By sealing the victory of Juventus against Sassuolo this Sunday (3-1), Cristiano Ronaldo has taken a small step closer to legend.
At 35, the Portuguese reached the symbolic mark of 759 goals.
A statistic reached during his 1037th match in official competitions.
He thus matches the record of Josef Bican, the all-time top scorer.
The former Real Madrid number 7 is one step away from becoming the leading scorer in football history.
A matter of time.
On January 3, Ronaldo had already grilled the priority to a round ball icon.
By scoring a brace against Udinese (in the 4-1 victory for Juventus), he had passed Pelé and his 757 goals.
Arousing an old debate on the exact number of achievements of the king during his career.
Impressive consistency
Besides his formidable efficiency, it is above all the consistency that scares Cristiano.
For 15 seasons now, the native of Funchal has terrorized the defenses and goalkeepers to the point of scoring, at least, 15 goals per season in the league.
Stratospheric.
15 - Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to have managed to score at least 15 goals in each of the last 15 seasons in the 5 big leagues (since 2006/07).
Giant.
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- OptaJean (@OptaJean) January 10, 2021
This historic record could well fall during Juve's next match against Genoa on Wednesday (8:45 p.m.) in the Italian Cup.
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