stage matches with a twisting strike at home to Dortmund.[213] A day after the fact, Ronaldo won the 2017 Ballon d'Or, accepting his fifth-time grant on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.[214] On 16 December, he scored a free kick victor, as Madrid won their second Club World Cup in succession by beating Gremio in the final.[215] On 3 March 2018, he scored two objectives in a 3–1 home success over Getafe, his initially being his 300th La Liga objective in his 286th appearance, making him the quickest player to arrive at this milestone and just the subsequent player to do as such after Messi.[216] On 18 March, he arrived at his 50th vocation full go-around, scoring four objectives in a 6–3 success against Girona.[217]
On 3 April, Ronaldo scored the initial two objectives in a 3–0 away success against Juventus in the quarter-finals of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, with his subsequent objective being a gymnastic bike kick. Portrayed as a "PlayStation objective" by Juventus protector Andrea Barzagli, with Ronaldo's foot roughly 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) off the ground, it gathered him an overwhelming applause from the restricting fans in the arena just as a plenty of approvals from friends, intellectuals and coaches.[218] On 11 April, he scored in the subsequent leg at home to Juventus, a 98th-minute physical issue time punishment in a 3–1 loss, which means Madrid progressed 4–3 on aggregate.[219] It was his 10th objective against Juventus, a Champions League record against a solitary club.[220] In the last on 26 May, Madrid crushed Liverpool 3–1, winning Ronaldo his fifth Champions League title, the principal player to do so.[221] He completed as the top scorer of the competition for the 6th back to back season with 15 goals.[222] After the last, Ronaldo alluded to his experience with Madrid in the past tense, starting theory that he could leave the club.[223]
Juventus
Notwithstanding long stretches of arrangement to sign another Real Madrid contract,[224] on 10 July 2018, Ronaldo marked a four-year contract with Italian club Juventus in the wake of finishing a €100 million exchange, which remembered an extra €12 million for different charges and fortitude commitments to Ronaldo's childhood clubs.[225] The exchange was the most noteworthy ever for a player more than 30 years old,[226] and the most generously compensated by an Italian club.[227] Upon marking, Ronaldo refered to his requirement for another test as his reasoning for withdrawing Madrid,[228] however later ascribed the exchange to the absence of help he felt was shown by club president Florentino Pérez.[229]
2018–2020: Adjustment and sequential Serie A titles
On 18 August, Ronaldo made his presentation in a 3–2 away success against ChievoVerona.[230] On 16 September, Ronaldo scored his first two objectives for Juventus in quite a while fourth appearance in a 2–1 home success over Sassuolo in Serie A; his second was the 400th association objective of his career.[231] On 19 September, in his first Champions League match for Juventus, he was shipped off in the 29th moment for "fierce lead", his first red card in 154 competition appearances.[232] Ronaldo turned into the main player in history to win 100 Champions League matches, setting up Mario Mandžukić's victor in a 1–0 home success over Valencia, which fixed Juventus' entry to the take out phases of the competition.[233] In December, he scored his 10th association objective of the period, from the punishment spot, netting the last objective in a 3–0 away success over Fiorentina.[234] After putting second in both the 2018 UEFA Men's Player of the Year and 2018 The Best FIFA Men's Player without precedent for three years, behind Luka Modrić, Ronaldo exhibitions in 2018 additionally saw him casted a ballot sprinter up for the 2018 Ballon d'Or, completing indeed behind his previous Real Madrid teammate.[235] Ronaldo won his first prize with the club on 16 January 2019, the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana, after he scored the main objective from a header against AC Milan.[236]
On 10 February, Ronaldo scored in a 3–0 success over Sassuolo, the 10th back to back away game in which he had scored in the association, equalling Giuseppe Signori's single season Serie A record of most sequential away games with something like one goal.[237] On 12 March, Ronaldo scored a full go-around in a 3–0 home success against Atlético in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, assisting Juventus with beating a two-objective shortage to arrive at the quarter-finals.[238] The next month, Ronaldo scored his 125th objective in the opposition, opening the scoring in a 1–1 away attract the principal leg of Juventus' quarter-last against Ajax, on 10 April.[239] In the second leg in Turin on 16 April, he scored the initial objective, however Juventus ultimately lost the match 2–1 and were wiped out from the competition.[240] On 20 April, Ronaldo played in the scudetto securing game against Fiorentina, as Juventus won their eighth progressive title after a 2–1 home success, along these lines turning into the primary player to win association titles in England, Spain and Italy.[241] On 27 April, he scored his 600th club objective, the equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against Derby d'Italia rivals Inter Milan.[242] Finishing his first Serie A mission with 21 objectives and 8 helps, Ronaldo won the debut Serie An honor for Most Valuable Player.[243]
