Europe's Top 5 Leagues: 5 Players with the most number of direct goal involvements in 2018 so far

#3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Real Madrid, and Juventus) - 40 goals and 13 assists (44 apps)

Spain, Italy or Russia. This man can score anywhere. Yet he will only find the third-place finish when it comes to involvement in goals. Although, he is the second highest goalscorer of the year.

The Portuguese ace left Real Madrid after 9 long and successful years in Spain which saw him winning four UEFA Champions League titles. Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus for €100 million.

If there is one thing that hasn't changed about him, is his scoring record. He scored goals when he was at Madrid, he scored with the National team and he is scoring in Italy as well.

Cristiano scored the Herculean bicycle kick against Juventus and also stepped up under pressure to slot home the tie-winning penalty against them.

He scored a brilliant hat-trick against Spain in the World Cup, has been dealing with records at Juventus, breaking one after the other. The current Juventus forward gathered 40 goals and 13 assists across the calendar year.

The Portuguese captain makes the list largely on basis of the goals that he scored. He is a pure goal-machine. Among the top 5, he has the least number of assists.

However, scoring he must do. He has been off-colour in the Champions League 2018/19 so far and that has to change if Juventus is to have any chance of penetrating the defensive Atletico.