Cristiano Ronaldo opened his goals tally in Seria A by scoring a brace against Sassuolo. Those two goals also marked his entry in the 400 league goals club in Europe.
Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo got his goal after more than 320 minute after his Seria A debut. Ronaldo secured the win over Sassuolo that resulted 2-1, by scoring two goals. The Old lady is now at the 1st position after four wins in four games.
Ronaldo was stuck on 398 league goals after his move to Juventus. He struggled to score in his first three Seria A game. But he finally scored his 1st goal in Seria A in his 28th attempt on goal, similar to his last La Liga season. The Portuguese forward scored his 400th goal from Emre Can’s pass. And he beat the goalkeeper Andrea Consigli with a left-footed shot.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the 5th player to score 400 league goals. He has three goals for Sporting Lisbon, 84 goals for Manchester United, 311 goals for Real Madrid, and two goals for Juventus.
The top 4 players with the most league goals in Europe are :
- Josef Bican is the player with the most goals on Europe’s leagues with 518 goals in Austria. He was the Czech-Austrian striker and the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia.
- Ferenc Puskas is the second player with 514 goals. He played in Hungry and Spain. He played for two clubs – Budapest Honved and Real Madrid.
- Scotland’s Jimmy McGrory is the next player with 410 league goals. He only played for Celtic. He scored 50 league goals in a season (1935/36).
- Uwe Seeler is the 4th player(till now) with 406 league goals. Like Jimmy McGrory he also played in only one team, Hamburger SV.
Cristiano Ronaldo, currently the 5th player on the list, can easily surpass Jimmy McGrory and Uwe Seeler in this season.
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