Cristiano Ronaldo turns 37 years old today and he is still going strong at the highest level in football and there doesn’t seem to be any sign of him hanging up his boots just yet.
A career filled with countless records and staggering stats, here are the best numbers from the Portuguese legend’s career.
A then world record transfer fee (pound sterling) when he moved to Real Madrid from Manchester United in 2009 The year he made his senior debut for Sporting CP 803 Senior goals scored in football.
The first player in history to reach the 800-goal mark Goals scored for Real Madrid - their all-time top scorer Ronaldo is the only Portuguese player in history to score 400 goals in European top-flight leagues Fastest player to 350 goals for one club (335 matches) Most goals scored in all UEFA senior competitions Most men’s international caps for Portugal 181 Most appearances made in the Champions League Most goals scored in the Champions League Most men’s international goals scored A significant number for Ronaldo: First player to reach 100 wins in the Champions League First player to reach 100 goals in European competitions First player to reach 100 goals for a single club in the Champions League Most appearances in the Champions League Group Stage Most goals scored in Champions League knockout stages Only player to score more than 50 goals in seven consecutive calendar years 46 The amount of top goalscorer accolades won by Ronaldo The most different national teams scored against The amount of top goalscorer accolades won by Ronaldo The most different national teams scored against Most assists in the Champions League Most goals scored in a single season for Juventus Oldest player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup (33 years, 130 days) Trophies won (domestic and international) Record for most goals scored in a single season for Manchester United Most hat-tricks in a La Liga career Man of the Match awards (club and national team) All-time top goalscorer at the European Championship finals First player to score in 12 consecutive international tournaments, having also been the first to do so in 10 and 11 10 First male player to score 10 international hat-tricks Most La Liga hat-tricks scored in a single season Amount of times Ronaldo finished top scorer in the UEFA Champions League Scored in all six Group Stage matches of a single Champions League campaign.
Ballon d’Or awards won Number of Champions League titles Number of European Golden Shoes won FIFA Club World Cups Premier League titles Pichichi trophies La Liga titles Serie A titles Premier League Player of the Season awards Serie A Footballer of the Year awards European Championship.
First player to captain Portugal to a major tournament win Premier League Golden Boot La Liga Best Player Capocannoniere (Serie A top scorer) Only Manchester United player to win the European Golden Shoe Only Manchester United player to win the FIFA Puskas Award Ronaldo has had a glorious career, and although he is edging closer to the 40-mark, he still has plenty more to give and there are undoubtedly more records for him to break.
He is quite simply one of the greatest footballers of all time. source