TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 39th birthday on Monday, February 5 2024. At no longer young, the player Al Nassr and the Portuguese national team is still productive. Throughout 2003, Ronaldo was very productive, scoring 54 goals for the Saudi Pro League club.
With 54 goals, Ronaldo beat top European strikers such as Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland. Mbappe and Kane both scored 52 goals, while Haaland scored 50 goals last year.
The astonishing statistics lie in his goals. Ronaldo has so far appeared in 1,204 matches in his career, scoring a total of 873 goals. This record will be difficult for any player to surpass, including Inter Miami and Argentina national team player Lionel Messi, who has scored 821 goals.
Ronaldo is also still productive at his current age, scoring 30 goals in 31 appearances with the Al Nassr club in the 2023-2024 season.
The following are five Cristiano Ronaldo records that will be difficult for other players to surpass, as reported AS on Monday, February 5, 2024:
1. Fifty Goals in 6 Consecutive Seasons
With Cristiano Ronaldo and his old rival Lionel Messi now in the twilight of their careers, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe have emerged as leaders of the next generation of prolific marksmen. However, they will have difficulty breaking Ronaldo’s goal record, which is still beyond Messi’s reach.
For six consecutive years between the 2011-2012 and 2015-2016 seasons, the Portuguese player scored at least 50 goals in a season in all competitions for Real Madrid, namely 53, 60, 55, 51, 61 and 51.
2. Highest International Goal Scorer
Since September 2021, Ronaldo has held the title of top scorer in international football. The Al Nassr star surpassed the record previously held by Iran’s Ali Daei when he scored his 110th and 111th goals as Portugal beat Ireland 2-1 in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
The Euro 2016 winner has now collected 128 goals in 205 appearances for Portugal and is likely to add to that tally, considering he has no intention of ending his international career. Messi is Ronaldo’s closest active challenger. La Pulga has scored 106 goals in 180 appearances for Argentina.