Top 10 Cristiano Ronaldo records.

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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest football players in the history of football.

He has won all the major trophies in the world of football except the FIFA World Cup. Ronaldo has dominated the whole of Europe and shattered many records.

We have ranked top 10 world records of Cristiano Ronaldo that will hardly ever be broken.

10. Highest header goal (2.93m) against Manchester United 

We all know about Cristiano's acrobatics and unorthodox goals. Whether it is an overhead kick or a leaping header. 

In a match against his former club Manchester United in a UEFA Champions League game in 2013. Ronaldo scored the winning goal at his former home Old Trafford and the decider came from a leaping header of 2.93 metres and registered this header as the highest headed goal.

9. Top goal scorer in the world (international + club)

There's always a debate of Messi vs Ronaldo for the best football player in history but there's no doubt about Cristiano Ronaldo being the best goalscorer of all times and he has proven it all the time with his 934 senior goals. Ronaldo has 103 goals in just 236 appearances for Manchester United where he played six years as a midfielder.

Ronaldo has 101 goals in just 134 appearances for Juventus FC.

Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer for Real Madrid with 450 goals in just 438 games with the best goal scoring ratio in LaLiga for more than 100 goals. He has 97 goals for Al-Nassr as well.

He dominated the goal scoring sheet wherever he has been.

8. Highest goal scorer in international competitions 

Apart from being the highest goalscorer of all times, Ronaldo is also the highest goalscorer in International competitions. He is leading the charts with 136 goals in 219 competitions.

Lionel Messi is on the second spot with 112 goals.

7. Most international wins

Despite the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo has never won a FIFA World Cup, he still holds the record for the most international wins of 132 games in 215 appearances. 

He broke the record of his former teammate Sergio Ramos who previously held the record of 131 games in 180 appearances.

6. Most popular person in the world 

Cristiano Ronaldo is not just the greatest player of all time, but he also is a global icon and the most popular person in the world. Ronaldo rules the internet with combined followers of over a billion.

Ronaldo has over 653 million followers on Instagram, over 171 million on Facebook and over 115 million followers on X (formerly twitter). He has a couple million followers from YouTube and some Chinese social media platforms as well.

5. Most headed goals in football - 154

We all know about Cristiano's goal scoring capabilities. The best thing about his goals is that they come in various ways, from free-kicks, left-footed goals, and headers. Ronaldo's goals are always interesting that separates him from just a striker. 

Ronaldo has the record of the highest headed goal in senior football, but he also has the record of highest goals from a header.

4. Most Ballon d'or nominations 

Ronaldo is the second highest winner of the Ballon d'or five times behind an over impressive record win of eight times by Lionel Messi.

Despite winning it eight times, Messi is second to Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to nominations. CR7 has been nominated for a record eighteen times.

3. Only player to be awarded the best player award for top 3 football leagues

Cristiano Ronaldo has a great career and it is not limited to just one club. He made his mark and registered his name into the legends column wherever he went. And Ronaldo holds the record of getting the best player award in the top three leagues of Europe. 

In 2007 and 2008, Ronaldo won premier league player of the season along with all individual European awards for Manchester United in 2008. Later in LaLiga, he won the best player award in 2014. CR7 won the best Serie A player of the year consecutively in 2019 and 2020.

2. All time top scorer of UEFA Champions League 

Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player of UEFA Champions League and holds the records of highest number of goal, most appearances and he is also the first player to score 100 goals in UEFA Champions League.

Apart from these records he holds a special record of scoring 17 goals in a single UEFA Champions League.

1. All-time top scorer of UEFA Euro championship

Cristiano Ronaldo holds multiple records in the UEFA Euro cup. He has the most number of appearances, highest number of goals, and most individual wins.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Euro Championship in 2016. In the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship he was the joint highest goal scorer along with Patrick Schick.