Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro will without a doubt go down as one of, if not thee, greatest players to ever play the game. Countless trophies with club and country, along with a litany of personal accolades, have seen the legendary no.7 pitted against another modern great, Lionel Messi. Who is better Messi or Ronaldo is a debate for the ages. However this article can help all Ronaldo faithfuls with some arsenal for their argument. You see, Ronaldo has scored more hatricks then any other player in the 21st century. While Lewadownski has 24, Luis Suarez on 29 and Messi netting 54, Cristiano Ronaldo is sitting on the staggering number of 57……..and we are going to look at every single one of them.
51 15/06/2018 Portugal v Spain World Cup Finals
Iberian rivals , Portugal and Spain meet in the group B opener of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. A stunning Ronaldo free kick late on to equalise stole the limelight from Nacho’s wonder-strike that put Spain ahead 3-2 initially.
52 12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid Champions League
Atletico fans must hate this man. After signing with Juventus at the start of the season Ronaldo scored his first ever hat-trick for the club against a side he knows so well. In doing so Juventus produced a stunning Champions League comeback after losing the first leg 2-0.
53 05/06/2019 Portugal v Switzerland UEFA Nations League
Another sublime three goals for his country helped send Portugal into the Nations League finals with this 3-1 win over the Swiss. Sure did’nt they only go onto win the whole thing by defeated Netherlands 1-0.
54 10/09/2019 Portugal v Lithuania European Qualifiers
Ronaldo took his international goal tally to 93 by scoring four in their European qualifier against Lithuania. The win seen the defending European champs move within five points of group leaders Ukraine.
55 14/11/2019 Portugal v Lithuania European Qualifiers
Ronaldo buried another three next time he met minnow’s Lithuania in the reverse fixture. The visitors didn’t manage a single shot on Rui Patrício’s goal in the game and the six nil victory was well deserved.
56 06/01/2020 Juventus v Cagliari Italian Serie A
Ronaldos club hat-tricks were becoming a bit more scarce , as you would expect with age. Is he slowing down? Certainly, but in saying that he did still manage 30 goals in 33 appearances for I Bianconeri. Three of those goals came to the detriment of Cagliari in this 2020 game.
57 14/03/2021 Juventus v Cagliari Italian Serie A
After coming in for some criticism following Juventus being dumped out of the Champions League by Porto, Ronaldo took his wrath out on Cagliari, again. Not only was this his 57th hat-trick , Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Brazilian legend Pele’s tally of goals scored in official matches by three. Pele sits on 767 official professional goals, and Ronaldo after this game sat on 770, wow.
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