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He was joined at the club by winger Gareth Bale, whose world record transfer fee of €100 million surpassed the fee Madrid had paid for Ronaldo four years prior. [143] Together with striker Karim Benzema , they formed an attacking trio popularly dubbed "BBC", an acronym of Bale, Benzema and Cristiano, and a play on the name of the British ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
The weekly social media posts published by Cristiano Ronaldo this offseason typically have shown the soccer superstar half-dressed, muscles bulging, either working out or promoting one of his many ...
With that, Real scored 13 goals in just two matches in a span of four days. Madrid continued their fine scoring form with a 5–1 win over Elche CF, with Ronaldo scoring four times. [47] A goal each from Luka Modrić and Ronaldo helped Real beat Villarreal 2–0, with Ronaldo scoring his tenth league goal in only five games. [48]