![]() ![]() ![]() “When you score 700 goals, it's a huge performance, I'm really happy for him. Only two of those 700 have come for Erik ten Hag but the Manchester United manager was swift to appreciate the feat. He averaged 50 every year for Real Madrid, and there was nine seasons at the Bernabeu. Since he became more single-minded about the pursuit of scoring, in 2006, he has averaged over 40 a season. He has averaged 35 a year for his clubs – even excluding his century of international goals – every year for 20 years, even though he was a showpony on the wing for the first few. The driving run, the drilled finish, the sheer professionalism about the process of scoring goals: it was Ronaldo in a nutshell. Few have cut in from the left wing with such regularity and such potency. Two decades and two days since he first scored for Sporting Lisbon against Moreirense, Cristiano Ronaldo became the inaugural member of the 700 club in a manner that felt familiar. More than the trio of Gary Lineker, Bobby Charlton and Paolo Rossi got when their efforts were combined. ![]() More than the Brazilian Ronaldo and Marco van Basten mustered between them. ![]()
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