Cristiano Ronaldo did his incredible legacy no harm by becoming the first and only player in football history to claim the top scorer awards in Italy, England and Spain.
The 36-year-old forward has scored 29 league goals in the Italian Serie A this season, five goals ahead of the second-placed Romelu Lukaku, hence winning the Capocannoniere (highest goalscorer of each Serie A season). In his three seasons with Juventus, Ronaldo has claimed 81 league goals in only 97 games.
CR7 won his first top scorer prize with Manchester United in the 2007/08 season. That season, he plundered 31 league goals for the Red Devils. His excellent performances won him his first Ballon d’Or, while Manchester United swooped the Premier League and Champions League trophies.
Moving to the Spanish giant Real Madrid in 2009, Ronaldo continued his scoring spree with an amazing three Pichichi (Spanish La Liga top scorer of the season) awards. In his fierce rivalry with Lionel Messi, they competed with each other in goals and trophies. CR7 came up top in the 2010/11, 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons, with 40, 31 and 48 goals respectively.
Ronaldo left Real Madrid in 2018 as their all-time best goalscorer – an astonishing record of 311 league goals in 292 matches. Other than the domestic leagues, he is also the all-time top scorer for Champions League (134 goals) and Portugal (103 goals).
Besides winning the top scorer awards, Ronaldo also claimed the best player awards in all three leagues. In his legendary resume are the Premier League Player of the Year (2006/07 and 2007/08), La Liga Best Player (2013/14) and Serie A Footballer of the Year (2019 and 2020).
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