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One of the very few players to have scored goals in Europe's Top 5 football leagues in his teens, 20s and 30s, Cristiano Ronaldo is showing little signs of slowing down as he turns 35 on 5 February 2020.
The 2016 European Championships winner for Portugal, who is also the all-time record scorer for the Iberian nation, has had a stellar career, scoring 722 goals in club (623) and international football (99).
Starting his senior club career at Sporting Lisbon in 2002-03, Ronaldo moved to Manchester United in 2003-04 where he won three Premier League titles, one Champions League, one FIFA Club World Cup and four other domestic titles during six seasons with the club.
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Ronaldo realised his boyhood dream by joining Spanish giants Real Madrid in the summer of 2009-10 for a then world record transfer fee of €94 million. During nine trophy-laden seasons with the capital club, Ronaldo became Madrid's all-time top-scorer, winning a plethora of milestones in multiple competitions.
A 33-year-old Ronaldo, far from being done, then moved to Italian club Juventus for a record fee of €100 million - which marked the highest ever fee paid by an Italian club and the highest by any club for a player over the age of 30. The Portugal captain won the Serie A title in his first season in Italy and is presently in the midst of his most prolific scoring run in the competition, having scored in nine successive games to equal David Trezeguet's club record set in 2005.
As Ronaldo seeks a strong finish to the season, with the 2020 European Championships looming, let us have a look at the Portuguese maestro's 35 records in various competitions to commemorate his 35th birthday:
#1 Most Champions League titles
Ronaldo has won the Champions League title with Manchester United in 2007-08 and with Real Madrid in 2013-14, 2015-16 to 2017-18, becoming the first player in the Champions League era (1991-92 onwards) to win five titles in the competition.
#2 Most Champions League goals
The first player to score 100 goals in the Champions League competition proper (group-stage to final), Ronaldo is the all-time top-scorer in European club football's blue riband club competition. The 35-year-old striker has scored 15 goals for Manchester United, 105 for Real Madrid, and eight for his present club Juventus.
#3 Most Champions League appearances by an outfield player
With 168 appearances, Ronaldo is only nine games shy of breaking former Real Madrid teammate Iker Casillas' record of most appearances in the Champions League.
However, Ronaldo holds the record for most appearances by an outfield player in the competition. The Portugal captain has played 52 Champions League games for Manchester United, 101 for Real Madrid, and 15 for Juventus.
#4 Most Champions League match wins
Ronaldo became the first player to win 100 games in the Champions League when he featured for Juventus in a 1-0 home win over Valencia in the 2018-19 group-stage.
Even though the competition's record scorer did not find the back of the net, Ronaldo celebrated the occasion by providing to Mario Mandzukic who scored the only goal of the game.
#5 First player to score 100 Champions League goals for a club
By scoring against Paris St. Germain in Real Madrid's Round of 16 Champions League clash in the 2017-18 season, Ronaldo became the first player to score 100 goals in the competition for a single club.
Ronaldo's tally of 105 Champions League goals for the Spanish capital club is only dwarfed by Lionel Messi's 114 goals in the competition for Barcelona.
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#6 Only player to score for 2 different winning teams in the Champions League final
Among a small group of players to have scored for multiple teams in Champions League finals, Ronaldo is the only one to do so for two winning teams.
In his first Champions League final in 2007-08, Ronaldo scored Manchester United's only goal in regulation and extra time against Chelsea before the Old Trafford team triumphed in a penalty shootout.
Six seasons later, Ronaldo scored Real Madrid's fourth goal in a 4-1 extra-time win over Atletico Madrid as the capital club won their La Decima.
#7 Only player to score in 3 Champions League finals
By scoring for Madrid against Juventus in the 2016-17 final, Ronaldo became the only player in competition's history to score in 3 Champions League finals (also 2007-08 and 2013-14).
#8 Most Champions League knockout stage goals
Ronaldo's competition-leading tally of 128 Champions League goals consists of a record 65 goals scored in the group-stage of the competition.
The tally consists of nine goals scored for Manchester United, 54 for Real Madrid and five for Juventus.
#9 Oldest player to score a Champions League hat-trick
Ronaldo scored Juventus' all three goals in the Bianconeri's Round of 16 second leg clash with Atletico Madrid in the 2018-19 edition of the Champions League to become the oldest player (34 years) to score a Champions League hat-trick.
#10 Most Champions League knockout stage hat-tricks
Ronaldo's four hat-tricks in the knockout stage of the Champions League - three for Real Madrid and one for Juventus - are the most by any player in the competition.
#11 Most goals in a Champions League season
In his fifth season with Real Madrid in 2013-14, Ronaldo scored 17 goals in the Champions League to create a new record for most goals in the competition in a season.
Ronaldo's efforts were instrumental in Madrid winning their first Champions League title in over a decade.
#12 Most Champions League group-stage goals in a season
The season after Madrid lifted their 10th Champions League/European Cup title (2013-14), Ronaldo continued his sizzling form in the competition.
The Portuguese striker's 11 group-stage goals in 2015-16 remains a record for most group-stage goals in a Champions League season.
#13 Only player to score in all 6 group-stage games in a Champions League season
Continuing his love affair with the Champions League, Ronaldo scored in each group-stage game of the 2017-18 edition of the competition to become the only player to do so.
Ronaldo scored braces against APEOL Nicosia (home) and Borussia Dortmund (away), a goal apiece in the home and away matches against Tottenham Hotspur, and followed up with a brace against APOEL Nicosia (away) and a goal at home to Borussia Dortmund.
