Most appearances in the FIFPro World XI: 9 times (2007-2015) (shared with Lionel Messi)
Most international goals in a year (club and national team): 25 goals(shared with Vivian Woodward & Lionel Messi)
First player to reach 40 goals in a professional league in two consecutive seasons
First player to score in every minute of a game
Only player to have won the following trophies at 2 different clubs: League Title, UEFA CL, League Supercup, League Cup, League MVP, Golden Boot, Ballon d’Or, and FIFA CWC (Completed on December 20th, 2014)
Only player in history to have scored 60 or more goals in a calendar year four times (consecutively from 2011 to 2014)
First and only player to appear in the FIFPro World XI for two different clubs
First player to score more than 50 goals in four consecutive seasons
Only player to score more than 50 goals in five different seasons (did it consecutively)
First player to score 30+ league goals in 6 consecutive seasons
RONALDO EUROPEAN RECORDS
Most hat-tricks in UEFA Champions League: 5 hat-tricks (shared with Lionel Messi)
Most hat-tricks in a single Champions League season: 3 hat-tricks
Most free kicks scored in UEFA Champions League: 11 free kick goals (shared with Del Piero)
Fastest player to score 350 goals for a single club in Europe’s top 5 leagues (335 games)
Most UEFA Team of the Year appearances: 10 times
Most consecutive appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year: 9 consecutive times (2007-2015)
Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League group stage in a single season: 11 goals
Most UEFA Champions League goals scored in a calendar year: 16 goals in 2015
First player to ever score at least 10 goals in five Champions League seasons (did it consecutively)
Most hat-tricks in the group stage in a single Champions League season:2 hat-tricks (shared with Luiz Adriano)
Most braces in Champions League history: 23 braces
Most goals scored in Champions League history: 93 goals
Most penalties scored in Champions League history: 11 penalties
Most European Golden Shoe awards: 4
Most goals scored in a European Cup season: 17 goals (2013/14)
Most consecutive UEFA Champions League matches scored in: 8 matches
First and only player to have won the European Golden Shoe in 2 different leagues (EPL with Man Utd and La Liga with Real Madrid)
First footballer in the history of the European Cup to score for two different winning teams
Most goals scored in UEFA Champions League knockout phase: 44 goals
Most away goals scored in the UEFA Champions League: 44
Most wins in the UEFA Champions League Knockout phase: 32 wins
Most games played in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage: 59 games
Most consecutive wins in the UEFA Champions League: 14 wins
Most goals scored in the Uefa European Championships for Portugal: 26 goals
Most consecutive UEFA Champions League away matches scored in: 12
Only player to be among the finalists for all the editions of the UEFA Best Player in Europe (2010-2015)
Player with the best goal average in Europe’s top 5 leagues with 100+ goals
All time top scorer in European competitions (including Uefa Super Cup and Champions League qualifiers): 96 goals
The first player in history to surpass 30 goals in five consecutive seasons in a major European league
Fastest player to score 200 goals in one of Europe’s top 5 leagues (La Liga)
Fastest player to score 250 goals in one of Europe’s top 5 leagues (La Liga)
Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals: 10 goals
RONALDO SPANISH RECORDS
Most hat-tricks in Spanish football: 37 hat-tricks
The first player to score against every team in La Liga in a single season
The first player ever to score in six consecutive Clásicos
The first player to score 20 away goals in a single season in La Liga
Most league matches scored in in a single season: 27 games (2011/12) (Shared with Lionel Messi)
Most goals scored in three consecutive La Liga matches: 9 goals(shared with László Kubala, Mundo and Campanal)
Most opponents scored against in a single season: 19 (2011/12) (Shared with Lionel Messi and Ronaldo)
First footballer to score more than 25 goals in five consecutive La Liga seasons (shared with Lionel Messi)
First footballer to score more than 25 goals in six consecutive La Liga seasons (shared with Lionel Messi)
First player to score more than 50 goals in four [consecutive] seasons in Spanish football
Most hat-tricks in La Liga: 30 hat-tricks
