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Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi: Who is the GOAT in football? The details straight on confrontation
RYAN KELLY
14/03/22
- Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo
- CRISTIANO RONALDO
- LIONEL MESSI
- MANCHESTER UNITED
- PSG
- UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
- COPA AMERICA
- BARCELONA
- PRIMERA DIVISIÓN
- EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
- ARGENTINA
- JUVENTUS
- PORTUGAL
- SERIE A
- WORLD CUP
- Details
- A genuine conversation point on five-a-side pitches and barstools across the world, the issue of which player is the flat out best ever perseveres
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- Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi - who is the GOAT? It is the greatest problem in football since the 'Diego Maradona or Pele?' banter.
- The topic of who is better between the Portuguese peculiarity and the empyrean Argentine has overwhelmed the personalities of football fans wherever for as far back as decade and will persevere into what's to come.
- Club and public loyalties can cloud judgment with regards to this issue, while characters additionally have an influence in how great a player is seen to be, and the vast majority realize who they'd pick.
- So who truly is the best? Quit worrying about who you like, GOAL has investigated how the pair really shape up no holds barred so you can be completely equipped with realities in the everlasting contention.
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- On this page
- Club objectives
- Club helps
- Champions League
- World Cup
- Worldwide
- Titles
- Individual honors
- Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi: Club objectives
- Cristiano Ronaldo Season Lionel Messi
- 5 2002-03 -
- 6 2003-04 -
- 9 2004-05 1
- 12 2005-06 8
- 23 2006-07 17
- 42 2007-08 16
- 26 2008-09 38
- 33 2009-10 47
- 53 2010-11 53
- 60 2011-12 73
- 55 2012-13 60
- 51 2013-14 41
- 61 2014-15 58
- 51 2015-16 41
- 42 2016-17 54
- 44 2017-18 45
- 28 2018-19 51
- 37 2019-20 31
- 36 2020-21 38
- In progress 2021-22 In advancement
- 676 Total 672
- Ronaldo has scored more club objectives than Messi, yet just barely and it ought to be noticed that the Juventus star benefits from having played two additional seasons than his Argentine adversary so far.
- Every one of them has amazingly gotten more than 670 club objectives in their profession up to this point, with the five seasons between 2009-10 and 2014-15 demonstrating especially brilliant as they pushed each other to more noteworthy levels.
- While Ronaldo right now has more objectives generally, Messi has the edge in the scoring office, with a higher season normal (39.5 to 35), having hit a high of 73 objectives in 2011-12.
- Ronaldo's most noteworthy season return was 61, which he accomplished in 2014-15 and he outperformed the 50-objective imprint each season for a very long time between 2010-11 and 2015-16.
- Strangely, while Ronaldo's occasional aggregates have declined fairly lately - he neglected to break the 30-objective imprint in 2018-19 during his most memorable season at Juventus - Messi's have stayed reliable, however the Argentine's rate eased back in the wake of joining PSG.
- Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi: Club helps
- Cristiano Ronaldo Season Lionel Messi
- 7 2009-10 11
- 16 2010-11 21
- 15 2011-12 29
- 12 2012-13 14
- 14 2013-14 11
- 21 2014-15 27
- 15 2015-16 23
- 11 2016-17 16
- 8 2017-18 18
- 10 2018-19 19
- 5 2019-20 25
- 5 2020-21 12
- In progress 2021-22 In advancement
- 139 Total 226
- With regards to helps, Messi is a lot of better than Ronaldo and that differentiation has become progressively unmistakable as their individual jobs advance.
- The way that Messi makes such countless objectives as well as scoring them is a significant thought while concluding which player is the GOAT and, while Ronaldo contributes with his reasonable portion, the distinction in this specific domain is obvious.
- Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi: Champions League details
- Cristiano Ronaldo Champions League stat Lionel Messi
- 182 Appearances 156
- 140 Goals 125
- 0.77 Goals per game 0.8
- *As of Champions League games played in 2021-22.
