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Cristiano Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the greatest players to have graced the game of football.
Over the course of an illustrious near-two-decade-long career for club and country, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored goals and won honours - both individual and team - aplenty while playing for some of the top teams in the sport.
Despite turning 35 earlier this year, Ronaldo has continued to enthral everyone with his metronomic scoring prowess. He has almost single-handedly driven Juventus' 2020-21 Serie A title challenge.
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Ten records Cristiano Ronaldo could achieve this year
Cristiano Ronaldo has already eked out a few records in the first two months of 2021. But there are plenty more he could break or emulate during the rest of the year.
On that note, let's have a look at ten such records Cristiano Ronaldo could achieve in 2021. Without any further ado, let's get started.
#1 Quickest player to score 100 goals for Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo has made a fabulous start to life at Juventus since arriving at the Italian giants from Real Madrid in the summer of 2018.
After scoring 28 and 37 goals in his first two seasons in Turin, Cristiano Ronaldo is well on course for another prolific scoring season. Netting at almost a goal per game, the 35-year-old has scored 27 goals in 30 games in all competitions this season.
The Portugal captain now stands on the cusp of 100 goals for the club, with his current goal-tally reading 92 goals in 119 games.
If he reached the coveted three-figure mark in his next four games, Cristiano Ronaldo would become the quickest Juventus player to score 100 goals for the club. Bianconeri legend Omar Sivoli reached that mark in 124 games many decades ago.
#2 Become the first Portuguese player to win the Capocannoniere award
Despite landing on Italian shores almost three years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo has failed to claim the prestigious Capocannoniere award. The Portuguese maestro finished five goals adrift of the Capocannoniere winner in both of his first two seasons at Juventus.
He scored 21 goals in the 2018-19 campaign to finish behind Fabio Quagliarella. Last season, Ronaldo's 31-goal effort wasn't enough to land him the coveted award again as he fell short to Lorenzo Insigne (36).
This campaign, though, Cristiano Ronaldo looks to be like a man on a mission. Scoring at almost a goal per game, Ronaldo has scored 20 times in 21 games to lead Romelu Lukaku by two goals on the scoring charts.
If Ronaldo gets third-time lucky, he will become the first Portuguese player to win the Capocannoniere award.
#3 First player to score nine Champions League hat-tricks
Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time top-scorer in the UEFA Champions League, with his tally of 134 goals 15 clear of second-placed Lionel Messi.
Both Ronaldo and Messi have scored a staggering eight hat-tricks in the competition. Interestingly, the duo has endured defeats in the first leg of this season's Round of 16 games.
With Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus due to take on Porto a day before Lionel Messi's Barcelona travel to PSG in the concluding legs of their Round of 16 engagements, the Portuguese ace could one-up his arch-rival by becoming the first player to score nine Champions League hat-tricks.
Although Juventus trail Porto by a goal, they are expected to advance as they are playing the second leg at home. Cristiano Ronaldo could mark the occasion by scoring his first Champions League hat-trick in nearly two years.
#4 Second player to score 20 Champions League goals for two different clubs
Earlier this season, PSG's Brazilian star Neymar became the first player in Champions League history to score 20 goals in the competition for two different clubs.
The Brazilian has scored 21 Champions League goals for Barcelona and 20 for his current club PSG.
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 15 Champions League goals for Manchester United, 105 for Real Madrid and 14 for Juventus.
With six more goals in the competition, Ronaldo will emulate Neymar as the only other player to score 20 Champions League goals for two different clubs. For the 35-year-old to achieve the mark this season, Juventus will probably need to reach at least the quarter-finals.
#5 First player to win 6 Champions League titles
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of ten players to have won the European Champions Club's Cup / UEFA Champions League on at least five occasions. But Ronaldo is the only one to do so exclusively in the Champions League era.
Currently one behind all-time leader Paco Gento, Cristiano Ronaldo will join elite company by lifting the Champions League title with Juventus this season.
However, for that to happen, Juventus will first need to overcome their first-leg deficit against Porto in the Round of 16 before going all the way in the competition for the first time in two and a half decades.
#6 First player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League final
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in a record three Champions League finals, doing so for two different clubs - Manchester United and Real Madrid.
However, he has not managed to score a hat-trick on any of the three occasions. In fact, no player has accomplished the same in the near-three-decade history of the Champions League.
If Juventus reach the Champions League final this season, Cristiano Ronaldo would fancy his chances of creating more history in the competition.
#7 First player to score in five different European Championships
After missing out on the European Championship as a teenager on home soil in 2004, Cristiano Ronaldo led from the front to make Portugal the newest winners of the competition 12 years later.
During that edition of the competition, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in four different editions of the European Championship.
If the Portugal captain scores again in the upcoming edition of the European Championship, he would become the first player to score in five different editions of the competition.
#8 Become the all-time top-scorer in European Championship history
With nine goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is the joint top-scorer of the European Championship.
If he scores another goal in the competition due to be held this summer, Cristiano Ronaldo will become the all-time top-scorer in the history of the quadrennial tournament.
The Portugal captain is already the top-scorer in European Championship qualifiers.
#9 Become the all-time top-scorer in international football
Cristiano Ronaldo is the first European player and the second overall to tally 100 international goals. He arrived at the coveted landmark by scoring against Sweden in a UEFA Nations League game, which Portugal won 2-0.
The 35-year-old is now only seven behind Ali Daei (109), who is the all-time top-scorer in international football.
With Cristiano Ronaldo due to play the European Championships with Portugal this summer and a few more games before the end of the year, the 35-year-old could become the most prolific scorer in international football in 2021.
#10 Second player to win six Ballon d'Or awards
With five Ballon d'Or titles to his name, Cristiano Ronaldo is only one behind Lionel Messi's leading tally of six.
After making a strong start to the year, Ronaldo will fancy his chances of drawing level with his arch-rival by winning the coveted award for the sixth time this year.
Cristiano Ronaldo last won the Ballon d'Or award in 2017 with Real Madrid.
