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Ronaldo made his debut as a substitute in a 4–0 home win over Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League on 16 August 2003, and received a standing ovation when he came on for Nicky Butt. [21] His performance earned praise from Best, who hailed it as "undoubtedly the most exciting debut" he had ever seen. [15]
Following the 2012–13 winter break, Ronaldo captained Madrid for the first time in an official match, scoring twice to lift 10-man Madrid to a 4–3 win over Sociedad on 6 January. [106] He subsequently became the first non-Spanish player in 60 years to captain Madrid in El Clasico on 30 January, a match which also marked his 500th club ...
Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) is Real Madrid's all-time record goalscorer. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid , Spain, that plays in La Liga . The club was formed in 1902 as Madrid Football Club and played its first competitive match on 13 May 1902 when it entered the final of the Campeonato ...
Cristiano Ronaldo was the club's most expensive signing when he joined in 2009, costing €94 million. He went on to become the club's all-time top scorer. On 1 June 2009, Florentino Pérez regained Real Madrid's presidency amid the outrage over the club's decline.
Benzema had joined Madrid in 2009, at 21 years old, and sometimes struggled with goalscoring consistency. But club and player stood by one another, and elevated Benzema to a central role after ...
Then there was another El Clásico a few days later, this time in the league, and Madrid against lost a home game to Barça, 0–1. Finally, on 5 March 2019, Real was thumped by Ajax 1–4 (3–5 on aggregate) in a home game, crashing out of the Champions League at the round of 16 stage after eight consecutive semi-finals appearances. On 11 ...
Perhaps ominously for Portugal’s Group H rivals, the 37-year-old Ronaldo has endured a frustrating season so far at Manchester United and will be eager to show what he can do in Qatar.
Cristiano Ronaldo is not the first soccer superstar to head off to one of the world’s supposed minor leagues in the latter years of his career. Not every player bows out right at the top like ...