Several figures around the football world congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo after his latest incredible career achievement.
The stats don’t lie, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored an insane 801 goals in 1,097 games for club and country.
The Portuguese ace became the first player in football history to score 800 career goals at the highest level by hitting a brace for Manchester United in a 3-2 win over Arsenal on Thursday.
In doing so, Ronaldo further etched his name into the history books and got a load of tributes from past legends to current stars.
Rio Ferdinand
Kicking the tributes off on Twitter was Ronaldo’s former Manchester United teammate, Rio Ferdinand
800 goals for club & country 😂😂@Cristiano #MUNARS pic.twitter.com/u9GStiU7sy
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) December 2, 2021
The former defender even made a jibe at recent suggestions that Ronaldo’s lack of pressing in games was the problem.
“Cristiano is still the problem I see”#MUNARS
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) December 2, 2021
Alan Shearer
The Premier League’s all-time top scorer paid tribute to CR7’s determination over the years on TV and also congratulated him on social media.
800th goal yes, the 800th of his career @Cristiano 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣🤣 #MANARS
— Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) December 2, 2021
Thierry Henry
The Arsenal legend, a player many English fans rate as the Premier League’s greatest player of all time, made a big confession.
“I would need two lives to match Cristiano Ronaldo [in goals].”
Gary Lineker
The former Barcelona striker, and a Lionel Messi fan, hit back at Ronaldo’s critics.
That’s as ridiculous as it is disrespectful. @Cristiano is indisputably one of the greatest players in the history of the game. An absolute phenomenon. https://t.co/rOYsaLmoXw
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) December 2, 2021
Patrice Evra
The former Red Devils full-back aimed a dig at Jamie Carragher after the ex-Liverpool man’s comments about Ronaldo in a heated argument with Roy Keane this week.
“Jamie Carragher I think he played 775 games. Cristiano today he scored 801 goals. Those kind of people talk about Cristiano, some people have to stay in their lane.”
Manchester United
No surprises here.
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯@Cristiano is out of this world 🌍#MUFC pic.twitter.com/UaQjnCUNH0
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 2, 2021
Diogo Dalot
Taking to Instagram Stories, Dalot shared a picture of himself with the man of the moment after the match.
Matheus Pereira
The Brazilian midfielder, who plays for Barcelona’s B team, is bound to have ruffled some feathers at Camp Nou.
— Matheus Pereira (@MatheusPereira) December 2, 2021
Fabrizio Romano
The renowned transfer journalist responded to suggestions that Ronaldo’s lack of pressing may be a problem for incoming interim boss Ralf Rangnick, who was in the stands.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s never gonna be a problem for any club or any manager. Ralf Rangnick included – and he already sent a clear message on this point. 🔴 #MUFC pic.twitter.com/YOTNgdMf0N
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 2, 2021
Marcus Rashford
Another classy tribute from another teammate…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Even though Aubameyang was on the losing side on Thursday, the Arsenal skipper couldn’t hide his admiration for Ronaldo on Instagram.
😳 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang liked Cristiano Ronaldo’s post about last night’s game between United & Arsenal 🔴
The post has since been unliked but not what you expect from your club captain after a big derby game 👀 pic.twitter.com/E012vefbG1
— FIVE (@FIVEUK) December 3, 2021
Jadon Sancho
SIUUUUU! @Cristiano
Top performance from the lads today, showed real determination to get the win. Let’s keep this up! 💪🏼🔴 @ManUtd pic.twitter.com/7sSIANuiO0— Jadon Sancho (@Sanchooo10) December 2, 2021
Piers Morgan
The Arsenal fan summed up the evening for the Gunners perfectly in three words.
We were Ronaldo-d.
His 800th & 801st career goals. Astonishing player, astonishing achievement.
Congrats @Cristiano 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/TALSpKVEd4— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 2, 2021
Amad Diallo
Bruno Fernandes
Bruno again had words of praise for his illustrious Portuguese compatriot.
Incredible. We all know he is improving game by game, year by year. He wants to keep being the best and that’s what he did. He knows how to self-motivate.
Edwin van der Sar
The former Red Devils goalkeeper paid tribute to his former teammates Michael Carrick, who has vacated his role as a coach, and Ronaldo.
15 years at United, as both a player and coach, thank you for everything and all the best in the future Michael! And let’s not forget about @Cristiano hitting 800 career goals. Absolutely incredible! pic.twitter.com/Vpee0HiXek
— Edwin van der Sar (@vdsar1970) December 3, 2021
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