Ronaldo scored his 800th goal in his staggering career making him one of the all time greatest goal scorer in history of football. We go through his journey from his first goal to record breaking 800th career goal.
Only player to have won league golden boot in England, Spain and Italy:
Content Summary
Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to have achieve a unique record of winning league golden boot in three of the top leagues in Europe. He won Premier League top goal scorer award in 2007/08 season, finished top scorer in Spain’s La Liga three times (2010–11, 2013–14, and 2014–15) and also in Italy where he finished Serie A top goal scorer in 2020–21 season.
Ultimate No.1 Goal Scorer In UEFA Champions League History:
This is one competition where he has absolutely demolished every single record. He is not only the Top goal scorer in UEFA Champions League history but he has won the most number of goal boots awards in the competition. Below are some of the goal scoring records in Champions League for Cristiano:
| RONALDO’s Champions League Numbers |
|---|
| All-Time Top Goal Scorer In Champions League History (141 goals) |
| Ronaldo finished as Champions League top scorer in 7 different seasons. Most by any player in history. (7 times) |
| Ronaldo is the leading goal scorer in Champions League knockouts with 67 goals to his name. (67 goals) |
| Only player to have scored 10+ goals in 7 consecutive seasons in Champions League. (10+ goals in 7 champions league seasons) |
| Most goals in a single knockout stage (10 Goals) |
| Ronaldo has most home goals in Champions League History |
| Ronaldo has most away goals in Champions League History |
| Only player to have scored in three different Champions League finals |
| Most goals in Champions League finals |
UEFA Euro 2020 Top Goal Scorer:
One individual award which was missing from Cristiano’s trophy cabinet was top goal scorer in either UEFA Euro or FIFA World Cup. He added one in 2020 Euro where he finished outright top scorer with 6 goals to his name.
Most Number of European Golden Boot Awards:
European golden boot is awarded to a player who has scored most number of goals/points in any of the recognized European league affiliated with UEFA. Ronaldo has won this award 4 different occasions making him the only player to have won this award more then 2 times.
Top goal scorer in different cup competitions:
Ronaldo’s goal scoring records are not limited to leagues only. He have been scoring goals in every single competition he has been part of. Below is list of competitions he has finished as top scorer throughout his career.
| COMPETITION | SEASON |
|---|---|
| FA Cup | 2004–05 |
| Copa del Rey | 2010–11 |
| Supercopa de España | 2012 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | 2018 and 2020 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 2016 and 2017 |
| UEFA Nations League Finals | 2019 |
| UEFA Super Cup | 2014 |