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Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably one of the best players to have graced the game. During a nearly two-decade-long career, he has scored goals and won trophies galore for club and country.
Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer for Real Madrid and Portugal and has also scored more goals than anybody else in the Champions League. The 36-year-old is still going strong, having recently become the first Juventus player to score 100 goals in their first three seasons at the club.
The Portugal captain has won league titles and top-scored in three different leagues - the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A - winning his first Capocannoniere award in the Italian top flight last season.
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During a glorious career for club and country, Ronaldo has had several memorable moments. Let's have a look at the top five, in no particular order:
#5 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score 100 Champions League goals (2017)
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the doyens in the Champions League, carving out one impressive record after another in the competition.
The only player to score for two winning teams in the final and score in all six group-stage games in a campaign, Ronaldo achieved a significant milestone in the 2016-17 edition of the Champions League. Over the course of his hat-trick in the quarter-finals against Bayern Munich, Ronaldo became the first player to score 100 goals in the competition.
Two rounds later, thanks to Ronaldo's exploits, Real Madrid became the first team in the Champions League era to successfully defend their title. A few months later, Ronaldo would become the first player to score 100 Champions League goals for a single club.
#4 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to win five Champions League titles (2018)
Arguably enjoying his greatest Champions League season, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in all six group-stage games in the 2017-18 edition of the competition.
He continued his scoring streak to four more games, scoring in both legs of Real Madrid's Round of 16 and quarter-final wins. The last of those strikes came against Juventus, whom he would join later that summer.
Although Ronaldo failed to add to his staggering 15-goal tally, the then 33-year-old created more history in the competition. With Real Madrid beating Liverpool 3-1 in the final, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to win five Champions League titles since the competition's inception in 1992.
Incidentally, that game happened to be his last for Real Madrid, as Ronaldo left Spain to join Italian giants Juventus a few weeks later.
#3 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the joint-most prolific scorer in international football (2021)
Cristiano Ronaldo has been a prolific goalscorer for both club and country. Portugal's title defense may have ended on a whimper at Euro 2020, but Ronaldo was one of their standout performers.
The 36-year-old scored in all three group-stage games to move level with Iranian legend Ali Daei (109) for the joint-most goals by a male player in international football. Earlier in the tournament, he became the first player to appear and score in five different European Championships.
Against Belgium in the Round of 16, Ronaldo had the opportunity to take outright ownership of the record. But the Juventus striker and his Portugal team-mates drew a blank on the night as Thorgan Hazard's stunner sent the holders packing out of the competition.
#2 'That' hat-trick against Spain at the World Cup (2018)
Cristiano Ronaldo began his campaign at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia with a sumptuous hat-trick against former champions Spain, helping Portugal force a share of the spoils in a six-goal thriller.
A penalty from Ronaldo gave Portugal an early lead before the Portuguese put his team in front once again before half-time after Spain had leveled proceedings.
With the former champions scoring twice in the second half, Ronaldo scored a delicious free-kick to ensure a thrilling all-Iberian derby ended all square in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
In the process, Ronaldo became the first player to score a hat-trick against Spain in the quadrennial competition. His first goal in the match had made him the first player to score in eight consecutive major tournaments.
Incidentally, the game marked the first time Ronaldo's team - club or country - did not win after the player scored a hat-trick.
#1 Cristiano Ronaldo wins the European Championship (2016)
Cristiano Ronaldo could have won his first European Championship way back in 2004, but hosts Portugal stumbled in the final against Greece. Twelve years later, Ronaldo would lift the Euros, albeit with the player hobbling off injured after half an hour in the final.
In the biggest match of his international career, Ronaldo lasted barely thirty minutes on the field after a Dimitri Payet tackle injured his left knee. A tearful Ronaldo twice tried to return to action with a heavily-strapped knee before hobbling off the field.
A little more than an hour later, Ronaldo cried for a third time on the night, this time shedding tears of joy, as Portugal sealed a narrow 1-0 extra-time win over France to become the newest European champions.
Earlier in the tournament, Ronaldo scored a brace against Hungary and netted in the semi-final against Wales. He also provided an assist against Croatia and hit the winning penalty in the shootout win over Poland.
