Another
milestone has fallen in Cristiano Ronaldo's inexorable march to greatness, the
Portugal superstar having scored his 400th Real Madrid goal. Ronaldo
notched the landmark strike by netting his side's second against Sevilla on
Sunday, as Zinedine Zidane's men sought to boost their hopes of a Champions
League and LaLiga double.
A hat-trick
during a stellar performance in the first leg of the Champions League
semi-final against Atletico Madrid early this month saw the 32-year-old edge
closer to the achievement.
Madrid claim
Ronaldo had already registered 400 Blancos goals, the club having attributed a
2010 free-kick against Real Sociedad, deflected into the net off Pepe's back,
to the Portuguese.
The most
expensive player in the world when he moved to the Santiago Bernabeu from
Manchester United for approximately £80million in 2009, Ronaldo is both
Madrid's and the Champions League's all-time leading scorer. He trails only
Lionel Messi of Barcelona in LaLiga's all-time scoring charts.
The former
Sporting Lisbon player has won LaLiga once, the Champions League twice and the
Copa del Rey twice at Madrid, while he finally tasted international success
with Portugal at Euro 2016.
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