Ballon d'Or Power Ranking: October 2019

#4 Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is once again making goalscoring look easy and fun. One of the greatest to have ever played the game, Ronaldo might not be as good as he once was (the man is 34 years old after all), but having made goalscoring a habit he can't seem to break, he continues to lead the line gloriously for Juventus.

Ronaldo has now scored in 3 consecutive games for the Old Lady. He scored against Verona and then put in an absolute shift in the subsequent game against SPAL. He rounded off an impressive string of performances by starring and scoring a goal in Juve's Champions League tie against Bayer Leverkusen.

Though he is at the 4th spot on our list, there's every chance that the Portuguese legend could make it to the podium or even walk away with yet another Ballon d'Or after having won the Serie A last season with Juventus and the first edition of the UEFA Nations League with Portugal.

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