Cristiano Ronaldo’s Career In Numbers
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo turns 30 today and to celebrate his special day we take a look at his career in numbers.
The Portuguese has scored 464 goals in 669 career appearances, and won 17 trophies since making his senior debut for Sporting in 2002.
1) First senior goal: For Sporting in a 3-0 win over Moreirense FC on 7 October 2002, he also scored his second goal in that game.
2) Second-highest goalscorer in European Cup history – group stage to final – with 72 goals.
3) Most European Golden Shoe awards (shared with Lionel Messi).
4) First Spanish-based player to hit more than a half-century of goals for four consecutive seasons (in all competitions, Europe included) – 2010/11–2013/14.
5) One of only five players to have won three or more Ballons d'Or.
6) Major international tournaments played at – three FIFA World Cups and three UEFA European Championships.
7) The shirt number throughout most of his career.
8) Longest scoring run in successive UEFA Champions League matches (2013/14).
9) Joint-record for most goals scored in a single UEFA Champions League group stage (2013/14).
10) First player to claim 10 goals or more in three consecutive UEFA Champions League campaigns (2011/12–2013/14).
11) Age at which he joined Sporting.
12) Goals in his last 13 appearances for Portugal.
13) Seasons as a professional, during which time he has registered 463 goals for club and country.
14) Number of games between his first and second goals for Manchester United FC.
15) Successive months of scoring in every Liga home game, from October 2013 to January 2015.
16) European goals for Manchester United, from a career total of 73.
17) Record for most goals netted in a single European Cup season (2013/14).
18) Age at which he joined United from Sporting for a fee of around €17.5m in the summer of 2003.
19) First player to score against all 19 rival Spanish Liga clubs in a single campaign (2011/12).
20) First player to amass 20 Liga away goals in a season (2010/11).
21) His maiden UEFA Champions League triumph with United came on 21 May 2008.
22) Straight wins for Real Madrid in all competitions this term, during which time Ronaldo plundered 28 goals.
23) Record for most goals in UEFA European Championship games, qualifying and final tournaments combined.
24) His second UEFA Champions League title – Madrid's 'Décima' – came on 24 May 2014.
25) The age he said he feels when questioned after his latest Ballon d'Or success.
26) Liga goals scored in his first season at Madrid (2009/10).
27) Hat-tricks for Madrid, one away from Alfredo Di Stéfano's record.
28) Shirt number in his first senior campaign with Sporting.
29) The age at which he became Portugal's all-time leading marksman, surpassing Pauleta's haul of 47 with a brace in a friendly win against Cameroon in March 2014.
30) Years on the clock!
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