ddippset: These people wouldn't quit being ridiculous. Since when did we start looking for the most complete footballer in this football world of ours? They have tried in vain to tell us ronaldo is the best footballer in the world, better than messi. And when they failed woefully because messi keeps setting standards ronaldo can't match, for the first time in history we are hearing of this 'most complete' bvllsh1t! Don't worry people the world football body fifa will introduce most complete footballer ballon dor next year.

In addition to that, what is the essence of being a more complete player than a rival yet overall you end up as 2nd to your rival. Btw, football is a team sport. We all know Messi is a far better team player than CR7. That alone should be enough to make Messi a so called more Complete Player.

ddippset: And btw, what would it profit a footballer to be the most complete in the world if he cannot use his 'most completeness' to be the best footballer? Vanity upon vanity! This could be likened to the parable of the complete warrior. He is so complete he goes to battle with a gun, a knife, a club, a sling, poison, bow and arrow but is seriously beaten and defeated by another warrior with just a machete'.

Abeg help me tell them o. What is the aim of an individual/group in sport/competition? Is it not to use your strengths against your opponents weaknesses to come out on top? Most complete my nairaland a*s

Individual
Cristiano Ronaldo
*UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament (2): 2004,
2012
*Bravo Award (1): 2004
*FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year (2):
2004, 2005
*PFA Young Player of the Year (1): 2006–07
*Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (3): 2003–
04, 2006–07, 2007–08
*PFA Players' Player of the Year (2): 2006–07,
2007–08
*PFA Fans' Player of the Year (2): 2006–07,
2007–08
*FWA Footballer of the Year (2): 2006–07,
2007–08
*Barclays Player of the Year (2): 2006–07,
2007–08
*Premier League Player of the Month (4):
November 2006, December 2006, January
2008, March 2008
*Premier League Golden Boot (1): 2007–08
*Barclays Merit Award (1): 2007–08
*UEFA Champions League Topscorer (1): 2007–
08
*UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1): 2007–08
*UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2007–08
*FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball (1): 2008
*UEFA Euro 2008 Man of the Match (1): Czech
Republic vs Portugal
*Ballon d'Or (1): 2008
*FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2008
*FIFPro World Player of the Year (1): 2008
*Onze d'Or (1): 2008
*World Soccer Player of the Year (1): 2008
*PFA Premier League Team of the Year (4):
2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
*FIFA Puskás Award (1): 2009
*European Golden Shoe (2): 2007–08, 2010–11
*CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad (4):
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
*UEFA Team of the Year (6): 2003–04, 2006–
07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
*FIFA FIFPro World XI (5): 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011
*FIFA World Cup 2010 Man of the Match (3):
Côte d'Ivoire vs Portugal, Portugal vs Korea
DPR, Portugal vs Brazil
*La Liga top scorer (1): 2010–11
*Copa del Rey top goalscorer (1): 2010–11
Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano (1): 2011–12
ESM Team of the Year (4): 2006–07, 2007–08,
2010–11, 2011–12
UEFA Euro 2012 Man of the Match (2):
Portugal vs Netherlands, Czech Republic vs
Portugal
*UEFA Euro Top Scorer (1): 2012
*Goal.com Player of the Year (1): 2012
*First Player in History of El Clasico to Score in
6 Straight Games

The above post goes to the young man that's talking as if CR7 is an under-achiever.
Messi is the fifa world best
But CR7 is the most complete footballer.

wheater ronaldo play for the whole team in the world is nt our business, who send am make he comot 4 man u, if he is sensible he should have remain with man u. He left cos of money and wants to prove he is better than messi, that is why he chose to leave man u for real. Why he is shouting that he left man u 4 real, messi should also be shouting that he is more patient. Messi has won 4 world best compare to Ronaldo, say what u want to say but all i knw is messi is the god of football

