Cristiano Ronaldo turns 37 years old today and he is still going strong at the highest level in football and there doesn’t seem to be any sign of him hanging up his boots just yet.
A career filled with countless records and staggering stats, here are the best numbers from the Portuguese legend’s career.
80,000,000
A then world record transfer fee (pound sterling) when he moved to Real Madrid from Manchester United in 2009
2002
The year he made his senior debut for Sporting CP
803
Senior goals scored in football. The first player in history to reach the 800-goal mark
450
Goals scored for Real Madrid - their all-time top scorer
400
Ronaldo is the only Portuguese player in history to score 400 goals in European top-flight leagues
350
Fastest player to 350 goals for one club (335 matches)
224
Most goals scored in all UEFA senior competitions
184
Most men’s international caps for Portugal
181
Most appearances made in the Champions League
140
Most goals scored in the Champions League
115
Most men’s international goals scored
100
A significant number for Ronaldo:
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First player to reach 100 wins in the Champions League
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First player to reach 100 goals in European competitions
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First player to reach 100 goals for a single club in the Champions League
98
Most appearances in the Champions League Group Stage
58
Most goals scored in Champions League knockout stages
50
Only player to score more than 50 goals in seven consecutive calendar years
46
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The amount of top goalscorer accolades won by Ronaldo
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The most different national teams scored against
42
Most assists in the Champions League
37
Most goals scored in a single season for Juventus
33
Oldest player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup (33 years, 130 days)
32
Trophies won (domestic and international)
31
Record for most goals scored in a single season for Manchester United
25
Most hat-tricks in a La Liga career
24
Man of the Match awards (club and national team)
14
All-time top goalscorer at the European Championship finals
12
First player to score in 12 consecutive international tournaments, having also been the first to do so in 10 and 11
10
First male player to score 10 international hat-tricks
8
Most La Liga hat-tricks scored in a single season
7
Amount of times Ronaldo finished top scorer in the UEFA Champions League
6
Scored in all six Group Stage matches of a single Champions League campaign.
5
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Ballon d’Or awards won
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Number of Champions League titles
4
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Number of European Golden Shoes won
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FIFA Club World Cups
3
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Premier League titles
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Pichichi trophies
2
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La Liga titles
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Serie A titles
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Premier League Player of the Season awards
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Serie A Footballer of the Year awards
1
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European Championship. First player to captain Portugal to a major tournament win
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Premier League Golden Boot
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La Liga Best Player
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Capocannoniere (Serie A top scorer)
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Only Manchester United player to win the European Golden Shoe
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Only Manchester United player to win the FIFA Puskas Award
Ronaldo has had a glorious career, and although he is edging closer to the 40-mark, he still has plenty more to give and there are undoubtedly more records for him to break. He is quite simply one of the greatest footballers of all time.
