Ronaldo is the first top European league player to reach 40 goals in a single season in two consecutive years, fastest Real Madrid player to reach one hundred league goals, and the first player ever to score against every team in a single season in La Liga.
Ronaldo ended his first season in English football by scoring the opening goal in United's 3–0 FA Cup final victory over Millwall .
Ronaldo won his second trophy in English football in the 2005–06 season , scoring the third goal in Manchester United's 4–0 Football League Cup final victory over Wigan Athletic .
He scored his 50th Manchester United goal against city rivals Manchester City on 5 May 2007 as United claimed their first Premier League title in four years, and he was voted into his second consecutive FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year award at the end of the year.
Ronaldo scored his first hat-trick for Manchester United in a 6–0 win against Newcastle United at Old Trafford on 12 January 2008, bringing Manchester United up to the top of the Premier League table.
On 19 March 2008, Ronaldo captained United for the first time in his career in a home win over Bolton, scoring both goals in the 2–0 victory.
Ronaldo scored another brace in a 4–0 win over Aston Villa on 29 March, which at the time gave him 35 goals in 37 domestic and European matches as both a starter and substitute.
Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law , who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United. — Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff on the 23-year-old Ronaldo, April 2008.
In the 2007–08 Champions League final on 21 May against league rivals Chelsea , Ronaldo scored the opening goal after 26 minutes, which was negated by a Chelsea equaliser in the 45th minute as the match ended 1–1 after extra time.
He returned to action on 17 September in United's goalless UEFA Champions League group stage draw with Villarreal as a substitute for Park Ji-Sung , and scored his first goal of the season in a 3–1 League Cup third round win over Middlesbrough on 24 September.
In a 5–0 win over Stoke City on 15 November 2008, Ronaldo scored his 100th and 101st goals in all competitions for Manchester United, both from free kicks.
Ronaldo scored his first Champions League goal of the season, and first since the final against Chelsea in a 2–0 victory over Internazionale that sent United into the quarter-finals.
In the second leg against Porto , Ronaldo scored a 40-yard game-winning goal as United advanced to the semi-finals.
For this goal Ronaldo holds the distinction of being the first player to win the FIFA Puskás Award , in 2009, an honour handed by FIFA to the best goal of the year.
On 29 August, Ronaldo capped his La Liga debut with a goal, scoring Real's second from the penalty spot in a 3–2 home win against Deportivo La Coruña .
On 15 September, Ronaldo scored two free-kicks in a 5–2 away victory over Zürich , his first Champions League goals for Real.
Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuaín scored 53 league goals during the course of the season and became Real's highest scoring league duo in their history. 2010–11 season
On 23 October 2010, Ronaldo scored four goals against Racing de Santander , the most goals he has ever scored in a single match. This completed a goalscoring run of six consecutive matches in which Ronaldo scored in each match, totalling 11 goals, which is the most Ronaldo has scored in a single month.
Before Real Madrid's 5–0 defeat by Barcelona at the Camp Nou, Ronaldo scored his second La Liga hat-trick of the season in a 5–1 win over Athletic Bilbao .
In April, he made another massive comeback from injury, sustaining a three-game scoring streak , thus arriving to the first of a historical series of four El Clásico encounters two goals short of breaking his personal record of 42 goals in all competitions in a single season, achieved at Manchester United in the 2007–08 season.
During the second league edition of El Clásico, Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot and took his tally to 41 goals, also taking his scoring streak to four games.
On 20 April, Ronaldo scored the winning goal against Barcelona in the 103rd minute of the Copa del Rey final . This goal would later be chosen as both Ronaldo's and Real Madrid's best goal in the season by several fan polls, including those of Marca and Real Madrid's website. 7 May saw Real travel to the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán to take on Sevilla, where Ronaldo led the thrashing of the Andalusian side, scoring four goals in a 6–2 victory.
On 21 May, he scored two goals in the last league match of the season against Almería, taking his Pichichi total to 41, and La Liga total to 40, becoming the only player to score 40 goals in a La Liga season.