Numero uuuno: Individual
Cristiano Ronaldo
*UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament (2): 2004,
2012
*Bravo Award (1): 2004
*FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year (2):
2004, 2005
*PFA Young Player of the Year (1): 2006–07
*Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (3): 2003–
04, 2006–07, 2007–08
*PFA Players' Player of the Year (2): 2006–07,
2007–08
*PFA Fans' Player of the Year (2): 2006–07,
2007–08
*FWA Footballer of the Year (2): 2006–07,
2007–08
*Barclays Player of the Year (2): 2006–07,
2007–08
*Premier League Player of the Month (4):
November 2006, December 2006, January
2008, March 2008
*Premier League Golden Boot (1): 2007–08
*Barclays Merit Award (1): 2007–08
*UEFA Champions League Topscorer (1): 2007–
08
*UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1): 2007–08
*UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2007–08
*FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball (1): 2008
*UEFA Euro 2008 Man of the Match (1): Czech
Republic vs Portugal
*Ballon d'Or (1): 2008
*FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2008
*FIFPro World Player of the Year (1): 2008
*Onze d'Or (1): 2008
*World Soccer Player of the Year (1): 2008
*PFA Premier League Team of the Year (4):
2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
*FIFA Puskás Award (1): 2009
*European Golden Shoe (2): 2007–08, 2010–11
*CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad (4):
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
*UEFA Team of the Year (6): 2003–04, 2006–
07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
*FIFA FIFPro World XI (5): 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011
*FIFA World Cup 2010 Man of the Match (3):
Côte d'Ivoire vs Portugal, Portugal vs Korea
DPR, Portugal vs Brazil
*La Liga top scorer (1): 2010–11
*Copa del Rey top goalscorer (1): 2010–11
Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano (1): 2011–12
ESM Team of the Year (4): 2006–07, 2007–08,
2010–11, 2011–12
UEFA Euro 2012 Man of the Match (2):
Portugal vs Netherlands, Czech Republic vs
Portugal
*UEFA Euro Top Scorer (1): 2012
*Goal.com Player of the Year (1): 2012
*First Player in History of El Clasico to Score in
6 Straight Games

how many fifa world best player award? Jst 1 of d 4 dat messi has won wud counter all dis trash u'v list.again wch 1 b goal.com player of d year? Y nt nairaland player of d yr lol

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (locally: [ʁoˈnawðu ˈlwiʒ nɐˈzaɾju dʒ ˈɫĩmɐ]; born 18 September 1976[1]) commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer. Popularly dubbed "the phenomenon", he is considered by experts and fans to be one of the greatest football players of all time.[2][3] In 2011, he was voted Goal.com's "Player of the Decades" in an online poll of the Spanish version of the website, gathering 29.55% of all votes.[4] He won his first Ballon d'Or as the European Footballer of the Year in 1997 and won the award again in 2002. He is one of only three men to have won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times, along with Zinedine Zidane and Lionel Messi.

Considered by many the most complete striker in the past thirty years, in 2007 he was named a member of the best starting eleven of all-time by France Football and was named to the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest footballers compiled by Pelé. In 2010, he was voted Goal.com's "Player of the Decade" in an online poll, gathering 43.63 percent of all votes[5] and was also included as centre forward in the "Team of the Decade".[6] On 23 February 2010, Ronaldo announced that he would retire after the 2011 season, signing a two-year contract extension with Corinthians at the same time.[7]

Ronaldo has played for Brazil in 98 international matches, scoring 62 goals. He was a part of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 and 2002 World Cups. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in the history of the World Cup with his fifteenth goal, surpassing Gerd Müller's previous record of fourteen. He is the only player to have won the World Cup Golden Ball and Golden Boot in separate tournaments. Having suffered a string of serious injuries throughout his career, Ronaldo retired on 14 February 2011, citing pain and hypothyroidism as the reasons for his premature retirement.[8]

In January 2013 he was named one of the six Ambassadors of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, others being Amarildo, Bebeto, Carlos Alberto Torres, Marta and Mario Zagallo.[9]

SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

cisplatin: Bad belle plenty sha.

You are in Harvard, making First Class.

Then one bad belle person tells you to come down to Delta State University in order to prove yourself?

Bad belle plenty sha.

Laugh belle scatter fall from rooftop.

1993: Cruzeiro
In 1993, Ronaldo began his football career playing for Cruzeiro which was already going on to become a successful club. In his first and only year with Cruzeiro, he amassed 12 goals in 14 appearances and led them to their first Copa do Brasil championship. Prior to this, he was turned down by his boyhood favourite team Flamengo, but Brazilian World Cup legend Jairzinho saw Ronaldo's potential and helped get him the move to Cruzeiro.