Ronaldo showing up for Juventus against Torino during the 2019–20 season
Ronaldo scored his first objective of the 2019–20 season in a 4–3 home success over Napoli in Serie An on 31 August 2019.[244] On 23 September, he came in third spot for the Best FIFA Men's Player Award.[245] On 1 October, he arrived at a few achievements in Juventus' 3–0 Champions League bunch stage prevail upon Bayer Leverkusen: he scored in a fourteenth continuous Champions League season, equalling Raúl and Messi's record; he broke Iker Casillas' record for most Champions League wins ever and equalled Raúl's record of scoring against 33 distinct Champions League opponents.[246] On 6 November, in a 2–1 away success against Lokomotiv Moscow, he equalled Paolo Maldini as the second-most covered player in UEFA club rivalries with 174 appearances.[247] On 18 December, Ronaldo jumped to a stature of 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m), higher than the crossbar, to head the triumphant objective in a 2–1 away success against Sampdoria.[248] Ronaldo scored his first Serie A full go-around on 6 January 2020, in a 4–0 home success against Cagliari. His 56th vocation full go-around, he turned out to be just the second player after Alexis Sánchez to score full go-arounds in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A.[249] On 2 February, he scored twice from the punishment spot in a 3–0 home success over Fiorentina, equalling David Trezeguet's club record of scoring in nine back to back association games,[250] and broke the record six days after the fact by scoring in his 10th sequential association game, a 2–1 away loss to Hellas Verona.[251] On 22 February, Ronaldo scored for a record-equalling eleventh continuous association game, close by Gabriel Batistuta and Fabio Quagliarella, in what was his 1,000th senior expert game, a 2–1 away success against SPAL.[252]
On 22 June, he scored a punishment in a 2–0 away success over Bologna, overwhelming Rui Costa to turn into the most noteworthy scoring Portuguese player in Serie A history.[253] On 4 July, he scored his 25th association objective of the period from a free kick in a 4–1 home success over rivals Torino, turning into the principal Juventus player to accomplish this achievement since Omar Sívori in 1961; the objective was additionally his first from a free kick with the club after 43 attempts.[254] On 20 July, Ronaldo scored twice in a 2–1 home success over Lazio; his first objective was his 50th in Serie A. He turned into the second-quickest player to arrive at this milestone, after Gunnar Nordahl, and the principal player in history to arrive at 50 objectives in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. With his support, he likewise arrived at 30 association objectives for the season, turning out to be only the third player (after Felice Borel in 1934 and John Hansen in 1952) in Juventus' set of experiences to arrive at that achievement in a season.[255][256] Moreover, he turned into the most established player, at 35 years old years and 166 days, to score more than 30 objectives in one of the five top European associations since Ronnie Rooke with Arsenal in 1948.[257] On 26 July, Ronaldo scored the initial objective in a 2–0 home success over Sampdoria, which saw Juventus delegated Serie A heroes for a 10th sequential time.[258] He completed his subsequent association crusade with 31 objectives, making him the second-most elevated goalscorer in the association behind just European Golden Shoe victor Ciro Immobile, with 36 goals.[259][260] On 7 August, Ronaldo scored a support in a 2–1 home success against Lyon in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, which saw him finish the season with 37 objectives in all rivalries; the count permitted him to break Borel's club record of 36 objectives in a solitary season.[261] Despite the success, the tie completed 2–2 on total and Juventus were disposed of from the opposition on the away objectives rule.[262]
2020–2021: 100 Juventus objectives, Capocannoniere and takeoff
On 20 September 2020, Ronaldo scored in Juventus' initial association match of the period, a 3–0 home success over Sampdoria.[263] On 1 November, after Ronaldo required almost three weeks to recuperate from COVID-19, he got back to activity against Spezia; he fell off the seat in the subsequent half and scored inside the initial three minutes, prior to scoring a second objective from the punishment spot in a possible 4–1 away win.[264] On 2 December, he scored an objective against Dynamo Kyiv in a Champions League bunch stage match to arrive at his 750th senior profession goal.[265] Ronaldo played his 100th match in all contests for Juventus on 13 December, scoring two punishments in a 3–1 away w
2001–2007: Youth level and early international career
