{"id":2681,"date":"2022-11-09T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2023-11-14T11:46:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:46:35","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-career-achievements-records-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/blog\/cristiano-ronaldo-career-achievements-records-stats","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo Career Achievements, Records &amp; Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fairytale return to Old Trafford has not played out as Manchester United or their fanbase hoped, with Cristiano Ronaldo now clearly past his best.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Portuguese remains one of the biggest stars in world football, and heads to Qatar this winter pursuing one of the few trophies which has eluded him: the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A perennial winner, Ronaldo has enjoyed success in three of Europe\u2019s top five leagues and has a collection of individual honours which only Lionel Messi can rival.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cristiano-ronaldo-s-manchester-united-records\">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Manchester United Records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Cristiano Ronaldo won the first of his five Ballon d\u2019Or awards at Manchester United in 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo was a three-time Premier League champion and won the 2007-08 Champions League with the Red Devils.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 346 appearances, Ronaldo has scored 145 goals for United.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2008, Ronaldo became the first Manchester United player to win the European Golden Shoe with 31 goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo is a two-time Premier League Player of the Season winner, claiming the award in 2006-07 and 2007-08.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He won his only Premier League Golden Boot in 2007-08, scoring 31 goals in 34 matches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo\u2019s first hat-trick for Manchester United was scored in a 6-0 win over Newcastle United on 12<sup>th<\/sup> January 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After joining the club from Sporting in 2003, Ronaldo scored his first goal for the Red Devils in November 2003 against Portsmouth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo was the first Premier League player to be named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2008 after finishing third in the voting in 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 40-yard strike against Porto in 2009 saw Ronaldo become the first Manchester United player to win the Puskas Award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo has been named Premier League Player of the Month six times, the first coming in November 2006 and the most recent in April 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After the 2008-09 season, Manchester United sold Ronaldo for a then-world-record fee of \u00a380 million to Real Madrid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cristiano-ronaldo-s-real-madrid-records\">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Real Madrid Records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Ronaldo won two La Liga titles (2011-12, 2016-17) and four Champions Leagues (2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18) with Real Madrid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Real\u2019s success in the Champions League helped Ronaldo win a further four Ballon d\u2019Or awards in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is Real Madrid\u2019s all-time leading goalscorer with 450 goals in all competitions, a record he broke in October 2015 when he scored 324<sup>th<\/sup> goal for the club to overtake Raul.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo won three European Golden Shoe awards as a Real Madrid player, scoring 53 in 2010-11, 51 in 2013-14 and 61 in 2014-15.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo has the most goals in Champions League history with 140 in 183 appearances, 104 of which were scored for Real Madrid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo won the Club World Cup on three occasions (2014, 2016, 2017), having first lifted the trophy with Manchester United in 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo was included in the Champions League Squad of the Season six times while playing for Los Blancos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was also named to France Football\u2019s Team of the Decade for the 2010s and earned 12 selections to the FIFA Team of the Year with Real.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo is tied with Isidro L\u00e1ngara and Jos\u00e9 Eulogio G\u00e1rate on three Pichichi Trophy wins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A win over Juventus in October 2019 saw Ronaldo become the player with the most Champions League wins of all-time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2013-14, Ronaldo set the record for the most goals in a Champions League season with 17.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo scored seven Champions League hat-tricks for Real Madrid and one for Juventus, leaving him tied with Lionel Messi for the most in the history of the competition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo was the fastest player to score 150, 200 and 300 La Liga goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo holds the Real Madrid record for the most goals scored in El Cl\u00e1sico matches with 18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo scored a record 22 goals in Madrid derby matches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cristiano-ronaldo-s-portugal-records\">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Portugal Records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Ronaldo is the leading scorer in the history of international football with 117 goals in 191 caps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Although injured in the final, Ronaldo starred as Portugal won their only major trophy at the 2016 European Championships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo scored three and assisted three in the tournament, earning a place in the Team of the Tournament and the Silver Ball.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only two players (Bader al-Mutawa and Soh Chin Ann) have more international caps than Ronaldo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo has the most international caps as captain with 128.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo has 45 more caps for Portugal than any other player.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His total of 32 assists is more than any other player has achieved for Portugal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In October 2021, Ronaldo became the first player to score 10 international hat-tricks during Portugal\u2019s 5-0 win over Luxembourg 5-0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo reached the 2004 European Championship final with Portugal and was named to the Team of the Tournament.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2019, Ronaldo scored 14 goals for Portugal to set a record for the most international goals in a calendar year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At over 19 years from his debut to his most recent appearance, Ronaldo has Portugal\u2019s longest international career.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo has played in a record five European Championships, with his 25 appearances is the most of any player.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He has also won the most matches of any player in European Championship history.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No player has scored against as many national teams as Ronaldo\u2019s 46.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At Euro 2004, Ronaldo become the youngest player to represent Portugal at a major tournament and the youngest player to appear in a European Championship final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cristiano-ronaldo-s-world-cup-records\">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s World Cup Records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Ronaldo has made 17 World Cup appearances across the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 tournaments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 2006 World Cup was the only time Ronaldo made it past the round of 16 with Portugal finishing fourth after losing to France in the semi-final.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo has scored seven goals in his 17 World Cup appearances, and has found the net in each of his four World Cups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His hat-trick in the 3-3 draw with Spain at the 2018 World Cup was the 51<sup>st<\/sup> in tournament history and just the third by a Portugal player.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That hat-trick also made Ronaldo (33 years, 130 days) the oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo is one of 14 players to play in four World Cups in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronaldo is one of four players to score in four World Cups alongside Miroslav Klose, 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