Most goals scored in La Liga after the first 8 games: 15 goals (and he didn’t play in 1 of those games)
Most goals scored in La Liga after the first 10 games: 17 goals (and he didn’t play in 1 of those games)
Most goals scored in La Liga after the first 12 games: 20 goals (and he didn’t play in 1 of those games)
Most goals scored in La Liga after the first 15 games: 25 goals (and he didn’t play in 1 of those games) (shared with Pruden and Bata)
Most consecutive home matches scored in in La Liga (in which he played): 17 consecutive home games
Only player to win 3 LFP awards in one season (2013/14): Best player, Best forward and Best goal
Fastest La Liga player to score 150 league goals (140 games)
Fastest La Liga player to score 200 league goals (178 games)
Fastest player to score 300 official club goals
Best La Liga penalty conversion rate (of at least 30 PK’s): 93%
The best goal ratio ever in La Liga (over 100 games): 1.10
First player to score 40+ goals in 3 La Liga seasons (shared with Lionel Messi)
Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8 hat-tricks (shared with Lionel Messi)
RONALDO ENGLISH RECORDS
The highest number of goals scored to win the Premier League Golden Boot for a 38-game season: 31 goals (shared with Alan Shearer & Luis Suarez)
First player to win all four main PFA and FWA awards
RONALDO REAL MADRID RECORDS
Fastest hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League for Real Madrid: 11 minutes
Real Madrid’s all time leading goalscorer 360 goals
Real Madrid’s all time top goalscorer in the Champions League 78 goals
Real Madrid’s all time top goalscorer in La Liga: 256 goals
Most goals scored in a season in all competitions for Real Madrid: 61 goals
Most goals scored in a single La Liga season for Real Madrid: 48 goals
Most hat-tricks in a single season for Real Madrid: 8 hat-tricks
Fastest Real Madrid player to reach 50 league goals
Fastest Real Madrid player to reach 100 league goals
Fastest Real Madrid player to reach 200 official goals
Fastest Real Madrid player to reach 250 official goals
The first Real Madrid player to score in the first four league matches of a season
The first Real Madrid player to surpass 30 league goals in two [consecutive] La Liga seasons
The first Real Madrid player to surpass 30 league goals in three [consecutive] La Liga seasons
The first Real Madrid player to surpass 30 league goals in four [consecutive] La Liga seasons
The first Real Madrid player to surpass 30 league goals in five [consecutive] La Liga seasons
Most goals scored in 5 consecutive league matches: 14 goals
Most goals scored in 7 consecutive league matches: 15 goals
Most consecutive league game weeks scored in for Real Madrid: 10 games
Most consecutive league games scored in for Real Madrid: 11 games
First Real Madrid player to score on every day of the week
Most goals ever scored in away league matches for Real Madrid
Most goals scored in UEFA Super Cup matches: 2 goals
Most hat-tricks in La Liga: 30 hat-tricks
Most hat-tricks in official competitions for Real Madrid: 37 hat-tricks
The first to win 2 European Golden Shoes as a Real Madrid player
The first to win 3 European Golden Shoes as a Real Madrid player
First player to score more than 50 goals in a season
First player to score more than 50 goals in 2 seasons (did it consecutively)
First player to score more than 50 goals in 3 seasons (did it consecutively)
RONALDO MANCHESTER UNITED RECORDS
Most goals in a (38-game) league season for Manchester United: 31 goals
Record sale of a Manchester United player: £80 million
First and only Manchester United player to win the European Golden Shoe
First and only Manchester United player to win the Fifa World Player of the Year
First and only Manchester United player to win the Fifa Puskas Award
RONALDO PORTUGAL RECORDS
Portugal all-time top scorer: 56 goals
Portugal all-time top scorer in UEFA Euro matches: 6 goals (shared with Nuno Gomes)
Most matches played in UEFA European Championship finals: 14 matches (shared with Luís Figo and Nuno Gomes)
Most matches played in World Cup finals: 13 matches
Youngest player to reach 100 caps: 27 years, 8 months and 11 days
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s ongoing battle to be the top goalscorer in European football remains perhaps the sport’s greatest drama of our age, but both need to raise their game considerably if they are to scoop the following European Champion Clubs’ Cup and UEFA Champions League records.
