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Cristiano Ronaldo stunned the world with his shock move to Juventus from Real Madrid. The Portuguese ace spent 9 seasons at the Bernabeu and it is fair to say that he did make a huge impact for Los Blancos.
With 450 goals in 438 matches, Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer for real Madrid. The former Manchester United man has helped the Madrid to numerous trophies including 4 champions league titles, 3 of which came in succession.
From a crafty winger at Manchester United to devastating goalscorer at Real Madrid, the journey of Cristiano Ronaldo to the pinnacle of football has been majestic. A journey that has yielded numerous accolades, especially 5 ballon dors which make him tied with his Argentine counterpart Lionel Messi for most. Counting footballing records of Cristiano Ronaldo on fingertips might be impossible considering the fact that we are talking about one of the greatest players of all time.
But one record that simply speaks for his prolific goalscoring exploits in Spain is the number of hattricks he has scored la Liga. Despite playing just 9 seasons for real Madrid, the Portuguese has scored a record 34 hattricks in the Spanish league. He is on top of the list when it comes to most hat-tricks scored in La Liga closely followed by Lionel Messi who has 30 to his name.
Ronaldo has been at his devastating best in UEFA champions league, a competition in which he has scored 120 times to be called its all-time top scorer. The Portuguese international has scored a record 7 hattricks in the UCL making him the topmost hattrick scorer of the competition along with Lionel Messi.
Selecting Cristiano Ronaldo's top 5 hattricks out a mammoth 44 scored for Los Blancos is a very hard task but here we are:
#5 vs Espanyol (2015)
Espanyol is one of the favourite oppositions of Cristiano Ronaldo as the Portuguese international has scored 3 hattricks against them. But his most memorable one remains from Real Madrid’s 6-0 thumping of their opponents at the Bernabeu in 2015.
What makes this hattrick so special is that this was just the second time Ronaldo scored 5 goals in a match. He completed his hattrick in the first 20 minutes as Real Madrid went into halftime 4-0 with Benzema scoring the fourth one which was assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo- the man was on fire that evening.
Ronaldo resumed the second half as he finished the first, an eye for one more goal. The Real Madrid number 7 scored 2 more to complete his 5 as real Madrid humiliated Espanyol 6-0.
Los Blancos might not have won the season but Cristiano Ronaldo's prolific performance in front of the goal remains one of the finest performances ever witnessed in La Liga.
#4 vs Real Sociedad (2018)
The most recent one in this list is Cristiano Ronaldo's hattrick against Real Sociedad in 2018. The Portuguese international scored thrice as real Madrid defeated their opponents 5-2.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hattrick after more than 14 months as his last hattrick in La Liga came in November 2016 when he scored 3 in real’s 3-0 win over city rivals Atletico Madrid. This was yet another Cristiano Ronaldo spectacle as he started the evening by providing a juicy cross for Lucas Vasquez which the youngster headed in for real Madrid's first goal of the match. Then on it was Cristiano Ronaldo hovering all over scoresheet as he scored from a Marcelo pass on to his right foot.
His second goal was yet another header by the Portuguese. The third one came to his left and thus the majestic real Madrid winger completed yet another perfect hattrick for Los Blancos.
#3 vs Bayern Munich(2017)
The year real Madrid became the first club since ac Milan in 1990 to successfully defend their UCL title. In 2017 real Madrid had a tricky quarter-final encounter against German champions Bayern Munich. Riding high on their first leg advantage real Madrid started the match positively but it was the German club who took the lead via a Lewandowski penalty soon after the second half.
With Real Madrid trailing, stepped up Cristiano to level things up and night and restore real’s advantage. But the highly energetic encounter had its share of twists and turns as an own goal by Sergio Ramos forced the game into added extra time.
And then on it was Cristiano Ronaldo's show as the Portuguese scored twice in extra time to complete his hat-trick as Real Madrid won the match 2-3 with Marco Ascensio getting on the scoresheet as well.
Bayern Munich were on a hunt and it needed something special to beat them and so was provided by Cristiano Ronaldo.
#2 vs Atletico Madrid(2017)
After seeing off the mighty German champions in the quarterfinals, Real Madrid were up against their derby rivals athletic Madrid in the semi-finals.
The match was expected to be an even contest but Cristiano Ronaldo had other plans as he scored a second successive hat-trick to rest Athletico's hopes of qualifying for the final to bed.
The Portuguese number 7 was at his brutal best he scored all 3 goals in Real Madrid's 3-0 win over city rivals Atletico Madrid. The former Manchester United winger scored a deflected free-kick before earning a well-deserved penalty which he successfully converted and finished the game off as Gareth bale set him up for a close-range finish.
Ronaldo completed a famous hat-trick at Santiago Bernabeu which still haunts Atletico Madrid supporters.
#1 vs Getafe(2011)
The day when Cristiano Ronaldo scored a perfect hat-trick in just 10 minutes. There are certain things that Cristiano does better than most of the people in the world and scoring a perfect hattrick is one of them.
Real Madrid were leading 1-0 by 61 minutes when Mesut Ozil gave a through ball to the Portuguese number 7 which he converted with his left foot to start the beautiful story. Minutes later angel di maria provided a sublime cross which was handsomely converted my a flying Cristiano Ronaldo header.
And to complete his hattrick the Portuguese scored a calm- headed penalty from his majestic right foot in the 71st minute as Real Madrid thrashed Getafe 4-0 and Cristiano Ronaldo scored a perfect hat-trick in just 10 minutes.
Moments like these are remembered and Ronaldo's greatness thus became a fond memory.
