In the 2019/20 season, Juventus won the Serie A championship for the 9th consecutive year. In that achievement, Cristiano Ronaldo made a major contribution to two recent consecutive championships as the team’s top scorer.
Before becoming an expert in scoring goals in the penalty area, Ronaldo was a monster on both wings, with the ability to dribble quickly and technically as he had shown at Manchester United since 2003. Since then, he has always had excellent teammates to reach glory together, and at the same time help him win 4 Golden Shoes (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015) and 5 Golden Balls (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017).
Ruud van Nistelrooy: The Dutch striker was a striker loved by fans at Old Trafford before Ronaldo arrived in 2003. Ronaldo arrived and scored 4 goals in 15 matches in his first season.
At that time, “Van Gol” was nicknamed “the fox in the penalty area and had 20 goals in the Premier League the following season. They worked side by side for 3 seasons before reuniting at Real Madrid in the 2009/10 season. Nistelrooy participated in 14 of Ronaldo’s goals.
Wayne Rooney: Moved to Man United from Everton in 2004, the English striker played with Ronaldo and Nistelrooy, scoring 11 goals. “Shrek guy” had 5 seasons playing with Ronaldo, winning the Champions League together in 2008 and many other titles. Rooney assisted in 25 of Ronaldo’s goals.
Gonzalo Higuain: When Ronaldo came to Madrid, Higuain had been there for 2 seasons, they had 4 seasons together and every season the Argentine striker had double-digit goals. Although El Pipita’s role was limited at Juve when Ronaldo arrived, statistics show that he helped CR7 score 32 times.
Karim Benzema: Coming to the Bernabeu in 2009 and having 9 seasons with Ronaldo, it can be affirmed that Benzema is the factor who “sacrifices” the most. He accepted to act in the background, giving up his role as goal scorer to assist Ronaldo 76 times. Without Big Benz, Ronaldo could not reach the milestone of 450 goals for Real Madrid .
After Ronaldo left Real Madrid, Benzema immediately proved his position as Los Blancos’ top scorer for two consecutive seasons.
Gareth Bale: Bale’s fate is somewhat “darker” as he has been deeply in Ronaldo’s shadow since arriving in Madrid in 2013. Although he could not compete in the number of goals, the Welsh player still helped Ronaldo score 41 goals and gave himself very important goals in the finals of the King’s Cup and Champions League.
Mario Mandzukic: The former Atletico Madrid striker pairing with Ronaldo in the 2018/19 season was an unexpected combination, but they both showed a very high fighting spirit. The Croatian player has 9 goals on his way to winning the Serie A title.
Paulo Dybala: The Argentine player’s performance was unstable in his first season playing with Ronaldo, with only 5 goals and is said to be likely to leave Juve.
However, in the 2019-20 season, he rediscovered himself, scoring 10 goals and becoming a good partner to help Ronaldo score a total of 12 times.