The sports newspaper Marca , which awards the Pichichi Trophy , included the goal scored on 18 September 2010 against Real Sociedad in Ronaldo's goal count, which had been officially attributed to Pepe .
Ronaldo also broke Zarra's record of most goals per minute, with a goal scored every 70.7 minutes. However, regardless of this goal polemic, Ronaldo's record-breaking figures became a source of major attention from public media, such as being included in the Sports Illustrated World XI, rating him as one of the world's best footballers.
Ronaldo ended his second season at Real Madrid by winning his first club honour with the club, the 2011 Copa del Rey, notching a total of 53 goals in all competitions, having scored 25 goals with his right foot and 9 with his left foot. 2011–12 season
Real Madrid's pre-season began with a 4–1 victory over MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy , with goals from José Callejón , Joselu , Ronaldo and Karim Benzema .
On 17 August 2011, Ronaldo scored his 100th goal with Real Madrid with a first-half equaliser against Barcelona in the second leg of the 2011 Spanish Supercup in the Camp Nou .
On 24 September, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in Real Madrid's 6–2 win over Rayo Vallecano at the Santiago Bernabéu. This was his ninth La Liga hat-trick and tenth hat-trick for Real Madrid.
On 27 September, Ronaldo scored Real's opening goal in a 3–0 victory over Ajax at the Santiago Bernabéu in the UEFA Champions League .
On 22 October, after not scoring in his previous three games, Ronaldo scored his tenth La Liga hat-trick and eleventh in total for Real Madrid in a match away to Málaga , which Real Madrid won 4–0.
On 19 November 2011, Ronaldo scored Real's second goal in a 2–3 defeat of Valencia .
On 3 December 2011, Ronaldo scored Madrid's second goal in a 0–3 defeat of Sporting de Gijón in La Liga .
On 13 December 2011, Ronaldo scored the second goal against SD Ponferradina in the first leg of the Copa del Rey Round 4, the match ended in a 0–2 win.
In Real Madrid's next game in La Liga at home to Granada Ronaldo scored the fifth goal in a 5–1 win.
On 22 January 2012, Ronaldo scored two penalties in a 4–1 win over Athletic Bilbao , and on 28 January scored Real Madrid's second and winning goal in a 3–1 win against Zaragoza .
On 12 February 2012, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, his thirteenth in La Liga and fourteenth for Real Madrid in a 4–2 home win over Levante. This win stretched Real Madrid's lead over second-placed Barcelona to 10 points.
On 24 March 2012, Ronaldo reached more than 100 goals in La Liga in just three seasons at Real Madrid when he scored the first of his two goals in the match against Real Sociedad , the second quickest La Liga player to reach that milestone in the league after Isidro Lángara , reaching the milestone in 92 matches and breaking the previous club record held by Puskás.
On 11 April, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick against Atletico Madrid in a 1–4 win, as well as assisting the last goal.
His hat-trick, one goal from a free kick, one from 30 yards on the left wing and one penalty, gave him 40 league goals in the season, making him the only player in La Liga history, or in any other major European league, to score 40 goals in two seasons, even doing so in consecutive seasons.
Ronaldo officially broke his previous record of 40 goals in a La Liga season on 14 April, scoring in a 3–1 win against Sporting Gijón .
On 25 April, in the second leg of the semi-finals in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League against Bayern Munich , Ronaldo converted a penalty from a David Alaba handball and scored a second goal from a pass from Mesut Özil .
He ended his third season at Real Madrid by winning his first league title with the club, with a record 100 points, notching a total of 46 league goals and 60 goals in all competitions, breaking the Real Madrid record he had set the previous season.
Ronaldo started the season by lifting the Supercopa de España with Real Madrid, scoring two goals in a 4–4 away goals aggregate win against Barcelona .
The goal in the first leg made him the first Madrid player in the history of El Clásico to score for the fourth game in a row at the Camp Nou, with the winning goal in the second leg, Ronaldo equalled the Real Madrid record of Iván Zamorano of scoring in five consecutive El Clásico matches.
On 2 September 2012, Ronaldo scored his first league goal of the season in a 3–0 win over Granada , which was also his 200th career goal in league matches played in England , Spain and Portugal .