Ronaldo started his worldwide profession with Portugal under-15 out of 2001. During his worldwide youth profession, Ronaldo would address the under-15, under-17, under-20, under-21 and under-23 public sides, hoarding 34 youth covers and scoring 18 objectives overall.[6]
Matured 18, Ronaldo showed up for Portugal in a 1–0 success over Kazakhstan on 20 August 2003,[289] coming on as a half-time subtitute for Luís Figo.[290] He was in this way called up for UEFA Euro 2004, held in his nation of origin, and scored his first global objective in a 2–1 gathering stage misfortune to inevitable bosses Greece, his eighth appearance for Portugal.[290] After changing over his punishment in a shoot-out against England in the quarter-finals,[291] he assisted Portugal with arriving at the last by scoring the initial objective in a 2–1 success over the Netherlands.[292] He was included in the group of the competition, having given two aids expansion to his two goals.[293]
Ronaldo was Portugal's second-most elevated scorer in their capability bunch for the 2006 FIFA World Cup with seven goals.[289] During the competition, he scored his first World Cup objective against Iran with an extra shot in Portugal's second match of the gathering stage.[294] matured 21 years and 132 days, Ronaldo turned into the most youthful ever goalscorer for Portugal at a World Cup finals.[295] In Portugal's a scandalously grimy round of 16 match against the Netherlands, Ronaldo was constrained off harmed in the principal half after a tackle from Dutch safeguard Khalid Boulahrouz.[290] Following Portugal's 1–0 success, Ronaldo blamed Boulahrouz for deliberately attempting to harm him, despite the fact that he recuperated on schedule to play in the following game.[296] In Portugal's quarter-last against England, Ronaldo's Manchester United colleague Wayne Rooney was shipped off for stepping on Portugal protector Ricardo Carvalho. Albeit the ref later explained that the red card was uniquely because of Rooney's infraction,[297] the English media conjectured that Ronaldo had affected his choice by forcefully grumbling, after which he was found in replays winking at Portugal's seat following Rooney's dismissal.[290][298] Ronaldo proceeded to score the essential winning punishment during the shoot-out which sent Portugal into the semi-finals.[290] Ronaldo was consequently booed during their 1–0 semi-last loss to France.[299] FIFA's Technical Study Group neglected him for the competition's Best Young Player grant and gave it to Germany's Lukas Podolski, refering to his conduct as an element in the decision.[290][300] Following the 2006 World Cup, Ronaldo would proceed to address Portugal in four qualifying games for Euro 2008, scoring two objectives in the process.[301][302]
2007–2012: Assuming the captaincy
Ronaldo, envisioned playing against Germany at Euro 2012, was made chief for Portugal in 2008.
One day after his 22nd birthday, Ronaldo captained Portugal without precedent for a cordial game against Brazil on 6 February 2007,[303] as mentioned by Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) president Carlos Silva, who had kicked the bucket two days earlier.[304] Ahead of Euro 2008, he was given the number 7 shirt for the first time.[305] While he scored eight objectives in the qualification,[306] the second-most elevated count, he scored only one objective in the competition, netting the second objective of their 3–1 success in the gathering stage match against the Czech Republic; in a similar game, he additionally put forward up Portugal's third objective in physical issue time, which was scored by Quaresma, and was named man of the counterpart for his performance.[307][308] Portugal were killed in the quarter-finals with a 3–2 misfortune against inevitable finalists Germany.[309]
After Portugal's fruitless presentation at Euro 2008, Luiz Felipe Scolari was supplanted as mentor via Carlos Queiroz, once the associate director at United.[310] Queiroz made Ronaldo the crew's extremely durable chief in July 2008.[311] Ronaldo neglected to score a solitary objective in the capability for the 2010 World Cup,[290] as Portugal barely kept away from an untimely end from the competition with a play-off triumph over Bosnia and Herzegovina.[312] In the gathering phase of the World Cup, he was named man of the match in each of the three matches, against Ivory Coast, North Korea and Brazil.[313][314][315] His main objective of the competition came in their 7–0 defeat of North Korea, which denoted his first worldwide objective in 16 months.[316] Portugal's World Cup finished with a 1–0 misfortune against possible heroes Spain in the round of 16.[317]
Ronaldo scored seven objectives in the capability for Euro 2012, remembering two negative marks against Bosnia and Herzegovina for the end of the season games, to send Portugal into the competition, where they were attracted a "gathering of death".[318] In the last gathering stage game against the Netherlands, Ronaldo scored twice to get a 2–1 win.[319] He scored a header in the quarter-last against the Czech Republic to give his group a 1–0 win.[320] In the two games against the Netherlands and the Czech Republic he was named man of the match.[321][322] After the semi-finals against Spain finished scoreless, with Ronaldo having sent three shots over the bar,[323] Portugal were disposed of in the punishment shoot-out. Ronaldo didn't accept a punishment as he had been scheduled to take the unused fifth slot,[324] a choice that was addressed by the media.[325][326][327] Ronaldo's own colleague, Nani, said that Ronaldo "requested" to take the last penalty.[328] As the joint top scorer with three objectives, close by five different players, he was again remembered for the group of the tournament.[329]