1994–1996: PSV Eindhoven
Ronaldo chose to join PSV after the 1994 World Cup, for he was selected despite being just 17, but did not play. It was Romário who advised Ronaldo to start his European career at PSV; Romário being a former striker of the team from 1988 to 1993. Ronaldo scored 30 league goals in his first season in the Netherlands. His second season was marred by a knee injury which kept him out of most of the campaign, but he still averaged nearly a goal a game in the league, scoring 12 goal in 13 appearances. With PSV, Ronaldo won the Dutch Cup in 1996 and he was Eredivisie top scorer in 1995.

1996–1997: Barcelona
During his spell at PSV, Ronaldo attracted the attention of both Inter Milan and FC Barcelona. It was Barcelona that was willing to pay the then record fee of $17 million. During the 1996–97 season, Ronaldo scored 47 goals in 49 games (in all competitions) for Barcelona, leading the Catalan side to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph (where he capped the season with the winning goal in the cup final itself) and to Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España wins. He also won La Liga top scorer award in 1997 with 34 goals in 37 games. Until the 2008–09 season, Ronaldo remained the last player to score more than 30 goals in La Liga. At the age of 20, Ronaldo became the youngest player to win FIFA World Player of the Year in 1996. He also finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or.

victorlexa: how many fifa world best player award? Jst 1 of d 4 dat messi has won wud counter all dis trash u'v list.again wch 1 b goal.com player of d year? Y nt nairaland player of d yr lol

if u call d above listed as trash,then all the irrelevant awards u posted on messi's behalf too may be called trash.
Goal.com player of the year isn't new?,except you just started having internet access this year!.....N̶̲̥̅̊☺ offence.
Everyone knows about the yearly GOAL 50 awards.
As per nairaland player of the year,u might organise that on seun's behalf!

olowodaran: wheater ronaldo play for the whole team in the world is nt our business, who send am make he comot 4 man u, if he is sensible he should have remain with man u. He left cos of money and wants to prove he is better than messi, that is why he chose to leave man u for real. Why he is shouting that he left man u 4 real, messi should also be shouting that he is more patient. Messi has won 4 world best compare to Ronaldo, say what u want to say but all i knw is messi is the god of football

the last time i checked,CR7 wasn't complaining he left MU for RM,he loves challenges and he's doing well at RM.
CR7 is the most complete,IMHO

victorlexa: how many fifa world best player award? Jst 1 of d 4 dat messi has won wud counter all dis trash u'v list.again wch 1 b goal.com player of d year? Y nt nairaland player of d yr lol

messi has won the goal.com award lik 3 times

Baddestguyp: messi has won the goal.com award lik 3 times

her comes someone who have heard of the goal.com award.
I'm amazed the young man doesn't know about it.

97–2002: Inter Milan
Ronaldo's time at Barça was brief, as there were problems with the renegotiation of Ronaldo's contract. Ronaldo's unhappiness became evident and at the end of the season, by paying the buy out clause fee in his contract, Inter Milan signed him in the summer of 1997 for a then world record fee of £19 million. He had spent just one year with Barcelona.

Ronaldo duly helped them repeat his former side's cup-winning run, this time in the UEFA Cup, in which he scored their third goal in the final itself.


Ronaldo at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
Ronaldo adapted to the Italian style of the game in his first season, finishing second on the league's scoring charts. Ronaldo started to develop into a complete forward. He began racking up assists, became first-choice penalty taker, taking and scoring freekicks, and captaining the team at the end of the season. During his time with Inter, he scored several goals against city rivals A.C. Milan in the Derby della Madonnina. He won FIFA World Player of the Year for the second time in 1997, and collected the Ballon d'Or the same year. The following year, after the FIFA World Cup, he finished second for FIFA player of the year, and third for European Footballer of the Year. At this point in his career, he was clearly and widely regarded as the best player in the world.

On 21 November 1999, during a Serie A match against Lecce, Ronaldo felt his knee buckle and was forced to limp off the pitch. Medical exams after the match confirmed that the striker had ruptured a tendon in his knee and would require surgery.[10] During his first comeback on 12 April 2000, he played only seven minutes during the first leg of the Coppa Italia final against Lazio before injuring his knee for a second time.[11] Ronaldo's recurring injury problems forced him to miss the entire 2000-01 season and much of the two seasons either side of it. After two operations and months of rehabilitation, Ronaldo came back for the 2002 World Cup, helping Brazil win their fifth World Cup title. Later in 2002, he won the World Player of the Year award for the third time, and transferred from Inter to Real Madrid. Ronaldo was given his most recognizable nickname, Il Fenomeno, by the Italian press while playing there. He was named the 20th top footballer of all time for Inter, according to Times Online, and only his injuries prevented a higher ranking. He played 99 games and scored 59 goals for Nerazzurri.

