Real Madrid’s Portuguese starlet Cristiano Ronaldo again creates history when he became the only Real player to score 500 goals playing for his nation and club. This feat has long been expected ever since he became the maximum goal scorer for the club. Portuguese took only 753 games to net as many goals while Raul, the former Real legend who has until been holding the feat, took 741 games to net 323 goals playing for the Bernabeu side. Spanish side won Wednesday game against Malmo by 2-0 powered by Ronaldo’s brace and if we look at the speed Ronaldo has been throughout career, his record is just phenomenon. Take a look: he joined Real Madrid at a record breaking fee in 2009 and has since played 308 games and netted 323 goals for them and before he had scored some 118 goals for Manchester United along with 55 for his national side. The most prolific season for him was 2011-12 when he scored 69 goals for his club and national side which is still a record.
Impressively, his last ten goals came in just six games and this performance has taken Real boss Rafa Benitez over cloud nine. Hailing his starlet, 55-year-old Spaniard said, “He has surpassed Raul, who was a phenomenon, and that shows he has scored a lot of goals. I hope he doesn’t have a ceiling. I said it was unquestionable. The merit is that it took less time than the others and this gives more value to the achievement.”
Ronaldo himself shared his excitement touching the feat and said after the game. “I am very happy. Thank you to all of my teammates for helping me reach these figures and break the record at the greatest club in the world — it’s an honour.” While former club legend Raul alos added, “What Ronaldo does you cannot name, it is on another historic level. It is incredible what he has done in only six years, scoring an average of more than 50 goals a season, when it used to be hard for me to reach 20. I hope he keeps scoring many more goals for a long time, and helps the team to win titles.”
The way Ronaldo is playing these days, nothing seems to be impossible for him, however, his success is also coupled by criticisms that he plays for himself not for his sides that is why neither his club nor his national side could achieve major titles whenever he is in best form; last world cup and last season for Real Madrid is an example of how unfair he has been for his teams.
