Is Cristiano Ronaldo underrated? The Portuguese has more assists than Xavi and Iniesta

Juventus star Cristia Ronaldo has been netting goals since turn of year for defending Serie A champions. During his time at Real Mrid, Portuguese International was face of 13-time European Champions. According to one such stat, player has registered more assists in his career than likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta.

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Xavi and Andres Iniesta formed a formidable midfield duo at Barcelona

Former Barcelona maestros Xavi and Andres Iniesta dominated LaLiga as well as Europe when y combined with Lionel Messi. two midfielders were rewned for ir play-making abilities, registering an ermous number of assists in ir respective careers. Xavi recorded 212 assists in 859 games (playing for Barcelona and Al Sd). He ded a furr 24 assists for Spain, taking his tally to 236.

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Andres Iniesta has bagged 179 career assists

Andres Iniesta bagged 150 assists for Catalan giants as well as Japanese side Vissel Kobe in 715 appearances. He also bagged 29 assists for Spanish National team. This takes his tally to 179 career assists in total.

Cristia Ronaldo has registered more assists than Andres Iniesta and Xavi

Cristia Ronaldo beats  likes of Xavi and Iniesta in terms of bagging assists in his career. Ronaldo has mand to assist 214 times for Juventus, Real Mrid, Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon. Euro 2016 winner has also bagged 37 assists with his national team. This takes his final tally to 251 assists. However, Lionel Messi is way ahe in terms of assists, having registered an outrous 298 assists so far in his career.

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Cristia Ronaldo is w fifth highest goalscorer in history

Cristia Ronaldo has w netted 737 goals in 1028 games. This is two goals more than Germany legend Gerd Muller, who h scored 735 goals in his career. Ronaldo w occupies fifth spot in list of all-time goalscorers. Juventus have a four-point le over second-placed Inter Milan in Serie A. y will next play against Napoli on Sunday, January 26, 2020 (January 27 according to IST).

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