His
move
was
completed
in
December
following
widespread
reports
linking
him
with
a
Saudi
switch
ever
since
he
and
Manchester
United
parted
ways
the
previous
month.
Ronaldo
featured
in
a
kind
of
Saudi
all-star
XI
match
against
Paris
Saint-Germain
during
the
week
but
will
make
his
official
Al
Nassr
debut
on
Sunday
to
essentially
bring
the
curtain
down
on
one
of
the
greatest
careers
in
the
history
of
European
football.
While
writing
off
Ronaldo
is
always
unwise,
a
combination
of
the
striker’s
age
and
the
unsavoury
nature
of
his
second
spell
at
United
make
a
return
to
elite
European
football
seem
improbable.
Nevertheless,
as
a
five-time
Champions
League
winner
and
the
top
scorer
in
the
history
of
European
football’s
premier
club
competition,
Ronaldo’s
legacy
as
one
of
the
all-time
greats
is
secure.
But
with
seven
top-flight
league
titles
and
a
plethora
of
other
trophies
to
his
name,
Ronaldo’s
impact
on
the
continental
game
went
beyond
his
goals
on
the
grandest
club
stage.
Ahead
of
Al
Nassr’s
clash
with
Al
Ittifaq,
Stats
Perform
looks
back
on
his
seismic
impact
in
European
club
football.
Ronaldo’s
Premier
League
emergence
Ronaldo’s
return
to
the
Premier
League
may
not
have
gone
to
plan
–
the
37-year-old
only
scored
once
in
the
competition
this
term
before
an
explosive
interview
with
Piers
Morgan
led
to
his
Old
Trafford
exit.
However,
the
three-time
Premier
League
winner
certainly
made
his
mark
in
England,
scoring
103
goals
in
236
top-flight
games
for
United.
Having
burst
onto
the
scene
as
a
tricky
winger,
Ronaldo
recorded
37
assists
in
the
competition
for
the
Red
Devils,
who
he
also
helped
to
their
third
European
title
in
2008.
He
also
claimed
his
first
Ballon
d’Or
while
in
Manchester
in
2008
after
scoring
31
goals
in
their
title-winning
2007-08
campaign
–
that
single-season
tally
has
only
been
bettered
by
three
players
in
the
competition’s
history.
Making
history
with
Madrid
in
La
Liga
Given
the
way
his
United
spell
ended,
it
remains
to
be
seen
whether
Ronaldo
will
be
remembered
as
an
Old
Trafford
legend
or
not.
But
there’s
no
doubt
about
his
legacy
at
Real
Madrid,
where
he
really
made
his
name
as
one
of
football’s
greatest
as
he
became
Los
Blancos’ top
scorer
with
450
goals
in
all
competitions.
Incredibly,
the
Portugal
forward
averaged
over
a
goal
per
game
throughout
his
trophy-laden
spell
in
Spain,
hitting
the
net
311
times
in
292
appearances
in
La
Liga.
Ronaldo
scored
with
16
per
cent
of
his
shots
for
Madrid,
a
higher
percentage
than
he
managed
in
the
Premier
League,
Serie
A
or
the
Champions
League.
Madrid
may
be
famed
for
their
Champions
League
accomplishments,
but
Ronaldo
also
helped
them
to
two
domestic
title
triumphs
in
2011-12
and
2016-17,
netting
46
times
as
Jose
Mourinho’s
side
earned
100
points
in
the
first
of
those
campaigns.
Serie
A
success
with
the
Bianconeri
Given
Juventus’
failure
to
win
the
Champions
League,
few
consider
Ronaldo’s
time
in
Turin
to
be
an
unmitigated
success.
The
raw
numbers,
however,
suggest
otherwise.
Managing
81
goals
in
98
league
appearances
for
a
club
in
perpetual
crisis
–
with
a
conversion
rate
of
15
per
cent
–
tells
the
story
of
how
Ronaldo
evolved
in
Serie
A,
honing
his
game
as
the
ultimate
penalty-box
forward
in
his
advancing
years.
Despite
a
tumultuous
period
that
saw
Maurizio
Sarri
replace
Massimiliano
Allegri,
Juventus
stretched
their
incredible
run
of
Scudetto
success
to
nine
consecutive
seasons.
That
stint
ended
in
Ronaldo’s
final
full
campaign
at
the
Allianz
Stadium,
though
he
still
finished
as
Serie
A’s
top
scorer
with
29
goals.
The
Champions
League
master
For
those
who
believe
Ronaldo
to
be
the
greatest
to
have
played
the
game,
the
Portugal
forward’s
exploits
in
the
Champions
League
are
always
the
crucial
factor.
Ronaldo’s
record
of
140
goals
in
the
competition
is
unmatched,
though
his
great
rival
Lionel
Messi
(129)
may
have
something
to
say
about
that
if
he
declines
to
follow
his
fellow
forward’s
lead
in
exiting
Europe.
Averaging
almost
a
goal
contribution
per
game
(180
in
183
appearances),
Ronaldo
won
an
astonishing
115
games
in
the
Champions
League,
lifting
the
trophy
five
times
–
a
joint-high
tally.
As
Madrid
cemented
their
status
as
European
masters
by
winning
three
consecutive
titles
between
the
2015-16
and
2017-18
seasons,
Ronaldo
top-scored
in
the
competition
every
season,
consolidating
his
legacy
as
the
ultimate
big-game
player.
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