Ronaldo was just 20 when he was named World Player of the Year for the first time in his career in 1996, becoming the ...

Ronaldo’s first goal came in 2002, when the 17-year-old struck twice in a 3-0 Sporting win. He only scored five goals in total for the Lisbon-based club, ...

Ronaldo wasn’t about to let his chance at redemption pass by. He scored both goals in Brazil’s 2-0 win over Germany, and finished as tournament’s leading scorer. ADVERTISEMENT ...

In 2020/21, he finished as top scorer at Euro 2021 as well as in the Italian Serie A season with Juventus (29 goals). Ronaldo set a new goal-scoring record of 35 in the Saudi Pro League for the ...

It is not, by any means, Ronaldo’s most significant goal. That title, by virtue of the status of the stage on which it occurred, must go to his second in the 2002 World Cup final, the one that ...