He added another goal, which was his 150th goal for Real Madrid in all competitions in 149 matches played. This goal made him the 10th highest scorer for Real Madrid in all competitions.
On 18 September, Ronaldo scored his first Champions League goal of the season in a 3–2 victory over Manchester City .
On 4 October, Ronaldo scored his first career hat-trick in the Champions League as he led Real Madrid to a 4–1 victory over Ajax .
On 11 November, in a 2–1 away win over Levante , Ronaldo received an elbow to the eye in the second minute in the match, but scored his twelfth La Liga goal to give Madrid the lead, before being substituted at half-time. This eventually led to him missing the Portugal squad for the friendly game against Gabon .
On 1 December, after not scoring in his previous three games, Ronaldo scored a goal from a free-kick and assisted Özil to score the second goal in a 2–0 victory over Atlético Madrid .
On 6 January, following the 2012–13 winter break, Ronaldo scored a brace to lift 10-man Real Madrid to a 4–3 victory over Real Sociedad .
The match represented the first time that Ronaldo captained Real Madrid in an official match, but received his fifth yellow card of the season and was suspended for the team's next league game at Osasuna serving a one-game ban. This was the first time Ronaldo was suspended for an accumulation of yellow cards, having only previously missed games when being given a straight red card.
On 27 January, Ronaldo scored a perfect hat-trick against Getafe in a 4–0 win, including his 300th club goal.
Ronaldo then scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory against Manchester United on 5 March, which was his return to Old Trafford for the first time since his world-record £80 million move to Real Madrid in 2009.
On 9 April, Ronaldo scored twice in the second leg against Galatasaray to send Real Madrid to the semi-finals in the Champions League, winning 5–3 on aggregate.
Ronaldo picked up an a thigh muscle injury while warming up for the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg on 24 April, where he scored an away goal in a 4–1 loss against Borussia Dortmund .
Ronaldo scored his 200th goal for Real Madrid on 8 May in a 6–2 win against Málaga . This figure made him sixth in the list of the club's all-time top scorers and the player that took fewest matches to reach 200 goals.
On 17 May, Ronaldo headed the opening goal from a Mesut Özil corner in the 14th minute against Atletico Madrid in the eventual 2–1 Copa del Rey final loss, which was also his 111 goal in his 100th home appearance.
Ronaldo ended his fourth season at Real Madrid as the Champions League top goalscorer for a second time in his career, with 12 goals.
Accounting for all competitions, Ronaldo ended the season with a total of 55 goals, having scored 30 goals with his right foot, 17 with his left foot and 8 with his head. 2013–14 season
Ronaldo had not scored during the first two league games, but against Athletic Bilbao on 1 September 2013, he scored his first of the season in a 3–1 home victory.
On 17 September 2013, Ronaldo scored the second Champions League hat-trick of his career in Real Madrid's opening group match of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League , a 6–1 away win against Galatasaray .
On 22 September 2013, Ronaldo scored a brace in a 4–1 home victory against Getafe CF , including his 209th goal in his 205th game, to become the fifth highest scorer in the club's history.
In his 100th game in the European competitions against Copenhagen on 2 October 2013, Ronaldo scored a brace as Real Madrid went on to a 4–0 home victory.
On 5 October 2013, Ronaldo scored a late winning goal against Levante , which made him the first player in the big five European leagues to score 50 goals in 2013.
On 23 October 2013, Ronaldo scored twice in a 2–1 home victory against Juventus to become the Champions League's third all-time highest goalscorer with 57 goals.
In his 106 away appearances for Real Madrid on 2 November 2013, Ronaldo scored his 100th away goal as he hit a brace in a 3–2 away victory against Rayo Vallecano , averaging 0.94 per game.
On 5 November 2013, Ronaldo broke the record held for Champions League goals scored in a calendar year with 14 goals, after he equalised for Real Madrid in a 2–2 draw at Juventus.
On 9 November 2013, Ronaldo scored his 19th La Liga hat-trick in a 5–1 home victory against Real Sociedad , which made him second in the all time League hat-trick list.