- Ronaldo is the unsurpassed driving goalscorer in the Champions League, having sparkled in the opposition with Manchester United and Real Madrid specifically.
- In any case, Messi isn't a long ways behind and really has a partially better objective for every game proportion, so there is a decent opportunity that he could surpass the Man United man assuming he keeps on shimmering in the opposition .
- Ronaldo likewise holds the record for most in general Champions League appearances, having overwhelmed Iker Casillas.
- Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi: World Cup details
- Cristiano Ronaldo World Cup stat Lionel Messi
- 17 Appearances 19
- 7 Goals 6
- 0.4 Goals per game 0.3
- With regards to World Cups, Ronaldo and Messi are viewed as underperformers because of the basic truth that neither has won the opposition.
- Portugal star Ronaldo has scored more objectives at the competition and in less appearances, however Messi can profess to have gone furthest, having arrived at the last with Argentina in 2014. The Barca assailant won the Golden Ball during that competition, regardless of passing up a definitive brilliance because of Germany.
- The uttermost Ronaldo came to with Portugal was the Selecao's raced to the semi-last in 2006, when they were beaten by France prior to losing the third-place set up to contend with Germany.
- Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi: International details
- Cristiano Ronaldo Stat Lionel Messi
- 184 International caps 158
- 115 International goals 80
- 0.6 Goals per game 0.5
- Ronaldo and Messi have comparable records at global level, however Ronaldo flaunts more prominent numbers, incompletely on the grounds that his senior Portugal profession started off two years before Messi's senior vocation with Argentina.
- Ronaldo equalled Ali Daei's record of 109 global objectives at Euro 2020 and afterward outperformed it with two objectives against the Republic of Ireland, turning into the top worldwide goalscorer ever.
- Messi is quite far behind Ronaldo in that regard, however he is by some distance Argentina's top goalscorer ever, astounding the incomparable Gabriel Batistuta a long time back.
- Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi: Titles
- Cristiano Ronaldo Competition Lionel Messi
- 0 World Cup 0
- 1 European Championship/Copa America 1
- 0 Olympics 1
- 7 League titles 10
- 5 Champions League 4
- 4 Club World Cup 3
- 4 National Cups* 7
- 21 Total 26
- *Public Cups alludes to the vitally public cup rivalry in a nation just, for example the FA Cup, Copa del Rey and so on.
- Messi and Ronaldo have very much like prize takes, however Messi edges things with regards to association titles, having won La Liga multiple times with Barcelona. Ronaldo has seven association titles, however dissimilar to Messi, he can profess to have won the association in three distinct nations (England, Spain and Italy) - something that expands his case to the GOAT crown according to some.
- Ronaldo has an edge over Messi in the Champions League, his relationship with the opposition procuring him the moniker 'Mr Champions League'. The Manchester United star has additionally delighted in outstanding accomplishment on the worldwide stage with Portugal, bringing home the European Championship and the UEFA Nations League.
- Messi, then again, has gotten through extensive despair with Argentina, with four fruitless Copa America crusades, three of which saw them lose in the last. He at last got his hands on the Copa in 2021. While neither has won the World Cup, Messi has an Olympic gold award.
- Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi: Individual honors
- Cristiano Ronaldo Award Lionel Messi
- 5 Ballon d'Or 7
- 2 The Best FIFA Men's Player 1
- 4 European Golden Shoe 6
- 0 World Cup Golden Ball 1
- 4 UEFA Player of the Year 3
- 14 FIFPro World XI 14
- 4 Player of the Year (league) 6
- The singular fight among Ronaldo and Messi has been the characterizing element of current football for as long as decade and the sky is the limit from there.
- Messi ventured out in front of Ronaldo in the Ballon d'Or stakes when he won his 6th in 2019 and solidified his unrivaled status in that field with his seventh in 2021.
- Ronaldo brags more FIFA's new 'The Best' grants and has been delegated UEFA Player of the Year on additional events, yet Messi has won more association Player of the Year awards. Obviously, it should be said that Ronaldo has won the Player of the Year grant in England, Spain and Italy.
