At the age of 38, Pele and Maradona had both retired from the game.
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo is still grinding in the gym, looking for ways to improve 
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Cristiano Ronaldo has won Best Middle East Player of the Year AND Maradona Award for Best Goalscorer at the Globe Soccer Awards! 
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Cristiano Ronaldo, at the Globe Soccer Awards, said that he believes that the Saudi Pro League is already better than France’s Ligue 1, and said it’s ‘more competitive’ 
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s impact has been HUGE since his Saudi Pro League debut one year ago 
34 games
34 goals
11 assists
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Run it back to the 2016/17 Champions League, when Cristiano Ronaldo scored 5 goals against Bayern in the quarter-final over both legs, a hat-trick vs. Atlético in the semi and a brace against Juventus in the final.
10 goals in 5 games against Neuer, Oblak and Buffon. 
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to win these six awards in a single season:
◉ PFA Team of the Year
◉ PFA Players’ Player of the Year
◉ PFA Young Player of the Year
◉ PFA Fans’ Player of the Year
◉ FWA Footballer of the Year
◉ PL Player of the Season
At 22 years old.
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Happy 39th birthday to Cristiano Ronaldo:
◉ Most men’s international goals
◉ Most European Championship goals
◉ Most Champions League goals
◉ Most Real Madrid goals
The only player to score 50+ goals across all club competitions in six consecutive seasons. 
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39-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo still holds some of football’s greatest goalscoring records:
Most goals in European club competition (145)
Most men’s international goals (128)
Only player to score in three UCL finals
Most World Cup tournaments scored in (5)
First player to score 800 career goals
Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer (450)
Most Euro and World Cup goals combined (22)
Only player to score 50+ goals in seven consecutive calendar years
Incredible 
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Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 410 goals since turning 30…
That’s more than most strikers manage across their entire careers
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Ronaldo has now scored a goal in:
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Unreal longevity 
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Cristiano Ronaldo has now played 1,000 club games in his career.
He’s been involved in 960 goals in that time.
Ridiculous longevity 
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Chelsea legend John Terry says Cristiano Ronaldo is the prime example of who young footballers should look up to in their playing careers
Elite longevity 
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the ONLY player in football history to three-peat both the Premier League AND the UEFA Champions League.
Three consecutive Premier League titles (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09)
Three consecutive Champions League trophies (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)
Iconic
(h/t CFC_Janty/X)
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Six years ago, Ronaldo scored his 50th career hat trick.
Now he’s got 63 and is still going strong
Real Madrid—44
Portugal—10
Manchester United—3
Juventus—3
Al-Nassr—3
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Only one player has ever finished as top scorer of the Premier League, LALIGA, and Serie A: Cristiano Ronaldo
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The aura of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Every French player posted a picture of him when they played Portugal. 
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