After his strong form in the 2013–14 campaign by which he had scored 32 goals from 22 matches played for both club and country by the middle of November 2013, including five hat-tricks, Ronaldo suggested that he could be in the "best form of his life".
Ronaldo made his return in a 2–0 away victory against Copenhagen in the Champions League on 10 December 2013 and went on to break the record for most goals scored in the Champions League group stages with 9 goals.
His final match of the calendar year saw him score a header in a 3–2 away win against Valencia , ending the year with a tally of 69 goals in 59 appearance, his highest year-end goal tally.
In Real Madrid's first match following the 2013–14 winter break, Ronaldo score a brace in a 3–0 home victory against Celta Vigo , including his 400th career goal in 653 games for club and country.
In Madrid's next league match, Ronaldo scored the opening goal in a 2–0 home win over Granada .
On 11 February 2014, in the Spanish Cup's semifinals second leg, Ronaldo scored a brace in a 2–0 away win against Atlético Madrid to surpass Luis Aragonés as the top scorer in the history of 'Copa' games between Real and Atlético with 5 goals.
With a brace against Schalke 04 in a 6-1 victory on 26 February 2014, Ronaldo become the first player to score 10 or more goals in 3 consecutive Champions League campaigns.
On 15 March 2014, after he scored the only goal of the match against Málaga , Ronaldo become the first player to score 25 goals in five consecutive league seasons.
On 18 March 2014, Ronaldo scored two goals against Schalke 04 in the second leg of the Champions League's round-of–16, allowing him to surpass his personal record of 12 goals in a single UEFA Champions League season, putting him just one behind Lionel Messi's record of 14 goals from the 2011–12 season.
In his 100th Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund on 2 April 2014, Ronaldo scored his record-equalling 14th Champions League goal of the season in a 3–0 home victory, which also tied him with Alfredo Di Stéfano as Real Madrid's joint second top scorer in European competition with 49 goals, behind only Raúl with 66 goals.
He scored a brace in the next match against Osasuna , including his 101 league goals at the Santiago Bernabéu , making him the first Madrid player to score 30 or more league goals in four consecutive seasons.
Ronaldo was called up for Euro 2004 , scoring his first international goal in a 2–1 group stage loss to eventual champions Greece and scoring again in a 2–1 semi-final win over the Netherlands .
Ronaldo was the second-highest scorer in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification in the European zone with seven goals, and scored his first World Cup goal against Iran with a penalty kick in Portugal's second match in the group stage.
Ronaldo scored eight goals in Portugal's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, behind Poland's Ebi Smolarek , but finished with only one goal in the tournament.
In the final group match between Portugal and the Netherlands , Ronaldo silenced his critics by scored two goals to secure a 2–1 victory for Portugal, allowing the team to advance to the quarterfinals.
Before and throughout the tournament, Ronaldo was particularly hailed by Argentine great Diego Maradona , who described Ronaldo as "the best player on the planet" and went on to say that "[Ronaldo] has shown his countrymen that he does deserve a monument in Lisbon."
Ronaldo scored eight goals in Portugal's FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign, including all four of the team's goals in the two-legged play-off against Sweden which ensured Portugal's place at the finals.
Ronaldo once stated his desire to carve his name in history alongside footballing legends such as Pelé and Diego Maradona , and that he would rather be remembered as a role model than one of world football's best players. However, Ronaldo has at times been criticised for his diving when tackled.
Ronaldo's increasing production led the media to draw comparisons between him and FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi , as the pair possesses similar attributes for their team and also for revolutionising statistics for goals scored, which Ronaldo has commented on saying: "Some people say I'm better, other people say it's him, but at the end of the day, they're going to decide who is the best player. He does the best things for Barcelona, I do the best things for Madrid. I think we push each other sometimes in the competition, this is why the competition is so high." However, some former great players have criticised the comparison, such as Brazilian legend Pelé and former Portuguese international Luis Figo , who cited that they have different playing styles.
Ronaldo's former Real Madrid manager, José Mourinho, once stated: "If both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were born in different eras, they would have ruled the football scene and collected 10 FIFA Ballon d'Ors each."
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