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Ronaldo spectacularly departed from Spanish giants Real Madrid in the summer shortly after the World Cup to join Italian side Juventus. In typical Ronaldo fashion, he has broken numerous records already in his stint in Italy despite only being there for half a season so far.
Even at 33, the footballing great is still a force to be reckoned with and his bold move to Juventus shows the unparalleled drive he has to challenge himself constantly with new obstacles.
Along with his perceived career rival Lionel Messi, Ronaldo seems to set and break new records every week of the footballing calendar and during a time where most players contemplate retirement or a step down to lesser leagues, he continues his ascendancy to sporting immortality. Furthermore, what's even more impressive is how seamlessly he can adapt to new systems, countries, cultures, and teams with little issue.
This article will look at 4 records that Cristiano Ronaldo has set at Juventus already in his first season playing for the famous black and whites of Turin.
- Becoming the first player to reach 100 Career wins in the Champions League
Despite Ronaldo's peerless ability to perform at an elite level for any team in any competition format, the Champions League is where he performs best and this was shown in November where he became the first player in the competition's history to reach 100 career wins after helping Juventus defeat Valencia in the group stages to secure the top spot in their group in preparation for the knockout stages of the competition.
Alone this is an incredible feat, but when considering that there are many top clubs with less wins in the Champions League than Ronaldo, let alone players, it becomes a stupendous record.
2. Most goals scored by a Portuguese player in single Serie A season
Ronaldo is known as being the best goalscorer in the world, and maybe ever, due to the diversity of his goals. On the 29th December 2018 Ronaldo scored two goals against Sampdroia which not only ensured Juventus' 100% record remained intact for another week, it also meant that Ronaldo set another record for being the first ever Portuguese player to score 15 goals in the Serie A during their a single season.
This is a phenomenal record for two reasons, firstly, it shows his ability to perform at an elite level in yet another one of the top 5 leagues, secondly, it exhibits that Ronaldo is the most prolific footballer to ever come out of Portugal, and thirdly it demonstrates that his success over the last decade wasn't just due to being at Real Madrid, Ronaldo can perform for any team.
3. Equalling John Charles' 60 year goal scoring record
Earlier this season Ronaldo became the first Juventus player to bag at least 10 goals inside the first 14 rounds of a player's debut Serie A campaign since John Charles, back in 1957-58.
Whilst this being a club record as opposed to a league one it is nonetheless one Ronaldo will no doubt appreciate, at the very least, because it shows that he is still performing in front of goal near his best ability and continues to be the gold standard at whatever club he joins, regardless of the pool of talent Juventus has enjoyed in front of goal over the last century.
Furthermore, when compared to his uncharacteristically slow start to the season in his final season at Real Madrid, his start at Juventus is encouraging for the second half of the season which is when Ronaldo tends to peak.
4. Scored Juventus' 5000th goal in Serie A
Being the greatest club in Italian football naturally results in Juventus having lots of heated rivalries against other big clubs in the Serie A, and few have more importance for Juventus than their city derby matches against fellow Turin based team Torino.
When Juventus played Torino earlier this season it proved to be a cagey affair, but in circumstances like this there is always one man who thrives, and that man is CR7.
Ronaldo scored a penalty during his first appearance in the famed 'Derby della Mole' against Torino in December 2018. Alone this will have no doubt pleased Ronaldo, but perhaps unbeknown to CR7 his goal was incidentally the 5000th goal scored by Juventus in the Serie A.
Whilst this record is primarily down to luck and timing on Ronaldo's part, it is still a very nice record to have as it means that CR7 is undoubtedly embedded in the history of Juventus forever.
Bonus: Scoring 10 goals against a single club in the Champions League
Whilst this doesn't technically count as a record Ronaldo has set whilst at Juventus, it is one he set against them.
During the 2017/18 season, Real Madrid faced off against Juventus en route to their unprecedented third consecutive Champions League title. Over the two legs, Ronaldo scored three goals including his spectacular bicycle kick which scandalously didn't win the Puskas award.
Whilst that goal will undoubtedly go down as one of the best in history, it was his third goal which was the record-breaking one. In a heated second leg, Ronaldo scored an injury-time winner that sent Madrid through to the Semi-Finals which was his 10th against Juventus, making him the first and only player, thus far, to have scored 10 goals against a single club in the Champions League.
(Luckily for Juventus he now plays for them!)
