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He subsequently became the first player to play for the club's under-16, under-17 and under-18 teams, the B team and the first team, all within a single season. [2] On 14 August 2002, [3] Ronaldo, then 17, played his first official match for the first team, in a UEFA Champions League qualifying round at José Alvalade Stadium against
International Federation of Football History & Statistics: UEFA Best Man Player of the Decade (2011–20) 2020 Won Portugal: Quina de Oro Awards Best Portuguese Player of All Time 2015 Won [158] [159] England: PFA Awards: PFA Young Player of the Year: 2006–07: Won [160] 2007–08: Shortlisted PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2006–07 and ...
Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the two best players of his generation, alongside Argentina forward Lionel Messi. [278] Winning his first Ballon d'Or in 2008 by a record-high vote count at age 23, over the next decade Ronaldo has often featured in debates concerning who is the greatest player in history. [279]
Team that played most games on the same day: 3 matches – Grêmio; On 11 December 1994, Grêmio played three matches on a single day during the 1994 Campeonato Gaúcho, with kick-off times of 2PM, 4PM, and 6PM, due to their extensive schedule. They won two and drew the third match, using a total of 34 different players. [102]
FIFA, the international governing body of football, has never released a list detailing the highest goalscorers and does not keep official records; [8] [9] in 2020, it recognised Bican, an Austrian-Czech dual international who played between the 1930s and the 1950s, [10] as the record scorer with an estimated 805 goals, [11] [12] although CNN ...
As of 7 December 2024, a total of 781 players have played at least one official match for Real Madrid throughout history. Raúl is the player with the most appearances, with 741 matches, while more than 100 players have played only one match. In terms of minutes played, Iker Casillas has the most with 64,920 minutes, while the player with the ...
Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's most capped player. This is a list of players who earned 25 or more caps for the Portugal national football team. For all players who have played for Portugal, see Category:Portugal men's international footballers. As of November 2024, 125 players have reached this milestone for Portugal.
Lionel Messi is the player with the most games played at the FIFA World Cup, and one of only six along with German Lothar Matthäus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Andrés Guardado, and Rafael Márquez to have entered the field in five different tournaments.