Cristiano Ronaldo edging closer to becoming player with most official goal in history
- Cristiano Ronaldo was on target twice for Juventus against Parma last weekend
- The 35-year-old has now scored a total of 756 official goals in his career
- CR7 now has just four more goals to become the player with the highest number of goals in the history of the sport
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Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo was on target twice in Juventus' 4-0 win over Parma in the Italian League.
The 35-year-old took his tally for the 2020-21 season to 16 goals in 13 appearances across all competitions.
Most Importantly, the five-time Champions League winner is barely four goals away from becoming the player with the most official goals in the history of football.
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As it stands, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward has 756 goals - just two behind legendary Josef Bican and Pele with 757 and 759 respectively. Metronome said on Facebook:
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"Portuguese football ace Cristiano Ronaldo is just four goals away to become the player with most official goals in footballing history.
"At this point with 756 goals under his belt, only two greats are ahead of him - Josef Bican and Pele with 759 and 757 goals."
The forward has scored a total of 81 goals and 19 assists since his move to the Allianz Stadium in the summer of 2018.
He has also inspired them to back-to-back Serie A titles but has failed to impress when it comes to Champions League at the club.
Juventus have been paired with Portuguese side FC Porto in their next round fixture in the UCL and Ronaldo might be chanced to fire his team to the quarterfinals at the end of the phase.
He was also recently named the 2020 golden foot award winner after impressive performances in the outgoing year but that was not enough as he lost the FIFA The Best award to Robert Lewandowski last week.
The German League star win five trophies in the year under review.
Legit.ng earlier reported that Juventus moved to third on the Serie A table following their 4-0 win over Parma in an entertaining contest.
The Bianconeri bounced back from a draw to Atalanta in the past weekend to score four un-replied goals at the Stadio Ennio Tardini.
Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed his 11th and 12th goal of the season after netting a brace as Dejan Kulusevski and Alvaro Morata were the other scorers for Juve.
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