Final goals Most goals in European Cup finals: 7 – Alfrédo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás (both Real Madrid) Goals in most European Cup finals: 5 – Alfrédo Di Stefano (Real Madrid, 1956, 1957, 1958. 1959, 1960) Most goals in a single European Cup final: 4 – Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid, 1960) Most goals in a single UEFA Champions League final: 2 – Daniele Massaro (AC Milan, 1994), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Borussia Dortmund, 1997), Hernán Crespo (Milan, 2005), Filippo Inzaghi (Milan, 2007), Diego Milito (Internazionale Milano, 2010)
Ronaldo’s hat-trick turned the quarter-final tie on its head Getty
Zinedine Zidane hailed Real Madrid’s comeback against Wolfsburg as the “best night” of his fledgling coaching career.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick saw Real overturn a two-goal deficit from the first leg to progress to the Champions League semi-finals.
The Portuguese forward – hailed as “the best player in the world” by his coach – scored twice in the space of 88 first-half seconds before securing a 3-2 aggregate victory from a 77th-minute free-kick.
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has rallied the troops ahead of the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
Los Blancos will go into Tuesday’s matchat the Santiago Bernabeu 2-0 down on aggregate, and Ronaldo has highlighted the importance of pleasing the Spanish giants’ fans.
“We need to have cold hearts and play with patience, and know how to suffer,” he told the club’s official website.
“Getting through is our big objective, it’s the only thing that will let the players and fans leave the stadium happy.”
Defender Dani Carvajal also commented on the upcoming clash, revealing Real’s intention to thrash the German side.
“Tuesday will be like a war, with 80 000 spectators; we are going to try and walk all over Wolfsburg,” he added.
The Madrid club beat Eibar 4-0 at the weekend, courtesy of strikes from James Rodriguez, Lucas Vazquez, Ronaldo and Jese.
Real Madrid defender Pepe has backed Cristiano Ronaldo to become one of the best players ever, and says his teammate for club and country is “light years ahead of anyone else” currently.
Three-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo has scored 43 goals in 41 appearances for Real Madrid this season, and has helped lead Los Blancos to the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the sixth straight season.
Ronaldo scores for Real Madrid in El ClasicoCREDIT: REUTERS
Barcelona 1 (Pique 56′) – 2 (Benzema 62′, Ronaldo 85′) Real Madrid
Match report
Real Madrid battled back from a goal down to end Barcelona’s unbeaten run in a tense Clasico on Saturday evening.
Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed an 85th minute winner for his side as Luis Enrique’s men were unable to beat a Real Madrid reduced to 10 men, after Sergio Ramos was sent off for two bookable offences.
A tentative first 45 minutes ended goalless with Barcelona enjoying the majority of possession. Real were set out in a far more rigid defensive style than we have seen from them this season and the home side found it difficult to carve open opportunities, though Luis Suarez was guilty of missing a golden chance early on.
It took until the 56th minute for Gerard Pique to open the scoring, losing his marker, Pepe, at a corner and powering a header into the bottom corner of Keylor Navas’ goal.
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Real responded almost immediately, Marcelo making a rare venture outside the confines of his position at left-back and going on a marauding run down the wing, leaving static Barca players behind as he surged forwards. The ball was released by the box, the cross took a wicked deflection and fell above the head of Karim Benzema, who adjusted his body and scored with an acrobatic volley.
Real sat back, marshaled by a brilliant Casemiro, and invited Barcelona to attack them, looking to spring attacks on the counter. But as Lionel Messi dropped deeper and deeper to try and get involved, so Real took a stronger hold of the game.
The Portugal captain has put in some ordinary performances by his own standards this season as Real Madrid have struggled – but is there any way back?
At 31 years of age, it would not be inaccurate to say that more of Cristiano Ronaldo’s good days as a footballer lie behind him rather than in front of him. He’s scored the goals, won the trophies but is, inevitably, entering his twilight years as a player. That’s natural. He may the richest, he may be the most popular but he’s not the best any more.
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