2012–2016: All-time Portugal top scorer and European boss
Ronaldo avoiding Luka Modrić during a well disposed match against Croatia in 2013
During the capability for the 2014 World Cup, Ronaldo scored a sum of eight objectives. A passing match on 17 October 2012, a 1–1 draw against Northern Ireland, procured him his 100th cap.[330] His first global full go-around additionally came against Northern Ireland, when he scored multiple times in a 15-minute spell of a 4–2 qualifying win on 6 September 2013.[331] After Portugal neglected to qualify during the normal mission, Ronaldo scored every one of the four of the group's objectives in the end of the season games against Sweden, charged as a fight among Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimović, which guaranteed their place at the tournament.[332] His full go-around in the subsequent leg took his worldwide count to 47 objectives, rising to Pauleta's record.[333] Ronaldo consequently scored twice in a 5–1 agreeable success over Cameroon on 5 March 2014 to turn into his nation's untouched top scorer.[334]
Ronaldo participated in the competition in spite of experiencing patellar tendinitis and a connected thigh injury,[335][336] possibly taking a chance with his career.[337] Ronaldo later remarked: "In the event that we had a few Cristiano Ronaldos in the group I would feel more great. In any case, we don't."[338] Despite progressing questions over his wellness, being compelled to cut short practice twice,[339] Ronaldo played the full an hour and a half of the initial match against Germany, in spite of the fact that he couldn't forestall a 4–0 defeat.[340] After helping a physical issue time 2–2 equalizer against the United States,[341] he scored a late game dominating objective in a 2–1 success over Ghana.[342] His 50th worldwide objective made him the main Portuguese to play and score in three World Cups.[343] Portugal were dispensed with from the competition at the end of the gathering stage on objective difference.[342]
Ronaldo jumps noticeable all around in Portugal's Euro 2016 quarter-last match against Poland
Ronaldo scored five objectives, including a full go-around against Armenia, in the capability for Euro 2016.[344] With the main objective in one more success over Armenia on 14 November 2014, he arrived at 23 objectives in the UEFA European Championship, including qualifying matches, to turn into the opposition's record-breaking driving goalscorer.[345] At the beginning of the competition, Ronaldo neglected to change over his possibilities in Portugal's draws against Iceland and Austria, notwithstanding making 20 efforts on objective. In the last option match, he surpassed Figo as Portugal's most covered player with his 128th global appearance, which finished scoreless after he missed a punishment in the second half.[346] With two objectives in the last match of the gathering stage, a 3–3 draw against Hungary, Ronaldo turned into the primary player to score in four European Championships, having shown up in the tournament.[347][348] Although set third in their gathering behind Hungary and Iceland, his group equipped for the knockout round because of the opposition's recently extended format,[349] in spite of not winning any of their games.[290]
In Portugal's first knockout match, Ronaldo's just endeavor on objective was parried by Croatia's goalkeeper Danijel Subašić into the way of Ricardo Quaresma, whose finish then, at that point, gotten a 1–0 success late in extra time.[290] After his group advanced past Poland on punishments, with Ronaldo scoring Portugal's opening penalty,[290] he turned into the main player to take an interest in three European Championship semi-finals;[350] he scored the opener in a 2–0 success against Wales, equalling Michel Platini as the opposition's untouched top scorer with nine goals.[351] In the last against has France, Ronaldo was constrained off after only 25 minutes following a test from Dimitri Payet, notwithstanding various medicines and endeavors to play on,[290] he was stretchered off the pitch and supplanted by Quaresma. During additional time, substitute Eder scored in the 109th moment to acquire Portugal a 1–0 victory.[352] As group skipper, Ronaldo lifted the prize in festival of his nation's first victory in a significant competition. He was granted the Silver Boot as the joint second-most noteworthy goalscorer, with three objectives and three helps, and was named to the group of the competition for the third time in his career.[353][354]
2016–2018: Post-European Championship triumph and World Cup
Following the Euro 2016 achievement, Ronaldo played his first expert match on his home island of Madeira on 28 March 2017 at age 32,