2002–2006: Real Madrid

Ronaldo playing for Real Madrid, 21 December 2005.
Having signed for Real Madrid for €46 million, his jersey sales broke all records on the first day, such was the obsession and hype surrounding him. He was sidelined through injury until October 2002 but the fans kept on chanting his name. Ronaldo scored twice in his debut for Real Madrid. He received a standing ovation at the Stadium Bernabéu. That same reception was observed on the night of the final game of the season against Athletic Bilbao, where Ronaldo scored again to seal his first season with 23 league goals and the La Liga Championship title for 2003. With Madrid, he also won an Intercontinental Cup in 2002 and Spanish Super Cup in 2003.


Ronaldo taking a shot for Real Madrid, 2 March 2005
In the second leg of Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-final, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick against Manchester United at Old Trafford, knocking the English team out of the competition.[12] Ronaldo was substituted on 80 minutes and was given a standing ovation from both sets of fans.[12] Madrid was on track to win the treble, until Ronaldo was injured towards the end of the 2003–04 season; they subsequently lost the Copa del Rey final,[13] were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, and suffered a league form breakdown. That season, he finished as the league's top scorer with 24 goals and was awarded the Pichichi Trophy, despite Madrid losing the league title to Valencia CF. With the acquisition of Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2006, Ronaldo grew more and more out of favour with the manager Fabio Capello due to injuries and weight issues.

In April 2013, he was named by Marca as a member of the "Best foreign eleven in Real Madrid's history".[14]

2007–2008: AC Milan
On 18 January 2007, it was reported that Ronaldo agreed terms with A.C. Milan for a transfer of €8.05 million.[15] Ronaldo was forced to pay for the remaining period on his contract which tied him to Real Madrid, only because the latter did not agree to release him, while AC Milan were not ready to pay such a sum. On 25 January, Ronaldo flew from Madrid to Milan to watch the team play in a cup tie against Roma. Statements on the club's website said that Ronaldo was in Milan for a medical, and that a meeting had been arranged for Monday with Real Madrid officials to discuss and finalize his transfer to the Milanese club. On 26 January, Ronaldo successfully completed his medical tests at the Milanello training complex under the supervision of club doctors, and the transfer completed on 30 January[16] and got the squad number 99. He made his debut as a substitute on 11 February 2007, during the 2–1 victory over Livorno. The next game at Siena, on 17 February, Ronaldo scored twice and assisted on a third goal in his first start for AC Milan, as they won an exciting game 4–3. In his first season, Ronaldo scored seven goals in 14 appearances.[10]

After his move to AC Milan, Ronaldo joined the list of the few players to have played for both Inter Milan and AC Milan in the Derby della Madonnina, and is one of two players to have scored for both sides in the derby game (for Inter in the 1998–99 season and for AC Milan in the 2006–07 season), the other player being Zlatan Ibrahimović. Ronaldo is also one of the few players to have started for Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, which also boasts a heated rivalry. Ronaldo, however, has never transferred directly between rival clubs. Ronaldo only played 300-plus minutes in his single season at AC Milan due to recurring injury problems and weight issues. Ronaldo's only goals in the 2007–08 season, besides his goal against Lecce in pre-season, came in a 5–2 victory against Napoli at the San Siro, where he scored an emotional brace. It was also the first time AC Milan's much hyped attacking trio of Kaká, Alexandre Pato and Ronaldo, known as Ka-Pa-Ro, played together. In total, he scored nine goals in 20 appearances for AC Milan.

Despite tremendous success over the past decade, Ronaldo has never won the UEFA Champions League in his club career. During the 2006–07 season, though AC Milan won the 2006–07 title, Ronaldo was cup-tied with Madrid and ineligible to take part. The closest that he has been was in 2003 when he helped Real Madrid to the semi-finals, in which they lost to Juventus.

On 13 February 2008, Ronaldo suffered a severe season-ending knee injury while jumping for a cross in AC Milan 1–1 draw with Livorno, and was stretchered off and taken to a hospital. The club confirmed after the match that Ronaldo had ruptured the kneecap ligament in his left knee. It marked the third such occurrence of this injury, which he suffered twice to his right knee in 1998 and 2000.[17] He was released by AC Milan at the end of the season, as his contract expired and was not renewed.

