Cristiano Ronaldo made history when he scored in Real Madrid's 2-0 victory over Club America in the Club World Cup semi-final at Nissan Stadium on Thursday, December 15, 2016. This goal was his 500th in his professional club career.
Ronaldo, who joined Santiago Bernabeu in 2009 for a then world-record transfer fee of £80 million, reached this milestone in just 689 matches. 377 of those goals were scored for Real Madrid in 367 appearances. The player nicknamed CR7 also scored 118 goals in 292 appearances for Manchester United and five goals in 31 appearances for Sporting Lisbon.
Ronaldo's most prolific season was 2011-2012, when he scored 69 goals for club and country. He is also the second highest all-time scorer in La Liga with 270 goals in 247 appearances, second only to Barcelona star Lionel Messi, who has scored 321 goals in 359 appearances. However, Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer in the Champions League, with 95 goals in 133 matches, three more than Messi.
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