Important Moments Before Ronaldo Moved to Juventus

DBasia.news –  Cristiano Ronaldo is officially joining Juventus. For football player, Ronaldo is 33 years old, not the most productive age to perform. But, Juventus was giving the fantastic price to get him from Real Madrid.

Phenomenal and fantastic are two words to describe CR7. Juventus thought the price tag for the player who was born in Funchal, Madeira on 5 February 1985 is worth the price.

Below are important moments and notes during Cristiano Ronaldo’s career:

-Playing with the young team in Nacional before joining Sporting Lisbon, his favorite team Benfica’s rival in 2002.

-Manchester United Manager, Sir Alex Ferguson recruited him when he was only 18 years old worth £12M on August 2003 after stealing the spotlight during pre-season qualification versus MU in Lisbon.

-Scored debut with Portugal during qualification match versus Kazakhstan on August 2003.

-Became the Manchester United Best Player in 2003-2004 during his debut, and won the FA Cup.

-Supported Portugal to be 2004 Euro runner-up.

-During 2006-2007, Manchester United won Premier League. Ronaldo became Portugal’s Best Player and England Best Player.

-Brought MU to double titles, Premier League and Champions League during 2007-2008. Became Europe’s top scorer with 42 goals and won domestic awards.

-During 2008 season, chosen as World Best Player and became the third Portugal player won the Ballon d’Or award Europe after Eusebio in 1965 and Luis Figo in 2000.

-During 2008-2009, helped United won the Premier League, League Cup, Interclub World Cup, and Champions League final, defeated 0-2 from Barcelona.

-Scored 118 goals within 291 performances to United.

-Scored 26 goals in 29 La Liga matches 2009-2010. Also scored 7 goals in 6 Champions League matches. But Madrid finished the season with no trophy.

-Broke Spain’s record by scoring 40 goals in 34 matches during 2010-2011.

-The next season, Ronaldo made it even better by scoring 46 goals in 38 matches. The record was still below Lionel Messi, who scored 50 goals in 37 matches. But Real became the champion of La Liga.

-During 2012-2013 season, Real failed to win the main trophy.

-Set the record with 17 goals in one season of Champions League during 2013-2014 when Real got the 10th Europe trophy.

-Won Ballon d’Or award in 2008, 2013, 2014, and 2016.

-Scored decisive goal within penalty shootout with Atletico when Madrid got the 11th Champions League goal in 2016.

-Helped Portugal becoming Europe Cup champion for the first time in 2016. Portugal defeated France 1-0 in the final round.

-Be the first player in the history of Champions League who scored 100 goals when he set hat-trick during the second leg of quarterfinal versus Bayern Munchen on April 2017.

-Scored two goals versus Juventus during Champions League final in Cardiff. Be the first player who scored the goal in three Champions League finals.

-Finished the season with 42 goals in all competition, bringing Real to secure double titles (La Liga and Champions League) for the third times (or the first time since 1957-1958).

-Got the fifth Ballon d’Or on December 2017. Joined Lionel Messi as the fifth-times winner.

-Be the first player who won five Champions League titles after Real won over Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev. It was four times with Real, and once with Manchester United.

-Scored the 85th goal along with Portugal in the match versus Morocco during the 2018 World Cup. This record made him as Europe’s top scorer of all time.