#14 Only player to score 10 or more Champions League goals in 7 consecutive seasons
In the 2017-18 season, after becoming the first player in the competition's history to score in all six group-stage games in a season, Ronaldo extended his scoring streak to 10 games. He netted in both legs of Real Madrid's Round of 16 and quarterfinal victories over Paris St. Germain and Juventus respectively.
This helped Ronaldo create a new record for the longest scoring streak in the competition.
#15 Only player to score 10 or more Champions League goals in 7 consecutive seasons
By scoring 15 Champions League goals in his ninth and final season with Real Madrid in 2017-18, Ronaldo became the first player in the competition's history to register 10 or more goals in a season for seven consecutive seasons.
Ronaldo's tally of Champions League goals during this period read: 10 in 2011-12, 12 in 2012-13, 17 in 2013-14, 10 in 2014-15, 16 in 2015-16, 12 in 2016-17, 15 in 2017-18.
#16 First player to breach 40 Liga goals in a season
In his second season for Real Madrid in 2010-11, Ronaldo scored 40 Liga goals to become the first player in Spanish top-flight history to breach the 40-goal mark in a Liga season.
#17 First player to score 40 or more Liga goals in consecutive seasons
Following on from his exploits in the previous season where he scored 40 Liga goals, Ronaldo scored 46 goals in the 2011-12 season to become the first player to score 40 or more Liga goals in consecutive seasons.
#18 Only player to score 30 or more Liga goals in 6 consecutive seasons
Ronaldo is the only player in Liga history to score 30 or more Liga goals in six consecutive seasons. He scored 34, 31, 48, and 35 Liga goals respectively from 2012-13 to 2015-16 to go with his tally of 40 goals in 2010-11 and 46 in 2011-12.
#19 Best goal per match ratio among players with 100 Liga appearances
Ronaldo's 311 Liga goals for Real Madrid have come in 292 appearances, at a rate of 1.03 goals per game - which is the best by any player with over 100 Liga appearances.
#20 First player to score against every Liga team in a season
During the course of his 46-goal Liga season in 2011-12 where Madrid won the Liga title, Ronaldo became the first player to score against every Liga team in a season.
#21 Fastest to 150, 200 and 300 Liga goals
Ronaldo moved to 150, 200, and 300 Liga goals in 140, 178, and 286 respective games (all for Real Madrid), becoming the fastest player to reach the three milestones.
#22 First player to score in 6 consecutive El Clasicos
In the 2012-13 season, Ronaldo became the first player to score in six consecutive El Clasicos. During this period, Ronaldo scored seven goals – three in the league, two in the Supercup and two in the Spanish Cup.
#23 Only player to score multiple Liga hat-tricks in 8 consecutive seasons
Ronaldo is the only player to score multiple Liga hat-tricks in 8 consecutive seasons, doing so between 2010-11 and 2017-18.
#24 Most Liga penalties scored
During his nine seasons with Madrid from 2009-10 to 2017-18, Ronaldo scored 61 penalties - which is the most by any player in Liga history.
#25 Only player in Spanish football to score over 50 goals in 6 consecutive seasons
During the period 2010-11 to 2015-16, Ronaldo tallied 53, 60, 55, 51, 61, and 51 goals respectively to become the only player in Spanish football to score over 50 goals in six consecutive seasons.
#26 Most Liga matches scored in during a season
Ronaldo scored in 27 different Liga games in 2011-12, a record which stood alone for a season till it was equaled by Lionel Messi in 2012-13.
#27 Most consecutive Serie A away games scored in
In his first season with Juventus in 2018-19, Ronaldo equaled Giuseppe Signori's record of scoring in the most number of consecutive Serie A away games (nine) by netting at Sassuolo.
#28 First player to win league titles in England, Spain and Italy
By winning the 2018-19 Serie A title with Juventus, Ronaldo became the first player to win league titles in England (3), Spain (2) and Italy (1).
#29 Only top 5 European football league player to score 10 or more goals in 15 consecutive seasons
By reaching 10 goals in the ongoing 2019-20 season for Juventus, Ronaldo became the first player to score 10 or more goals in all competitions for a top 5 European football league team in 15 consecutive seasons (2005-06 to 2019-20).
#30 First Portuguese player to score a Serie A hat-trick
Ronaldo scored his much-awaited Serie A hat-trick against Cagliari in the second half of the 2019-20 season, in the process becoming the first Portuguese player to do in the Italian top-flight.
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#31 Most international goals by a European player
Ronaldo's tally of 99 international goals for Portugal is the most by an European player and is only 10 behind all-time record holder Ali Daei of Iran.
#32 Most goals in European Championship Qualifiers
Ronaldo's 31 goals in European Championship qualifiers is the most by any player in the history of the competition. Along with Robert Lewandowski, Ronaldo is the only other player to score three Euro qualifying hat-tricks.
#33 Only player to score in 4 different European Championships
Ronaldo's nine European Championship goals is a joint competition record along with Michel Platini. However, the Portugal captain is the only player in Euro history to score in four different championships (2004 - two, 2008 - one, 2012 - three, 2016 - three).
#34 Most FIFA World Cup Qualification goals by a European player
Ronaldo's 30 FIFA World Cup qualification goals during five campaigns (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) is the most by any European player.
It is a tally that is only behind that of Carlos Ruiz of Guatemala (43 goals) in the all-time list.
#35 Oldest player to score a FIFA World Cup hat-trick
In an entertaining 3-3 draw against Spain at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Sochi, Ronaldo's hat-trick for Portugal made him the oldest player (33 years old) to score a hat-trick in the competition.
