Cristiano Ronaldo, born 5 February 1985, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d’Or awards, a record three UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Awards, and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player.
He has won 33 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo holds the records for most appearances (183), goals (140) and assists (42) in the Champions League, goals in the European Championship (14), international goals (128) and international appearances (205).
He is one of the few players to have made over 1,200 professional career appearances, the most by an outfield player, and has scored over 850 official senior career goals for club and country, making him the top goalscorer of all time.
Here are Ronaldo’s 10 records you may not have known;
- Cristiano Ronaldo is the first soccer player in history to score in 5 different editions of the World Cup. At 4 are Messi, Klose, Pelé and Uwe Seeler.
- CR7 is the Portuguese footballer to have scored the most goals with the national team: 118.
- Ronaldo is the first player to score 2 goals on penalty kicks in the first 11 minutes of a World Cup qualifying match (Oct. 12, 2021).
- No one so far has played more Champions League matches than Cristiano Ronaldo: 183 (Manchester United 59, Real Madrid 101, Juventus 23).
- Al Nassr footballer is the best goal-scorer in Champions League history: 141 goals.
- CR7 is the footballer who has scored the most doubles in Champions League history: 30
- Along with Messi, he is the footballer with the most hat tricks in Champions League history: 8 (Real Madrid 7, Juventus 1).
- The Portuguese is the player to have scored the most goals in Real Madrid’s history: 451.
- Cristian Ronaldo was the first footballer to play 5 different editions of the European Championships (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020).
- The striker is the first player in Juventus history to score at least 100 goals in his first 3 seasons (101).
