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| 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by ogbiwa: 6:29am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to make the 1,000th senior appearance of his illustrious career when Juventus travel to SPAL in Serie A on Saturday. The Portugal star has played 835 games in club football and 164 on the international stage, scoring 724 goals in the process. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner's extraordinary career began at Sporting in Lisbon, where he made 31 appearances from 2002 to 2003 before moving to Manchester United, aged 18. After six years and 292 appearances at United, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2009 and remained there until 2018 when he made the switch to Juventus. Ronaldo really hit his scoring stride in the 2006-07 season when he struck more than 20 goals in a season for the first time. The consistency since then has been nothing short of phenomenal. Ronaldo has got better with age, particularly at international level. After hitting less than 10 goals per season in his first 10 seasons with Portugal, he has scored 10 or more goals per season in three of the past four seasons. Who has he scored the most goals for? Real Madrid have benefited most from Ronaldo's rich form - 450 of his 724 career goals having been scored for the Spanish giants, for whom he made 438 appearances - considerably more than for any other team. He scored five goals in his 31 games for Sporting, 118 in 292 appearances for Manchester United, 99 in 164 for Portugal and is currently on 52 in 72 for Juventus. Who has he scored the most goals against? Of his 724 goals during his career, 27 have come against Sevilla - his favourite opponents. The English club he has scored the most against in all competitions are Tottenham Hotspur (10). His first career hat-trick was for Manchester United against Newcastle in a 6-0 win on 12 January 2008. He has gone on to score 55 further hat-tricks but amazingly that first one was the only time he hit a treble in a match for United. His latest hat-trick came against Cagliari in a 4-0 win for Juventus on 6 January this year. 1,000th game... or is it? There is a little caveat in Ronaldo's appearance record. Two of his 999 games so far were with Sporting B - their reserve team. The first of those actually came after his full debut for the first team. Before you say those matches do not count, the second string play in the same league system as Primera Liga side Sporting - think of it as like a Liverpool B team playing in League Two - therefore it still counts as senior level football. But, given Ronaldo did not score in either of those two appearances and discounting them would mean he would in fact bring up his 1,000th game against Juventus' rivals Inter Milan next weekend, maybe the man himself would prefer that they did not count. He is a player for the big occasions after all... Ronaldo's landmark moments When Ronaldo finally decides to retire, he will be able to look back on many happy moments from his career. Here we take a look at some his landmark games. ✓Game one - his Sporting debut Sporting Lisbon 0-0 Inter Milan - 14 August 2002 ✓Game 34 - makes his Manchester United debut Manchester United 4-0 Bolton Wanderers - 16 August 2003 ✓Game 80 - collects first major honour as a player Manchester United 3-0 Millwall - 22 May 2004 ✓Game 83 - first international goal Portugal 1-2 Greece - 12 June 2004 ✓Game 303 - first career hat-trick Manchester United 6-0 Newcastle - 12 January 2008 ✓Game number 393 - opening his account in Madrid Real Madrid 3-2 Deportivo La Coruna - 29 August 2009 ✓Game 518 - a century of Real goals Lyon 0-2 Real Madrid - 2 November 2011 ✓Game 577 - first Champions League hat-trick Ajax 1-4 Real Madrid - 3 October 2012 ✓Game 633 - first Portugal hat-trick Northern Ireland 2-4 Portugal - 6 September 2013 ✓Game 731 - Ronaldo hits five goals in a game Real Madrid 9-1 Granada - 5 April 2015 ✓Game 758 - breaks Raul's Real Madrid scoring record Real Madrid 3-0 Levante - 17 October 2015 ✓Game 849 - becomes first player to score 100 Champions League goals Real Madrid 4-2 Bayern Munich - 18th April 2017 ✓Game 901 - nets his 50th career hat-trick Real Madrid 6-3 Girona - 18 March 2018 ✓Game 921 - Ronaldo opens Juventus account Juventus 2-1 Sassuolo - 16 September 2018 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51516799 58 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by logon599: 6:29am On Feb 22, 2020 |
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by chatinent: 6:34am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Gifted legs. 56 Likes 5 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by Kneephy(m): 6:35am On Feb 22, 2020 |
