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When taking free kicks, Ronaldo is known for using the knuckleball technique, which was developed by Juninho Pernambucano. [257] He also adopts a trademark stance before striking the ball, which involves him standing with his legs far apart. [258] Regarding Ronaldo's unique style of taking free kicks, former United assistant manager Mike Phelan ...
Most penalty kick goals (excluding shoot-outs): 172 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004– [62] Most free kick goals: 77 – Juninho, 1993–2013 [63] [note 21] Most direct corner-kick goals: 32 – Şükrü Gülesin, 1940–1955 [66] [67] Most headed goals: 154 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– Most right foot goals: 591 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–
Ronaldo scored his first goal for Manchester United with a free-kick in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth on 1 November. [22] Three more league goals followed in the second half of the campaign, [23] the last of which came against Aston Villa on the final day of the season, a match in which he also received the first red card of his career. [24]
Ronaldo, who earlier hit the post with a spectacular overhead kick, converted his penalty but could only watch as Bounou, a hero of Morocco’s march to the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup, saved ...
Brazil's forward #10 Neymar (L) takes a free kick during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match between Brazil and Serbia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on November 24, 2022.
Ronaldo, 37, has been a free agent ever since parting ways with Manchester United before the World Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo signs nine-figure free-agent deal with Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr [Video ...
Roberto Carlos' bending free kick for Brazil (yellow) against France (blue) in 1997 was struck with the outside of his left foot. [3] Free kick takers often curl and put spin on the ball, to curl it over or around the wall of defending players, out of the reach of the goalkeeper. Goalkeepers usually organize walls to cover one side of the goal ...
Ronaldo has participated in thirteen major international tournaments: six UEFA European Championships in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 (played in 2021) and 2024, five FIFA World Cups in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022, one FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017, and one UEFA Nations League Finals in 2019, scoring in all of them bar Euro 2024. [3]