Julius Okorie
Portugal international and Al Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo is a perennial headline material.
The 5-time Ballon d Or winner has since moved from record maker to record breaker.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelRecord breaking for the 39 year old has become a past time and so when he set the Internet ablaze with the launch of his own YouTube channel which garnered 15 million subscribers in just one day and one million in just 90 minutes it did not come to many as a surprise.
Called ‘UR Cristiano’, the YouTube will give a glimpse into the lives of the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star and his partner Georgina Rodriguez.
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Safe to say it is easier to itemise the records that has not been broken by the 8-time Portuguese Sportsman of the year and 2008 FIFA world Player of year, than attempt to compile all the record he has broken, off and on the pitch in the course of his 32 years romance with the round leather game.
HERE IS A LIST OF 20 RECORDS HELD BY CR7:
- Fastest to reach 100m subscription on YouTube
- He holds the records for most appearances (183) and goals (140) in the Champions League.
- Holds the record of most appearances (30) and goals (14) in the European Championship.
- Record for most overall international appearances by a male player with 212 caps
- Record of all-time international scoring record for a male player, with 130 goals
- World’s top goal scorer of all time with 890 official senior career goals for club and country.
- Holds the record of Portugal’s youngest and oldest goal scorer at the World Cup. Scoring his first World Cup goal in 2006 age 21 and his last World Cup goal aged 37 in 2022.
- Holds the record of most hat-tricks of an active player with 66 in all official matches.
- Holds the record of most-followed individual on Instagram, with over 636 million followers.
- Holds record for most liked comment, his comment congratulating Kylian Mbappe on his Real Madrid signing in June has over 6 million likes!
11 .Only player to score more than 50 goals in seven consecutive calendar years (2011–2017)
- First player to score in consecutive FIFA Club World Cup Finals (2016–2017)
13.First player to finish as top scorer in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Saudi Pro League
- Most penalty kick goals (excluding shoot-outs): 164
- Most headed goals: 150 (2002)
- Most matches unbeaten by a player: 1044 (2002)
- First player to reach 100 career goals in European club competitions(12 April 2017)
- First player to reach 100 career goals in the UEFA Champions League (18 April 2017)
- First player to reach 100 career goals for a single club in the UEFA Champions League (14 February 2018)
- First and only player to score ten goals against a single opponent (Juventus) in the UEFA Champions League
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
