Ronaldo fans rejoice after the Portuguese nets 500th goal
Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 500th career goal in club’s 2-0 win over Swedish outfit Malmo in the Champions League group stage encounter.
The Powerhouse striker celebrated his achievement on Instagram in a true sporting fashion, combined it with Nike shoes.
The 30-year-old Portuguese superstar has also drawn level with Raul as the Madrid’s most prolific goalscorer with 323 in 741 games.
Ronaldo said: ‘I’m very happy. First of all because the team won. But I won’t lie to you. I really wanted to beat Raul’s record. ‘
I’m thinking about the next game, I’ll sleep happy tonight. But Sunday we have another game, another derby [Atletico on Sunday] against a fantastic team and we should win.’
‘So I’m happy today – great for Real Madrid, great for me, great for the club.’
Ronaldo joined the La Liga giants from Manchester United in 2009 was then a world record fee of £80 million, has scored 322 goals in 308 matches.
@ChampionsLeague @Cristiano not gonna lie…. He’s absolutely superb..#fairplay — Robbie Fowler (@Robbie9Fowler) October 1, 2015
John Obi Mikel is just 490 goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo.
— Jake Cohen (@JakeFCohen) September 30, 2015
Official Career Goals: Ronaldo: 500 goals in 723 games Messi 467 goals in 594 games pic.twitter.com/ZY9PslZRWo — Leo Messi (@messi10stats) September 30, 2015
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 500 career goals: Right Foot: 326 Left Foot: 89 Headers: 83 Penalties: 81 Free Kicks: 45
— Uber Football Facts (@UberFootbalI) September 30, 2015
Imagine if we’d sold Rooney to Real for 80 million and we still had Ronaldo… — UtdWay/TShirtsUnited (@UtdWay) September 30, 2015
500 goals of Ronaldo! pic.twitter.com/aIsab6q1hy
— Football Trolls (@Footballltrolls) September 30, 2015