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental[a] | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B[556][557] | 2002–03 | Segunda Divisão B | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Sporting CP | 2002–03 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| Manchester United | 2003–04 | Premier League | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 |
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 33 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 9 | |
| 2005–06 | Premier League | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 47 | 12 | ||
| 2006–07 | Premier League | 34 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 53 | 23 | ||
| 2007–08 | Premier League | 34 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1[c] | 0 | 49 | 42 | |
| 2008–09 | Premier League | 33 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2[d] | 1 | 53 | 26 | |
| Total | 196 | 84 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 55 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 292 | 118 | ||
| Real Madrid | 2009–10 | La Liga | 29 | 26 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 7 | — | 35 | 33 | ||
| 2010–11 | La Liga | 34 | 40[e] | 8 | 7 | — | 12 | 6 | — | 54 | 53 | |||
| 2011–12 | La Liga | 38 | 46 | 5 | 3 | — | 10 | 10 | 2[f] | 1 | 55 | 60 | ||
| 2012–13 | La Liga | 34 | 34 | 7 | 7 | — | 12 | 12 | 2[f] | 2 | 55 | 55 | ||
| 2013–14 | La Liga | 30 | 31 | 6 | 3 | — | 11 | 17 | — | 47 | 51 | |||
| 2014–15 | La Liga | 35 | 48 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | 10 | 5[g] | 2 | 54 | 61 | ||
| 2015–16 | La Liga | 36 | 35 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 16 | — | 48 | 51 | |||
| 2016–17 | La Liga | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 | — | 13 | 12 | 2[d] | 4 | 46 | 42 | ||
| 2017–18 | La Liga | 27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 15 | 4[h] | 3 | 44 | 44 | ||
| Total | 292 | 311 | 30 | 22 | — | 101 | 105 | 15 | 12 | 438 | 450 | |||
| Juventus | 2018–19 | Serie A | 31 | 21 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 6 | 1[i] | 1 | 43 | 28 | |
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 33 | 31 | 4 | 2 | — | 8 | 4 | 1[i] | 0 | 46 | 37 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 33 | 29 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 4 | 1[i] | 1 | 44 | 36 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 98 | 81 | 10 | 4 | — | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 134 | 101 | |||
| Manchester United | 2021–22 | Premier League | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | — | 12 | 9 | |
| Career total | 621 | 483 | 69 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 186 | 140 | 21 | 15 | 909 | 683 | ||
- ^ All appearances in UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ Appearance in FA Community Shield
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ Does not include one goal scored on 18 September 2010 against Real Sociedad. Marca, which awards the Pichichi Trophy, attribute it to Ronaldo, while La Liga and UEFA attribute it to Pepe.[558]
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
- ^ One appearance two goals in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance one goal in Supercopa de España, two appearances two goals in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ a b c Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
International
- As of match played 12 October 2021[6][559]
| Team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Portugal U15 | 2001 | 2[a] | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Portugal U17 | 2001 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 4[b] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| Portugal U20 | 2003 | — | 5[c] | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Portugal U21 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 7[d] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| Portugal U23 | 2004 | 2[e] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Portugal | 2003 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 11[f] | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 7[g] | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 10[h] | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 9[i] | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 5[j] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 5[k] | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 6[l] | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 6[m] | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 9[n] | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 6[o] | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 5[p] | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4[q] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 10[r] | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 10[s] | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 4[t] | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 10[u] | 14 | — | 10 | 14 | ||
| 2020 | 4[v] | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 9[w] | 11 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |
| Total | 130 | 95 | 52 | 20 | 182 | 115 | |
| Career total | 145 | 102 | 71 | 31 | 216 | 133 | |
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