Cristiano Ronaldo's stunning striking record makes him greatest goalscorer across Europe

Cristia Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are widely regarded as two of finest footballers of ir generation and  pair have won a combined 11 Ballons d'Or, nine Champions Leagues and scored more than 1,000 career goals. Cristia Ronaldo has proven himself to be one of greatest and his performances in top leagues across countries are a testament to that claim. Juve ace has also been in striking form for his national team. 

Earlier in March, sports analytics firm Opta h confirmed that Lionel Messi has surpassed Ronaldo with his 438th strike. Cut to vember and Ronaldo is back setting a record that is likely to make him greatest goalscorer across Europe. latest set of stats have revealed Ronaldo has tched 18 strikes compared to Messi's nine over last seven months, which makes him leing scorer in history of Europe's top five leagues. Cristia Ronaldo has tched up 455 goals while Lionel Messi sits second at 447. 

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Ronaldo matches Messi's Champions League record

Cristia Ronaldo found back of net against Ferencvaros this week, which brought up his 70th home goal in Champions League; a record number he w shares with Lionel Messi. Juve superstar has enjoyed a strong start to season in front of goal and has eight goals from just five Serie A appearances this campaign. 

Messi and Ronaldo will, after a long time, go he-to-he on December 8 when Barcelona host Juventus at Camp u in final match of group. last time two sides met, Barcelona beat Juventus 2-0 in Turin on October 28, a game Ronaldo missed after testing positive for coronavirus. 

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Greatest goalscorers of all time

In total Ronaldo has 102 goals on international st and 646 goals in his club career across Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Mrid and Juventus. 

10. Tulio Maravilha (1988-2019) - 575 goals

9. Uwe Seller (1953-1978) - 575+ goals

8. Ferenc Deak (1940-1957) - 576+ goals

7. Lionel Messi (2003-present) - 711 goals

6. Gerd Muller (1962-1981) - 736 goals

5. Ferenc Puskas (1943-1966) - 746 goals

4. Cristia Ronaldo (2001-present) - 748 goals

3. Pele (1957-1977) - 767 goals

2. Romario (1985-2007) - 772 goals

1. Josef Bican (1931-1956) - 805 goals

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