In 2020, he became the fourth player in the history of Italy’s top flight to score 33 goals in a calendar year after Omar Sivori (33 in 1961), Gunnar Nordahl (36 in 1950) and Felice Borel (41 in 1933).
That tally puts him top of the goalscoring charts in Europe’s top five leagues this year, ahead of The Best FIFA Men’s Player award winner Robert Lewandowski (32).
Portugal captain, Ronaldo, will be 37 by the time the 2022 World Cup kicks off in Qatar but hinted that he intends to be there.
“It doesn’t matter the age. What is important is the mind,” Ronaldo told
BBC Sport, after being named Player of the Century at the Globe Soccer Awards this week.
That tally puts him top of the goalscoring charts in Europe s top five leagues this year, ahead of The Best FIFA Men s Player award winner Robert Lewandowski (32).
Portugal captain Ronaldo will be 37 by the time the 2022 World Cup kicks off in Qatar but hinted that he intends to be there. It doesn t matter the age. What is important is the mind, Ronaldo told BBC Sport , after being named Player of the Century at the Globe Soccer Awards this week. It doesn t matter if Cristiano Ronaldo is good, you don t know tomorrow what is going to happen. I live in the present, in the moment.
He could move further up the list as Juventus have one more league match to play in 2020 - a home meeting with Fiorentina on Tuesday.
@Cristiano has equalled Omar Sivori, the last player to score 33 goals in a single calendar year in @SerieA EN , in 1961 #ParmaJuve #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/o4ELf5aRmX JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) December 19, 2020
Speaking after the match, Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo praised his star striker while also expressing his happiness with the entire team effort.
“This evening was the Juventus I wanted to see. We needed to win this game, our strikers Cristiano and Alvaro [Morata] both needed to get back to scoring ways. We needed to work as a collective and Aaron Ramsey also had a really good game, he told reporters.
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Ronaldo outshine Messi, picks up Golden Foot Award
Cristiano Ronaldo has outshone his fierce rival Lionel Messi after being awarded the Golden Foot award.
The Juventus striker has had yet another standout year at the top of world football, winning Serie A with the Old Lady whilst taking home the competition’s top goalscorer award, the Capocannoniere.
Despite Messi winning more Balon d’Or awards than Ronaldo, the Portuguese talisman can now boast an accolade that the Barcelona forward does not possess in their ongoing battle for footballing supremacy.
In a post to Instagram, Ronaldo wrote: ‘I am honored to win the Golden Foot award and to be immortalised on the Champion Promenade in Monaco, together with some of the greatest football legends of all time!
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