When I say CR7, you say Greatest! CR7! 129 Likes 13 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by logon599: 6:40am On Feb 22, 2020 |
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by dawnomike(m): 7:00am On Feb 22, 2020 |
He and Messi have been amazing and deserve a place amongst the gods of soccer after retirement 61 Likes 5 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by Davash222(m): 7:29am On Feb 22, 2020 |
The Best in the word. It will take only CR7 to surpass CR7’s record. 32 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by SaintHilary(m): 11:02am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Watch how fans of the serial complainer will avoid this thread like plague  There can only be ONE true G.O.A.T in football history And his name is C.R.7 52 Likes 7 Shares
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by sammyj: 11:03am On Feb 22, 2020 |
My real GOAT. May God continue to bless our hustle like HE is doing for Ronaldo. Where is that short goat that plays for Barca in this plan. Like for Messi and Share for Ronaldo.  43 Likes 52 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by YorubaKinging: 11:03am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Ronaldo is a fool Football is a distraction 8 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by maestroferddi: 11:03am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Penalties how many? 20 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by UrRealG: 11:03am On Feb 22, 2020 |
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by Teaser4(m): 11:04am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Messi: Ronaldo is a predatory striker and it's only normal when he scores. 10 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by sureteeboy(m): 11:04am On Feb 22, 2020 |
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by Teaser4(m): 11:04am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Spal v Ronaldo 6 Likes
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by MorataFC: 11:04am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Ronaldo scores ratio is 0.73 per game While Messi score ratio is 0.88 per game Abeg, who is better? In people's lives, sentiments will always have a role to play in making some decisions. Once someone is your favorite is your pal, no matter what his/her strengths or weaknesses are, you will sink or swim with him. In all fairness Messi is one in a billion but Ronaldo is people's choice. 24 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by JOHNSONSOLAFUNMI(m): 11:04am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Please don’t turn the thread into 3rd world war  4 Likes |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by seunmohmoh(f): 11:05am On Feb 22, 2020 |
No one should compare o. They're both good. 8 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by MorataFC: 11:05am On Feb 22, 2020 |
UrRealG:how? 1 Like |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by akikanju(m): 11:05am On Feb 22, 2020 |
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by MorataFC: 11:05am On Feb 22, 2020 |
maestroferddi: 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by Jokerman(m): 11:06am On Feb 22, 2020 |
1000 games..... A legend. 5 Likes |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by Hadampson(m): 11:06am On Feb 22, 2020 |
maestroferddi: Ronaldo hater spotted 13 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by TheKingIsHere: 11:06am On Feb 22, 2020 |
C. Ronaldo is the G.O.A.T while messi is a cow  10 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by Sanusimuritala: 11:07am On Feb 22, 2020 |
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by CyberEBOLA(m): 11:07am On Feb 22, 2020 |
Like for Buhari, Share for Ronaldo. Hahaha! 13 Likes 15 Shares |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by NaijadrivaCars: 11:07am On Feb 22, 2020 |
the real GOAT. 3 Likes |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by money121(m): 11:07am On Feb 22, 2020 |
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| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by TruthSpeaker: 11:07am On Feb 22, 2020 |
GREATEST OF ALL TIME, LIKE IT OR NOT. 5 Likes |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by UbanmeUdie: 11:07am On Feb 22, 2020 |
 In all his greatness, he is yet to surpass Yakubu Aiyegbeni's record. The G.O.A.T of goal misses! 3 Likes |
| Re: 724 Goals In 999 Games: Ronaldo Set To Play His 1,000th Career Match by Nobody: 11:08am On Feb 22, 2020 |
And yet to win a world cup...both him and Messi. |
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