Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes Europe’s Top Scorer, Overtakes Puskas!
If there’s one footballer who is aging like fine wine, it’s Cristiano Ronaldo. Even at 33, he steals the limelight from all other footballers. In the already quite impressive Resume, the five-time winner of “FIFA Player of the Year” added yet another achievement.
As Portugal surge on in Russia, Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Europe’s all-time top scorer surpassing Ferenc Puskas. Cristiano matched the legend’s record after a remarkable hat-trick in a 3–3 draw against Spain in the second match of Group B.
Ferenc Puskas held the record of Europe’s all-time top scorer with a total of 84 international goals for Hungary, but it took Ronaldo less than five minutes to take the crown.
Ronaldo has been a goal machine; besides the record he just grabbed, over the course of his career, the Portuguese footballer has received five Ballon d’Or awards. Moreover, he also the first player in history to win four European Golden Shoes.
