Cristiano Ronaldo once again underscored his greatness by scoring his 700th career goal during Manchester United’s victory over Everton.
The 37-year-old superstar went back through the years running nearly half the pitch before throwing the ball with Jordan Pickford, who turned out to be the deciding goal in Man United’s 2-1 win at Goodison Park.
Ronaldo entered the field in the 29th minute after Anthony Martial was injured
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And 15 minutes later comes the 700th goal of his club career.
It was the first Premier League goal of the season for Ronaldo, who has had a tough season so far, having only started one league match this season.
His historic goal will do nothing to dampen talk about his future at Old Trafford, but let’s put it all aside for now, as this is Ronaldo’s night.
Below you can see an analysis of the Portuguese’s incredible goal statistics in what has been a truly extraordinary career.
Ronaldo’s career goals in numbers:
- 700 career goals in club football
- 60 triplets
- 58 direct free kicks
- 173 career sanctions
- PC deportivo: 5
- Man United (first spell): 118
- Real Madrid: 450
- Juve: 101
- Man United (second stage … and beyond): 26
Speaking of Ronaldo’s feat, talkSPORT’s Micky Gray said: “He’s just fantastic, and it’s a testament to himself, the way he behaves, the way he takes care of himself throughout his career. .
“Of course at the beginning of the season he showed frustration and wanted to leave Manchester United, but he is there and when they call him he shows up with great goals.
His name will be on the back cover of newspapers tomorrow, it will be on all television screens and we are talking about him right now because that man is the one who does, he wins football matches and scores goals.
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Ronaldo once again emphasized his greatness
The goal was fantastic, it was like Ronaldo of seven or eight years ago, picking up the ball in and around the half way line and breaking those gears at the pace he has, with his left foot and burying the ball in the next. – It was a well-deserved and deserving winning goal of 700 of his club career.
It’s a phenomenal record, the numbers are mind-boggling and now we have two players, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland, who may come close to Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the end of their careers, but let’s talk about Ronaldo here and now.
“What this guy has achieved in his career … he was on the ground, his legs are gone, he doesn’t play for Man United, well he just scored three points at Goodison Park thanks to a fantastic finish!
“It is incredible what man has achieved. Nobody can doubt what Cristiano Ronaldo has achieved in his career.
He did it in the Premier League not just once, now he’s back and he’s done it twice. He left United at first and goes to Spain where he scored many goals, he did it in Italy …
“Let’s not forget he scored over 20 goals last season and everyone thought he finished at 37, but he continues to churn out good things.
“He has had a phenomenal career as a phenomenal player and a phenomenal athlete.
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Ronaldo was a really great server for the game.
The criticism Ronaldo receives is just because it’s him, but when his career is over, we’ll be talking about Cristiano Ronaldo for decades to come.
“Whatever he gets now, how long he stays at Manchester United, whether he leaves in January or not, we have enjoyed every moment of watching him for the past 20 years.
“And, if I may add that, I really enjoyed playing against him. He is just a phenomenon “.
And will Ronaldo stop here? Certainly not, especially as Lionel Messi is out of breath with 691 career goals per club …