EVEN IF CR7 CONTINUE AT THIS PACE HE CAN NEVER BE AS COMPLETE AND AS VERSATILE AS ORIGINAL RONALDO

ALGAMISH: 97–2002: Inter Milan
Ronaldo's time at Barça was brief, as there were problems with the renegotiation of Ronaldo's contract. Ronaldo's unhappiness became evident and at the end of the season, by paying the buy out clause fee in his contract, Inter Milan signed him in the summer of 1997 for a then world record fee of £19 million. He had spent just one year with Barcelona.ETC ETC.

Are you ok?? Stop quoting the entire Wikipedia be4 thunder to fire you *angry* moafucker!

Hmm lets get things right here,dnt say he is de best all over de world,wat of past heroes den pele etc.messi on his is too gud no comparison,messi n ronaldo ar gud bt dey got diffrent careers in football so ronaldo can't play like messi so as messi can'play like cr7 u guiz should knw dis.talk of bale n other stars messi n ronaldo can't be like dem so as dem is a mtter of talents broders so ronaldo is nt de best or even messi but dey ar all excellently gud.thanks

naijalodge: how well can messi score with the head,in terms of shot power don't even compare both..how many free kicks has messi ever scored in his life...lemme leave u with this...

and yet messi got the golden boot last season ...
fact is .. he scored more goals with his left foot than ronaldo scored with his head , both feet ..

what am saying is that , they are both good .. buh messi is just better ... it just hard for ronaldo fans to accept it .. tho am not a messi fan

everly, God really blessed him onestly!

succri:

and yet messi got the golden boot last season ...
fact is .. he scored more goals with his left foot than ronaldo scored with his head , both feet ..

what am saying is that , they are both good .. buh messi is just better ... it just hard for ronaldo fans to accept it .. tho am not a messi fan

yet ronaldo has more career goals than messi ...

Yarn, I don hear ur opinion, pss pss stop Adankolo junction

Amefrica:

Because you don talk sense, I don forgive all ur grammatical blunders.. Go and sin no more!! Btw why did Basel disgraced you guys like that .. iRep ManU shaa.. Messi is complete, Rooney is more complete and C. Ronaldo is the MOST COMPLETE of them all

Peace!!!!

look at dis weaklin wat is he saying? Ronaldo is the most complete? In ur dreams.

Messi,is only a blind person that will keep comparing Messi with the rest.Messi is born to rule this GENERATION of football."Surely the truth is very bitter"
Ire o.

Abinibi yato si ability! Used 2get confused on ds two talents b4 but trust me Messi boku is da bomb! Wit him no stress or muscle

dy27: Messi,is only a blind person that will keep comparing Messi with the rest.Messi is born to rule this GENERATION of football."Surely the truth is very bitter"
Ire o.

so on Point Messi is and will always be Gods sent!haters jump into a well or go kiss naked wire!

What do people mean by Messi should go to another league? Why do we have the champions league?

Oluwaseytiano: messi can defend? Maybe on krypton

u have watched smallville like mad

Debroslink: How is Ronaldo de Lima a failure in Europe? Legend in Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan.
Please, don't compare him with c Ronaldo.
As for Messi, he is Mr Barcelona. He's d best.

how many champions league did he win for these clubs?

Ovie56: yet ronaldo has more career goals than messi ...

u beta do ur research well who told u he has more career goals dan messi?

messi is gud no doubt, but i tink fifa and uefa shuld help us here. They shuld tell refs to allow defenders do dea job wen it coms to mark'n messi. Dez days defenders escort messi instead of mark'n him, because dey are afraid of being sent off is dey mark him normally. Pls, let messi b markd lik anyoda player

Debroslink: How is Ronaldo de Lima a failure in Europe? Legend in Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan.
Please, don't compare him with c Ronaldo.
As for Messi, he is Mr Barcelona. He's d best.

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Dont mind d writer. Who dares to say delima is a failure in europe? Who does that?
That goes to say how partial his article is already. CR7 my ars, we all know mercy is the king of footbal...he's legendary is out of this world. You can like him or hate him, mercy is no mate with CR7.
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And by the way, you guys should drop all those blab about messi being a one club legend. It shows some of you are both clueless and pointless. If anyone person can survive in any club, that will b mercy...the play maker...
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he, mercy makes the play, the play makes cr7.
Do you now understand the difference

I luv Ronaldo