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Cristiano Ronaldo's haul of 39 goals for club and country in 2019 was good enough for fifth place in the list of the top scorers during the calendar year.
In a year that saw him score 4 hat-tricks for club and country and become the first to win top-flight titles in England, Spain and Italy, Ronaldo led Portugal to Euro 2020 qualification by scoring in 6 consecutive games.
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Ronaldo's first and only hat-trick for Juventus helped his team overturn a two-goal first leg deficit against Atletico Madrid to reach the Champions League quarterfinals (lost to Ajax). In the process, the Portugal captain equaled Lionel Messi's record of most hat-tricks in the competition (8).
The Juventus striker narrowly failed to score his first hat-trick in the Italian top-flight when the woodwork intervened in the 2019-20 Serie A win over Udinese. Ronaldo ended 2019 on a losing note when Juventus fell short in the Supercoppa Italiana final to Lazio in Riyadh.
However, the all-time Champions League top-scorer would have the following milestones to look forward to as 2019 makes way for 2020.
#1 Break Gonzalo Higuain's record of most Serie A goals in a season
Ronaldo bagged his first Serie A title in 2018-19, in the process becoming the first to win top-flight titles in England, Spain and Italy, as Juventus won an eighth-consecutive Scudetto.
However, the Portugal captain had an underwhelming league season by his staggering standards. A return of 21 league goals may be considered decent for just about any player but not for Ronaldo; the Juventus forward endured his lowest league return in a decade to fall short of Capocanonniere winner Fabio Quagliarella's haul of 26.
Like in his first season in Italy, Ronaldo has scored 10 goals in his 14 games of the 2019-20 season. The Euro 2016 winner would have to score at better than a goal per game in the second half of the season to equal or surpass teammate Gonzalo Higuain's record of most goals in a Serie A season (35).
It would be a daunting task, but if anybody can, it is Ronaldo - despite his rather lukewarm start to the season.
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#2 Become the first player to top-score in the EPL, LaLiga and Serie A
With 10 goals in 14 Serie A games of the 2019-20 season, Ronaldo trails league leader Ciro Immobile by 7 goals going into the winter break.
However, only a brave man would bet against the Portuguese marksman upping his scoring rate in the second half of the season and win his first Capocanonniere title (top-scorer in a Serie A season).
If Ronaldo does so, it would mark the first time a player would have top-scored in 3 of the top 5 leagues in Europe, having already won season top-scoring honours in the EPL with Manchester United and in the LaLiga with Real Madrid.
#3 Emulate Clarence Seedorf's record of winning the Champions League with 3 different clubs
The all-time top-scorer in the Champions League also holds the record for most titles in the Champions League era (1992-93 onwards). Ronaldo won 1 Champions League title for Manchester United in 2007-08 and 4 for Real Madrid in 2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18.
A Champions League triumph with Juventus would put Ronaldo in the company of Clarence Seedorf as the only players to win the competition with 3 different clubs (Ajax, Real Madrid, and AC Milan).
It would also make Ronaldo the only player after Francisco Gento (1966) to win the European Cup/Champions League on 6 occasions.
#4 Become the first European player to score 100 international goals
Ronaldo scored 3 hat-tricks for Portugal during the course of 2019, as the defending Euro champions won the inaugural UEFA Nations League and qualified for Euro 2020.
During his 4-goal haul against Lithuania in the Euro qualifiers, Ronaldo overtook Robbie Keane to become the top-scorer in Euro qualifying history.
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Ronaldo scored Portugal's second goal in his team's 2-0 win at Liechtenstein on Matchday 10, which rubber-stamped the defending champions' qualification for the quadrennial European Championships next summer. In the process, Ronaldo swelled his international goal-tally for Portugal to 99.
The Juventus striker can become the first European player and the only player overall after Iran's Ali Daei to reach the milestone of 100 international goals, which looks likely to arrive in 2020.
#5 Become the first player to score in 5 different European Championships
Having fallen short in the final of the 2004 European Championships to Greece on home soil, Ronaldo lifted his first title in the competition when Portugal beat France in the 2016 final in Paris.
During the course of Portugal's successful Euro 2016 campaign, Ronaldo became the first player to score in 4 different editions of the competition. The Portugal captain moved level with Frenchman Michel Platini at 9 goals apiece in the tournament proper.
With Portugal having qualified for Euro 2020, Ronaldo could extend his scoring record at the tournament to a record 5 editions and take the outright lead in the tournament's all-time scoring chart.
