Cristiano Ronaldo: The Greatest Goalscorer in Football History

[A THREAD]

Cristiano Ronaldo has an extraordinary ability to score goals. He can score from anywhere and with any part of his body. Goalscoring is one of his greatest attributes.

In this thread, I& #39;ll explain why Ronaldo is the greatest goalscorer in football history.

A great goalscorer has the ability to score in any way possible. In this aspect, Ronaldo is ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.

Types of Goal (Club Only):

Right Foot: 238
Weak Foot: 105 (MOST)
Header: 107 (MOST)
Penalty: 124 (MOST)
Free-Kick: 46
Game-Winning: 208 (MOST)

No one comes close.

Another quality of a great goalscorer is being a top scorer. Ronaldo is the top scorer in:

- UCL
- FIFA CWC
- EUROs
- EURO Qualifiers
- International (Active)
- Portugal& #39;s history
- Real Madrid& #39;s history
- Football history!

Int. Comps Top Scorer:

10 Times, 88 Goals (Most)

With a 0.73 goal ratio, it& #39;s not the best, but that& #39;s because he was a midfielder earlier in his career. This brings down his career ratio.

Despite this, he has the best ratio in:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⭐" title="Mittelgroßer Stern" aria-label="Emoji: Mittelgroßer Stern"> TWO of the Top 5 leagues
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⭐" title="Mittelgroßer Stern" aria-label="Emoji: Mittelgroßer Stern"> The UCL for Madrid (1.04)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⭐" title="Mittelgroßer Stern" aria-label="Emoji: Mittelgroßer Stern"> All comps for Madrid (1.03)

Decisiveness is another factor to an elite goalscorer. You may score a lot of goals, but how important are they?

Game-winning goals:

- 208 (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎖️" title="Militärmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Militärmedaille">)
- 17 in the 2011/12 La Liga season (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎖️" title="Militärmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Militärmedaille">)
- 12 in the 2007/08 EPL season (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎖️" title="Militärmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Militärmedaille">)
- 40 in the UCL (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎖️" title="Militärmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Militärmedaille">)
- 145 in the T5 leagues (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎖️" title="Militärmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Militärmedaille">)

Clutch.

Knockout stages are arguably the MOST difficult to score in. Let& #39;s look at Ronaldo& #39;s UCL KO stage numbers:

- 67 UCL KO goals
- 25 UCL QF goals
- 13 UCL SF goals
- 4 UCL F goals
- 25 UCL away goals

These are all records! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😱" title="Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht">

It& #39;s also worth noting that he scored more KO stage goals last decade than these teams:

Atletico - 28
Chelsea - 29
Liverpool - 37
Juventus - 42
Ronaldo - 55 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf">

His favorite UCL opponents include the likes of Juventus, Bayern, Ajax, and Atletico. Top teams.

Consistency is key for goalscorers. Here are Ronaldo& #39;s consistency records https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎖️" title="Militärmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Militärmedaille">:

- 10+ UCL goals for 7 cons. seasons
- 50+ club goals for 6 cons. seasons
- 30+ league goals for 6 cons. seasons
- 60+ goals for 4 years
- 17 goals in 12 cons. away games

The list goes on and on.

Some crazy records https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎖️" title="Militärmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Militärmedaille">:

- Took just 6 years to become Madrid& #39;s top scorer
- Fastest to score 50 goals in Spain, Italy, and England
- Only player to score 100+ international, UCL, and T5 league goals
- The only player to win all of his league and UCL titles as team& #39;s top scorer https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😳" title="Errötetes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Errötetes Gesicht">

Conclusion:

Scoring in any way, being top scorer, decisive, scoring in big games, setting records, and doing it for multiple clubs is difficult. However, for Cristiano, it& #39;s a cakewalk. This is why Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest goalscorer of all time.

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